Fatigue Simulation 2027:

Reliable Predictions in a Changing World : Uncertainty, validation, and next generation methods

Wednesday, 29th September 2027

When physical testing cannot replicate every operational scenario, fatigue and integrity simulation often have to bear the weight of informing critical engineering decisions. This is true across all engineering sectors, but even more so in high-stakes environments. Establishing robust verification and validation methods and calibration frameworks is essential for improving confidence in fatigue-life predictions. At the core of this challenge is credibility.

NAFEMS Fatigue Simulation Seminar 2027 will be a UK-based symposium focused on credible, decision-grade fatigue prediction for modern engineering challenges. The event aims to bring together simulation engineers, researchers, and industry practitioners to share practical insights, real-world case studies, lessons learned, and emerging methods that improve confidence in fatigue simulations.

Planned scope and themes include:

• Verification, Validation and  Test Correlation: Practical correlation strategies, accelerated testing, and model qualification methods
• Uncertainty and Variability: Probabilistic fatigue methods, reliability arguments, and decision making under variability
• AI/ML and Data-driven Approaches: Improving workflow efficiency and predictive capability
• Vibration and Spectral Fatigue: mission synthesis, shaker testing, and test tailoring
• Joints, Interfaces, and Defect Assessment:  welds, bonds, hybrid joints, fixtures, dissimilar material interfaces, and defect assessment  
• Emerging Materials: Durability assessments for polymers, composites, and additively manufactured materials
• Sector Spotlights and High-stakes Environments:  Focusing on challenges within automotive/EV, aerospace, power generation, and operational extremes such as those in nuclear fusion applications..

We will be looking to address the simple but critical question:
How do we build confidence in fatigue simulation results when the stakes are high?

If you work in fatigue simulation in a high-stakes environment and are interested in presenting at the seminar, get in touch - jo.potts@nafems.org.

V​enue

British Motor Museum

Banbury Road
Gaydon
Warwickshire
CV35 0BJ
W​ebsite

what3words: ///smiled.harmonica.ivory takes you to the Museum entrance.

Download our how to find us map and details here.

The British Motor Museum is five minutes from Junction 12 of the M40, on the B4100 near the village of Gaydon. It is signed locally with brown Motor Museum road signs.

Travelling by car

Exit the M40 at Junction 12 and turn left, following the brown Motor Museum signs. Continue for approximately 1 mile and the entrance to the British Motor Museum is on your left.

If using a Sat Nav for directions we recommend you enter the British Motor Museum as a point of interest rather than using the postcode. 

T​here is free parking on-site for seminar visitors.

Support Us

We would like to extend an invitation to your company to be part of this event. There are several outstanding opportunities available for your company to sponsor the seminar, giving you maximum exposure to a highly targeted audience of delegates, who are all directly involved in simulation, analysis, and design.

P​lease contact the event organiser
Jo Potts, for further information
jo.potts@nafems.org; +44 (0)1355 225688