Innovative approaches dominated the presentations:

AI-supported evaluation of fracture characteristics (Benny Botsch, GFaI) showed how machine learning can contribute to the automated analysis of fracture surfaces.

The quantitative analysis of vibration strips (Wolfgang von Bestenbostel, Airbus) provided insights into the application of this method in the aviation sector.

Progress in the Fractographic Online Database (FractoDB): new topics and new data sets

Results of the round robin test on quantitative fractography were presented by BAM.  70 participants from 34 laboratories took part. The discussion of the results showed that standards for quantitative fractography are missing - this topic should be worked on.

A look into the future

The fractography working group remains active:

• A two-day training course with lectures and laboratory exercises is being planned.
• A webinar on FractoDB will take place at the beginning of 2025.
• The next meeting of the Fractography WG is planned for 21 November 2025 and will again be hybrid.

Expansion of the fractographic database

The fractographic database, accessible at www.fraktographie.bam.de, continues to grow. It currently contains over 4,700 images in 420 data sets. The interested specialist public is called upon to support the database with image material and samples. Interested parties can obtain read access by e-mail (fraktographiebam.de).

Diverse participation

The wide range of participants - from the automotive and aviation industries to universities and research institutes - underlines the importance of fractography as an interdisciplinary interface in the field of failure analysis.

The DGM office would like to thank Dr. Dirk Bettge for organizing and running the meeting.

Information on all the specialist committees can be found on the DGM homepage at https://dgm.de/de/netzwerk.

If you are interested in actively participating in one of the committees, please send a short e-mail to fachgremiendgm.de