FABER (Fatigue Benchmark Repository) is a COST Action CA23109 initiative dedicated to advancing the field of fatigue analysis through open science and collaborative research. We aim to create comprehensive repositories of experimental data, computational tools, and standardized benchmarks to improve fatigue life prediction methods.

Our mission is to bridge the gap between academia, industry, and software developers to foster better and safer design methodologies.

• 🔬 Open Science & Data Access: Create open-access repositories for experimental fatigue data and benchmark datasets to reduce fragmentation and improve standardization.
• 🤝 Collaboration: Promote cooperation among researchers, industry professionals, and software developers; build a community working together on fatigue-related challenges.
• 🛠️ Tool Development: Develop open-source fatigue analysis software to enhance prediction methods and support reproducible workflows.
• 📊 Standardization: Provide accessible benchmark datasets for testing prediction hypotheses and computational tools, encouraging comparable and transparent results.
• 🎯 Safety & Efficiency: Improve engineering practices to enhance safety and cost-effectiveness, and encourage responsible, open use of computational results.

FABER welcomes participation from researchers, engineers, and developers interested in fatigue analysis. You can:

• Join working groups and collaborative activities
• Contribute experimental data to the repository
• Utilize curated datasets for your research
• Develop or improve fatigue analysis tools
• Participate in benchmark evaluations

• 🌐 Official Website: faber-cost.eu
• 🇪🇺 COST Action Page: www.cost.eu/actions/CA23109

• FatPy — an early-stage Python library for fatigue analysis
  • Repository: https://github.com/faberorg/FatPy
  • Documentation & examples: https://faberorg.github.io/FatPy/
  • Status: Early development; features are limited and evolving. Interfaces may change. Contributions and feedback are welcome.
  • Roadmap scope: aims to support reading common fatigue data formats, cycle counting, damage metrics, and reproducible workflows over time.

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding organization for research and innovation networks. COST Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and beyond, enabling researchers to grow their ideas in any science and technology field.

Advancing fatigue research through open collaboration and shared resources.