Selected papers: Fatigue design and reliability in the automotive industry (J-J. Thomas et al.). Reliability based fatigue design of maintained welded joints in the side shell of tankers (C. Guedes Soares, Y. Garbatov). A method for uncertainty quantification in the life prediction of gas turbine components (K. Lodeby et al.). The probability of success using deterministic reliability (K. Wallin). Fatigue life evaluation of grey cast iron machine components under variable amplitude loading (R. Rabb). Increase of reliability of aluminium space-frame structures by the use of hydroformed T-fittings (C. Kunz et al.). Fatigue strength of L610-P wing-fuselage attachment lug made of glare 2 fibre-metal laminate (A. Vasek et al.). Reliable design of fatigue of bonded steel sheet structures (H. Stensiö et al.). Welding and TIG dressing induced residual stresses - relaxation and influence on fatigue strength of spectrum loaded weldments (L. Lopez Martinez et al.). Material testing for fatigue design of heavy-duty gas turbine blading with film cooling (Y. Pan et al.). Consideration of crack propagation behaviour in the design of cyclic loaded structures (W. Fricke, A. Müller-Schmerl). Effects of initial cracks and firing environment on cannon fatigue life (J.H. Underwood, M.J. Audino). Weight functions and stress intensity factors for embedded cracks subjected to arbitrary mode I stress fields (G. Glinka, W. Reinhardt). A modified fracture-mechanics method for the prediction of fatigue failure from stress concentrations in the engineering components (D. Taylor). Fatigue resistance and repairs of riveted bridge members (A. Bassetti et al.). The similitude of fatigue damage principle: application in S-N curves-based fatigue design (S.V. Petinov et al.). Probabilistic fracture mechanics approach for reliability assessment of welded structures of earthmoving machines (H. Jakubczak).