Latest press release:

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  SSAB and Meka Pro Oy Sign Agreement for Delivery of Fossil-Free Steel Starting in 2026
  SSAB and Meka Pro Oy have signed an agreement under which Meka Pro will start receiving fossil-free steel from 2026.
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  Second phase of FOSSA collaboration starts
  The second phase of the joint project FOSSA (Fossil-free Steel Applications) coordinated by SSAB Europe has received a positive financing decision from Business Finland. The project supports SSAB’s goal of building a fossil-free value chain from steel production to the end customer.

FOSSA collaboration project science publications:

Pekka Plosila, Vili Kesti, Jaakko Hannula, Jukka Kömi & Antti Kaijalainen. (2024).
A comparison between tensile and hole expansion properties in 800 MPa tensile strength grade hot-rolled steels
Article: Materials Today Communications, 40, 109521.
Elsevier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.109521

Pekka Plosila, Pekka Kantanen, Jaakko Hannula, Vahid Javaheri, Jukka Kömi & Antti Kaijalainen. (2024).
Hole expansion performance of a medium manganese advanced high-strength steel after hot rolling and intercritical annealing
Conference paper: Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 44, pp 358-367.
Materials Research forum LLC
https://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781644903254-38

Mehran Ghafouri, Shahriar Afkhami, Aki-Petteri Pokka, Vahid Javaheri, Amir Togiani, Jari Larkiola, Timo Björk. (2024).
Development of the cross-section moment in air-bending
Conference paper: Materials Research Proceedings, 41, 1027–1037.
Materials research forum LLC
https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903131-113

Mehran Ghafouri, Shahriar Afkhami, Aki-Petteri Pokka, Vahid Javaheri, Amir Togiani, Jari Larkiola, Timo Björk. (2024).
Effect of temperature on the plastic flow and strain hardening of direct-quenched ultra-high strength steel S960MC
Article: Thin-Walled Structures, 194, 111319.
Elsevier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2023.111319

Mahmoud Khedr, Hassan Elshokrofy, Aki-Petteri Pokka, Atef Hamada, Matias Jaskari, Aappo Mustakangas, Antti Järvenpää, Abdelkader Ibrahim, Mahmoud Elsamanty. (2024).
Effect of design parameters on auxetic behavior and stiffness of additively manufactured 316L stainless steel
Article: Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 30, 8805–8814.
Elsevier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.05.197

Shahriar Afkhami, Mehran Ghafouri, Ilkka Poutiainen, Aki-Petteri Pokka, Vahid Javaheri, Jari Larkiola, Timo Björk, Masoud Moshtaghi. (2024).
Effect of service temperature on the failure of additively manufactured 13Cr10Ni2Al stainless tool steel
Conference paper: ECF 2024

Antti Kaijalainen, Aki-Petteri Pokka, Matias Jaskari, Juha Huuki, Tommi Hintsala, Jukka Kömi. (2024).
Effect of surface characteristics on strain distribution in airbending
Conference paper: Metal Forming 2024
Materials research forum LLC
https://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781644903254-37

Judit Kovács, Marcell Gáspár, János Lukács, Henri Tervo, Antti Kaijalainen. (2024).
Comparative study about the results of HAZ physical simulations on different high-strength steel grades
Article: Welding in the World, 68, 1965–1980.
Springer
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-024-01714-8

Marcell Gáspár, Judit Kovács, Raghawendra Sisodia, Johannes Sainio, Henri Tervo, Vahid Javaheri, Antti Kaijalainen. (2024).
Physical simulation-based analysis of multipass welding in S500 shipbuilding steel​
Conference paper: 77th IIW Annual Assembly and International Conference, Welding in the world, 68, 825–836.
Springer
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40194-024-01908-0

Marcell Gáspár, Judit Kovács, Johannes Sainio, Henri Tervo, Vahid Javaheri, Antti Kaijalainen. (2024).
The effect of welding thermal cycles on weld properties of 500 MPa grade offshore steel
Conference paper: 32nd Hungarian Welding Conference 2024
Hungarian welding association
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387997965_The_effect_of_welding_thermal_cycles_on_weld_properties_of_500_MPa_grade_offshore_steel

Marcell Gáspár, Judit Kovács, Johannes Sainio, Henri Tervo, Vahid Javaheri, Antti Kaijalainen. (2024).
A többrétegű varratfelépítés hatásának elemzése fizikai szimulációval 500 MPa szilárdsági kategóriájú hajóacélnál
Professional magazine: Hegesztéstechnika, XXXV, 2, 37-42.
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-202410036170

Henri Tervo, Marcell Gáspár, Judit Kovács, Antti Kaijalainen, Vahid Javaheri, Johannes Sainio, Jukka Kömi. (2024).
Physical Simulation of Heat-affected Zones in a Weld Metal Used with 500 MPa Offshore Steel
Conference paper: SIMS EUROSIM 2024
Linköping university electronic press
https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp212.033

Tuomas Alatarvas, Henri Tervo, Antti Kaijalainen, Qifeng Shu. (2024).
Utilizing computational thermodynamics in characterization and classification of non-metallic inclusions in Ti-deoxidized steels
Conference paper: SIMS EUROSIM 2024
Linköping university electronic press
https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp212.025

Henri Tervo, Marcell Gáspár, Judit Kovács, Antti Kaijalainen, Vahid Javaheri, Johannes Sainio, Jukka Kömi. (2024).
The microstructure and fracture mode of physically simulated heat-affected zones of a weld metal used with 500 MPa offshore steel – part 1: impact toughness test results
Conference paper: EFC 2024

Marcell Gáspár, Judit Kovács, Henri Tervo, Antti Kaijalainen, Vahid Javaheri, Johannes Sainio, Jukka Kömi. (2024).
The microstructure and fracture mode of physically simulated heat-affected zones of a weld metal used with 500 MPa offshore steel – part 2: fractographies, inclusions and microstructures
Conference paper: EFC 2024

Olli Nousiainen, Jaakko Hannula, sami Saukko, Antti Kaijalainen, Jukka Kömi. (2024).
Comparison of novel 1 GPa low-carbon, low-alloyed steel produced with simulated- and laboratory-scale thermomechanical controlled processes
Article: Steel Research International, 96: 2400481.
Wiley-Blackwell
https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.202400481

Sakari Pallaspuro, Eric Fangnon, S. Assa Aravindh, Lisa Claeys, Renata Latypova, Yuriy Yagodzinsky, Niko Aho, Pekka Kantanen, Sampo Uusikallio, Tom Depover, Marko Huttula, Poulumi Dey, Jukka Kömi. (2024).
Mitigating hydrogen embrittlement via film-like retained austenite in 2 GPa direct-quenched and partitioned martensitic steels
Article: MSEA, 908, 146872.
Elsevier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2024.146872

Renata Latypova, Eric Fangnon, Olli Nousiainen, Sakari Pallaspuro, Jukka Kömi. (2024).
Role of prior austenite grain structure in hydrogen diffusion, trapping, and embrittlement mechanisms in as-quenched martensitic steels
Conference article: Procedia Structural Integrity, 54, 149-155.
Elsevier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2024.01.067