Hamidreza Rohani Raftar, Master of Science in Technology, will defend his doctoral dissertation in the field of Mechanical Engineering at LUT on 21st of November 2023 at noon, Auditorium 1316 and in an online event. His dissertation is titled Assessment of weld root fatigue strength of load-carrying fillet welded joints using notch stress approaches and finite element analysis. Professor Jonas Hensel, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany, will act as opponent. Professor Timo Björk of LUT University will act as custos.

Library information: The dissertation has been published in the Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis research series number 1108 of the university. ISBN 978-952-412-010-4, ISBN 978-952-412-011-1 (PDF), ISSN 1456-4491 (Print), ISSN 2814-5518 (Online).