Programme
Allocated time slot for presentations is 25 minutes including questions and technical preparations.
Book of abstracts
Book of abstracts is available for download.
Schedule
Wednesday 30 September 2026 |
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Time |
Room |
Event |
| 08.15 - 09.15 | REGISTRATION | |
| 09.15 - 09.30 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala | OPENING |
| 09.30 - 10.15 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala |
PLENARY LECTURE Recent Advances in Explicit Dynamics - Manfred Bischoff CHAIR: Antti Niemi |
| 10.15 - 10.45 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 10.45 - 12.30 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala |
SESSION 1A MS: Theoretical and computational aspect of fatigue analysis - 1 CHAIR: Reijo Kouhia |
| Experimental Hydrogen TDS of Steels containing Deep Traps and ML-based Prediction of Desorption Energies - Arash Ghasemi | ||
| Hydrogen Uptake During Electrochemical Charging in Welded X70 Pipelines, and a Novel Fatigue Life Prediction Model - Donát Horváth | ||
| Fatigue and material modelling of solutionstrengthened nodular cast irons - Antti Koivuvaara | ||
| Fatigue resistance of cell terminal laser weld joints in high voltage traction batteries. - Christian Lönnqvist | ||
| 10.45 - 12.30 | Kiikeli |
SESSION 1B MS: Recent Advances in Advanced Exploitation of Data from In-situ and Multiphysics Measurements - 1 CHAIR: Sven Bossuyt |
| Tailored precipitates from additive manufacturing improve hydrogen trapping in aluminum alloys for high-pressure vessels - Mansoob Ahmad | ||
| Stress-State-Dependent Fracture Anisotropy in LPBF Metals - Ehsan Amini | ||
| Algorithmic generation of patterns for lower and more uniform measurement uncertainty in DIC - Ville Björklund | ||
| 3D In-Situ Characterization of Microstructural Evolution in Metastable Austenitic Stainless Steels - Soma Rani Das | ||
| 12.30 - 13.30 | LUNCH - Restaurant Toivo | |
| 13.30 - 14.50 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala |
SESSION 2A MS: Theoretical and computational aspect of fatigue analysis - 2 CHAIR: Tero Frondelius |
| Advances in fatigue assessment of complex welded connections with root side failure - Matti Rautiainen | ||
| Fatigue strength of ultra-high strength steels – the role of microstructural barriers - Joona Vaara | ||
| Computational Mechanics Framework for Coupled Analysis of Hydrogen Transport and Fatigue in Welded and Unwelded Steels - Mohit Yadav | ||
| 13.30 - 14.50 | Kiikeli |
SESSION 2B MS: Recent Advances in Advanced Exploitation of Data from In-situ and Multiphysics Measurements - 2 CHAIR: Mikko Hokka |
| Facile and inexpensive microfabrication methods to apply small-scale patterns for DIC - Ville Björklund | ||
| Comparative visualisation of results obtained for the same images by different DIC implementations - Sven Bossuyt | ||
| An Inverse Modeling Framework for Identification of Taylor–Quinney Coefficient and Latent Heat in Metastable Austenitic Steels - Amirmohammad Felfelian | ||
| 13.30 - 14.50 | Nuotta |
SESSION 2C Plasticity and Damage CHAIR: Marko Matikainen |
| Material sink approach for modelling failure in brittle materials - Timo Saksala | ||
| Weld joint fatigue analysis with a parametrized residual stresses and comparison to conventional methods - Rami Kokko | ||
| On the viscous regularization of a tensorial damage model - Reijo Kouhia | ||
| 14.50 - 15.20 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15.20 - 17.00 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala |
SESSION 3A STS: Fatigue tolerant design in green fuel environment - 1 CHAIR: Janne Juoksukangas |
| Fatigue crack initiation of nodular cast iron under pressurized hydrogen environment - Valtteri Alander | ||
| Impact of Water Contamination from Green Fuels on Cavitation Behavior of Marine Engine Lubricant - Rahul Alroy | ||
| Bayesian approach to inclusion sizing in phased array ultrasound – implications for fatigue design - Saana Bergman | ||
| Design of test setup for experimental evaluation of fretting-induced damage in high-pressure hydrogen environment - Oskari Einola | ||
| 15.20 - 17.00 | Kiikeli |
SESSION 3B MS: Recent Advances in Advanced Exploitation of Data from In-situ and Multiphysics Measurements - 3 CHAIR: Mikko Hokka / Sven Bossuyt |
| Simulation and multi-objective optimisation for multifunctional fibre-enriched composites - Cunyi Li | ||
| Integrating Multiphysics Data to Characterize Metastable Austenitic Stainless Steels - Hossein Alghalandis | ||
| Influence of Imperfections and Residual Stress on Fatigue Assessment of 316L Stainless Steels Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion - Meysam Norouzi-Inallu | ||
| Probabilistic modelling of the mechanical properties of glued laminated timber beams - Sven Bossuyt | ||
| 15.20 - 17.00 | Nuotta |
SESSION 3C Data-Driven and Computational Modelling CHAIR: Emil Kurvinen |
| Numerical Reconstruction of Vibration Responses in Electric Motor Structures - Chi-Hieu Le | ||
| CFD-based sensitivity analysis of beer fermentation in refrigerated cellars: impact of the tank aspect ratio on thermal performance - Ashish Pawar | ||
| A User Interface for Simulation-Based Data Extraction and Neural-Network Training - Dominik Walica | ||
| Reconstructing Structural Dynamics from Sparse Strain Gauge Measurements using SLIDE Networks - Qasim Khadim | ||
| 18.00 - 19.00 |
GET-TOGETHER Learning and Meeting Hub Ydin |
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| Location: Isokatu 32, Oulu. [Walking instructions] | ||
Thursday 1 October 2026 |
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Time |
Room |
Event |
| 08.30 - 10.15 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala |
SESSION 4A MS:Experimental fatigue and fracture mechanical testing – environmental effects and state-of-the-art infrastructures - 1 CHAIR: Sakari Pallaspuro |
| Fatigue life prediction of cast steels - Mira Adolfsson | ||
| Fracture Behaviour of Saline Ice: DIC-Measured Crack Growth and J-Integral Analysis - Sakshi Devi | ||
| Consideration of global and local weld geometry in fatigue assessment of high-strength steel joints - Antti Ahola | ||
| Effect of oxide-induced crack closure on crack growth resistance and crack front geometry - Kimmo Kärkkäinen | ||
| 08.30 - 10.15 | Kiikeli |
SESSION 4B STS: Fatigue tolerant design in green fuel environment - 2 CHAIR: Jyrki Tervo |
| OPTIMIZATION OF DIMPLE DIMENSIONS AND SHAPES FOR JOURNAL BEARING USING CFD SIMULATION - Olli Honkanen | ||
| Effects of Hydrogen Ageing on Lubricant Properties and Film Regimes in Journal Bearings and MTM Contacts - Yu Jiang | ||
| Quantitative acoustic emission-based characterization of fretting damage in flat-on-flat contacts under different sliding amplitudes using machine learning - Seyedmorteza Khoshroo | ||
| Characterization of fretting induced fatigue damage through cross-sectional analysis of quenched and tempered steel samples - Miika Hakala | ||
| 10.15 - 10.45 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 10.45 - 12.30 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala |
SESSION 5A MS:Experimental fatigue and fracture mechanical testing – environmental effects and state-of-the-art infrastructures - 2 CHAIR: Mari Åman |
| Capabilities and recent advances on understanding environmentally assisted fracture from the University of Oulu - Sakari Pallaspuro | ||
| In-situ and post-mortem characterization of concrete mortar failure with application to AAM - Timo Saksala | ||
| Fast fatigue life prediction of ductile glassy materials through combined constitutive mathematical and AI-based modeling - Sami Holopainen | ||
| Subsurface fatigue cracks in large size bevel gears - Erkka Virtanen | ||
| 10.45 - 12.30 | Kiikeli |
SESSION 5B STS: Fatigue tolerant design in green fuel environment - 3 CHAIR: Tero Frondelius |
| Elastic–plastic solution-dependent three-dimensional fatigue crack growth model - Kimmo Kärkkäinen | ||
| Influence of groove parameters on the frictional performance of journal bearings: A combined CFD and experimental study - Aaquib Jeelani Lone | ||
| A systematic approach to the development of a high-frequency multiaxial fatigue testing device - Antti Lumiaho | ||
| Fretting fatigue in hydrogen gas: Insights from advanced microstructural characterization - Amirhossein Zabihi | ||
| 10.45 - 12.30 | Nuotta |
SESSION 5C STS: Monitoring and Computational Methods for Engineering Systems CHAIR: Antti Ahola |
| Gas path dimensioning and pressure pulsation study in a Closed-Loop Hydrogen-Argon Power Cycle - Jérémy Archier | ||
| Mapping Real-Time and Online Fatigue Assessment Approaches for Working Mobile Machinery Applications - Dominik Walica | ||
| Numerical framework for fatigue crack monitoring using optical methods and strain drop measurement - Juho Havia | ||
| EDE3: Early Detection of Extreme Engine Events Using Measurements and Digital Twins - Mohamed Sayed | ||
| 12.30 - 13.30 | LUNCH - Raatti (Downstairs) | |
| 13.30 - 14.15 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala |
PANEL DISCUSSION The Future of Mechanics - Tero Frondelius, Mikko Hokka, Peter Råback, Mari Åman Chair: Antti Niemi |
| 14.15 - 14.30 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala |
ANNOUNCEMENTS Finnish Association for Structural Mechanics and The Finnish National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - Reijo Kouhia |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | COFFEE | |
| 15.00 - 17.15 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala |
SESSION 6A TS: Topics on numerical simulation CHAIR: Antti-Jussi Vuotikka |
| A mixed formulation of the Cahn-Hilliard phase-field model coupled with strain gradient elasticity - Ole Kranzosch | ||
| Modeling of phase transformations in duplex stainless steel in the cooling zones of a continuous annealing line - Timo Manninen | ||
| Resolving scalability bottlenecks in finite element modeling of radiation heat transfer - Peter Råback | ||
| Finite Element Methods for Elastic Contact: Augmented Lagrangian and Nitsche - Rolf Stenberg | ||
| F-barES-FEM T4: A locking-free tetrahedral element implementation in CalculiX - Giacomo Stirpe | ||
| 15.00 - 17.15 | Kiikeli |
SESSION 6B TS: Fluids and coupled problems CHAIR: Timo Saksala |
| Thermal Modeling and Insulation Design of Sensible Heat Storage - Fatemeh Ardaneh | ||
| Numerical modelling of river-derived PFOS transport and dispersion in the Archipelago Sea - Ashvin Chaudhari | ||
| Numerical Validation of Non-Reactive Sonic Hydrogen Jet Injection and Mixing Characteristics under Different Nozzle Pressure Ratios and Ambient Compositions - Jamshid Moradi | ||
| Catchment-scale CFD analysis of future extreme rain events in a peri-urban catchment area - Ashis Pawar | ||
| Experimental Investigation of Various Effective Bulk Modulus Models Under Low Pressure and Aerated Fluid Conditions - Qasim Khadim | ||
| 15.00 - 17.15 | Nuotta |
SESSION 6C STS: Early detection of extreme engine events CHAIR: Mohamed Sayed |
| Forward Model Aspects of the Engine Failure Detection - Rabia Altunay Kan | ||
| Finite Element Model Validation using Acoustic Measurements - Juha Hautala | ||
| Engine Setup and Measurements Pre- and Postprocessing - Toomas Karhu | ||
| Engine Model Validation using Test-Bench Measurements - Mohamed Sayed | ||
| A Robust Diagnosis Method for Early Detection of Engine Failures - Jarkko Suuronen | ||
| 19.00 - | CONFERENCE DINNER - Restaurant Toivo | |
Friday 2 October 2026 |
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Time |
Room |
Event |
| 09.30 - 10.15 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala |
PLENARY LECTURE Mechanical Response of Metals Under Extreme Conditions in CERN Particle Accelerators - Flyura Djurabekova CHAIR: Reijo Kouhia |
| 10.15 - 10.45 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 10.45 - 12.30 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala |
SESSION 7A TS: Design Structures and Engineering Applications - 1 CHAIR: Jarkko Niiranen |
| MODSIM + AI: Enabling Concurrent Engineering Through an Integrated 3D Data Model - Eetu Autio | ||
| Methodology for designing asymmetric constant stress tied-arch bridges - Esko Järvenpää | ||
| Generative AI-Augmented Multidisciplinary Design Optimization for Sustainable Design-to-Manufacturing Workflows - Amirmohammad Daareyni | ||
| Folding paper to origami core sandwich structures - Jarkko Niiranen | ||
| 10.45 - 12.30 | Kiikeli |
SESSION 7B TS: Structural mechanics and materials CHAIR: Peter Råback |
| Integrating DEM Simulations and Machine Learning for Mixing Analysis of Polydisperse Granular Materials - Praveen Dubey | ||
| Geometry-driven design of programmable 3D chiral metamaterials with tunable mechanical response - Mohammaderfan Khodabakhshi | ||
| Tension-compression asymmetric mechanical metamaterials: Design and analysis - Talha Rauf | ||
| Process-Aware Thermomechanical Modeling of Interlayer Bond Formation in Large-Format Additive Manufacturing (LFAM) - Reza Shahzadi | ||
| 12.30 - 13.30 | LUNCH - Restaurant Toivo | |
| 13.30 - 14.50 | Ranta - Koski - Pakkala |
SESSION 8A Mixed topics CHAIR: Antti Niemi |
| Towards computational soft-tissue mechanics in large-deformation dynamics: arbitrary volume integration of hyperelastic continuum beam elements - Marko Matikainen | ||
| A FE modelling workflow for gaskets - Benjamin Wuite | ||
| The effect of ash on optimising shedding in boilers under impact loading - Antti-Jussi Vuotikka | ||
| COFFEE & CLOSING | ||
Plenary Speakers

