Quality assurance method for weld joints wins Swedish Steel Prize University Challenge 2015
Thomas Stenberg, a PhD student at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, wins the Swedish Steel Prize University Challenge 2015 with a quality assurance method for weld joints.“Good weld quality affects the fatigue strength of components, especially important for the use of high-strength steel. The winning application is a new method for assuring the high quality in the form of longer fatigue life of weld joints,” says Gregoire Parenty, chairman of the jury and Executive Vice President and Head of Market Development SSAB. Thomas Stenberg is now a PhD student at the department of