The researches interests of this croup revolve around understanding the structure-function relationship in metallic materials during welding and joining process.
The research can be broken into the following themes:
- Thermodynamics of welding
- Phase transformation of welding
- Materials characterization and processing after welding
- Corrosion and wear investigates of engineered materials due to welding process
- Coating and cladding with welding technologies
- Welding and weldability of nanocomposite metallic material, light weight alloys and advanced steels
- Modeling and simulation of welding
- Cold welding
- Electric arc welding
- Friction Stir Welding / Processing (FSW/ FSP)
- High energy beam welding (Laser welding, Electron beam welding)
- Transition liquid phase bonding (TLP) and diffusion bonding
- Dissimilar welding
- Production and Weldability of Nano-Composite Metallic Material
EXAMPLE OF CURRENT RESEARCHES
- Characterization of microstructure, mechanical properties, corrosion behavior and texture of Incoloy 825 Ni-based alloy welded to 2507 super duplex stainless steel through Dissimilar Friction Stir Welding
- Friction stir welding of ferrite-Martensite dual phase steel and evaluation of weldment properties
- Laser beam welding of coated AISI 316L foils for fuel cell application
- Fabrication and evaluation of mechanical properties and micro-structure of Al-Al203 Nano-composite by sever plastic deformation
- Corrosion resistance and electrical conductivity of electrical deposition coating on the stainless steel substrate for fuel cell application
- Transition liquid phase bonding of Inconel 718 alloy to stainless steel AISI 316L