Curriculum Vitae of Dr. S.S. Bhattacharya
Name: Dr. SUBRAMSHU SHEKAR BHATTACHARYA
Designation: Associate Professor
Affliation: Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Email: [email protected]
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Official Address:
Residential Address:
Materials Testing Facility,
C1-11-31, 15th Cross Road
Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Madras
Chennai – 600 036, India
Chennai – 600 036, India
Phone: (044) 2257 4765
Phone: (044) 2257 6765, 2257
Fax: (044) 2257 0509/2257 0545
0369, 2257 6438
Date of birth: 23rd October 1962
Educational qualifications:
Direct Doctorate Programme Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Title Some Analytical and Experimental Studies in Optimal
Structural Superplasticity
Year of completion 1994
Undergraduate Programme Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Subject Metallurgical Engineering (I Rank)
Year of completion 1985
Professional Career:
January 2004 to
date
July 1998 –
December 2003
January 2000 – July
2000
August 1998 –
December 1999
July 1996 –
July 1998
January 1991 –
June 1996
April 1987 –
January 1991
February 1985 –
March 1987
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Visiting Scientist
Alexander von
Humboldt Research
Fellow
Scientific Officer I
Senior Scientific
Officer II
Senior Project Officer
II
Project Associate
Department of Metallurgical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Department of Metallurgical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Thin Films Division, Institute for Materials
Science,
Darmstadt
University
of
Technology
Thin Films Division, Institute for Materials
Science,
Darmstadt
University
of
Technology
Department of Metallurgical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Department of Metallurgical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Department of Metallurgical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Department of Metallurgical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Awards/Prizes/Honours/Certificates etc. won:
1997
1996
1985
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Research Fellowship
(Forschungsstipendium)
Young Engineer 1996
Academic
Distinction
Metallurgical Engineering
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn
Germany
Indian National Academy of Engineering, INAE
in
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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Field of specialisation/Areas of Research:
Nanocrystalline Materials; Superplasticity of Materials (Analytical and Experimental);
Superplastic Forming; Metal Forming; High Temperature Deformation Behaviour of
Materials; Advanced Materials Testing.
Sponsored Projects coordinated/co-coordinated:
Completed Sponsored Projects
1. Co-coordinator for a Board of Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) sponsored project titled “Some
Studies on the Low-Cycle Fatigue Behaviour of AISI LN 304 Stainless Steels” during 199194 with an outlay of Rs. 3.45 lakhs.
2. Co-coordinator for an Indo-US Project sponsored by the Naval Research Laboratory, USA
titled “Fundamental Studies in Superplasticity And High Temperature Creep” during
1993-97 with an outlay of Rs. 10.86 lakhs.
3. Co-coordinator for an Indo-Russian Project sponsored by the ILTP of the Department of
Science & Technology, Government of India titled “Phenomenology and Rheology Of
Plastic And Superplastic Deformation Under Different Loading Conditions” during 19972000 with an outlay of Rs. 4.75 lakhs.
4. Co-coordinator for an Indo-German Project sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation,
Germany titled “Fatigue Behaviour of New Micro-alloyed Ferritic-Pearlitic Steels” during
1995-1998 with an outlay of DM 90,000.
5. Co-coordinator for a project sponsored by the Tata Iron & Steel Company titled
“Characterisation of the Formability of Different Grades of Sheet Steel Produced by
TISCO” during 1994-1998 with an outlay of Rs. 13.8 lakhs.
6. Co-coordinator for a Department of Science & Technology sponsored project on “Open
Die Extrusion of Sintered Powder Metallurgical Preforms” during 1995-2000 with an
outlay of Rs. 18.69 lakhs.
7. Co-coordinator for a Ministry of Human Resources Development sponsored project on
“The Development of a Low Cost Computer Networking at IIT Madras” during 1997-2001
with an outlay of Rs. 6 lakhs.
8. Principal coordinator for an Indo-German Project sponsored by the BMBF-DLR, Germany,
titled “Some Studies On The Superplastic Deformation Behaviour Of Some
Nanocrystalline Ceramics” during 2001-2003 with an outlay of EUR 45000.
9. Principal coordinator for an IITM-ISRO sponsored project on the “Pre- And PostDeformation Behaviour Of Superplastically Formed Ti-6Al-4V” during 2001-2004 with an
outlay of Rs. 7.158 lakhs.
10. Principal coordinator for an Indo-US Project sponsored by the Naval Research Laboratory,
USA, titled, “Fundamental Studies in Superplasticity and High Temperature Creep:
Phase II – Phenomenological Studies” during 1997-2006 with an outlay of Rs. 13.8 lakhs.
11. Principal Coordinator for a Ministry of Human Resources Development sponsored project
titled, “Nanocrystalline Titania: Superplastic Deformation and Diffusion Bonding Studies”
during 2005-2008 with an overall outlay of Rs. 11 lakhs.
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12. Co-coordinator for a Department of Science & Technology sponsored project titled, “On
The Applicability Of Equal Channed Extrusion To The Processing Of Aluminium Alloys”
during 2002-2006 with an outlay of Rs. 17.5 lakhs.
Current Sponsored Projects
1. Co-investigator for a Department of Science & Technology sponsored project titled
“Nanomaterials And Nanotechnology (Processes, Characterisations And Applications)”
during 2002-2007 with an overall outlay of Rs. 106 lakhs.
2. Principal Coordinator of an ARCI sponsored programme on the development of a
Chemical Vapour Synthesis Set-up for the Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Oxide Ceramics
from 2004 onwards.
3. Co-coordinator for a Naval Research Board sponsored project titled, “Scaling up of the
Severe Plastic Deformation Process for Producing Ultra Fine Grained Microstructures in
Aluminium Alloys” during 2006-2009 with an overall outlay of Rs. 12 lakhs.
4. Principal Coordinator for an industry supported project under the Infrastructure for
Research in High Priority Areas (IRHPA) scheme of the Department of Science &
Technology titled, “Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre” during 2007-2010
with an overall outlay of Rs. 2,448 lakhs (Rs. 24.48 crores).
Consultancy Assignments:
1. Involved in consultancy assignments with HAL (high temperature deformation of Mg
alloys), KCP (tensile testing of Al alloys at high temperatures), ENMAS Engineering
(Creep testing for life prediction), AUDCO (elevated temperature testing of EN80 steels),
Rane Madras (compression testing of brake linings), QNET (creep testing), Kartik Steels
(creep testing), TEAM Madras, Polytrusions Madras etc.
2. Development of a user-friendly industry oriented software, “METROFORGE”, for
prediction of energy and forces in open die forging operations.
3. Involved in a consultancy assignment with Elgi Steel Rolling Mills, Karur for the design
and development of a roll profile for minimum thickness variation in rolled medium carbon
steel strips.
Courses taught:
The following courses have been taught/are being taught/are to be taught:
1. Mechanical Metallurgy for the 2nd year B.Tech. students of Metallurgical Engineering
2. Mechanical Metallurgy Laboratory for the 2nd year B.Tech. students of Metallurgical
Engineering
3. Metal Forming Technology for the 3rd year B.Tech. students of Metallurgical Engineering
4. Metal Forming Laboratory for the 3rd year B.Tech. students of Metallurgical Engineering
5. Modern Materials for the 4th year B.Tech. students of Metallurgical Engineering
6. Defects and Failures in Manufacturing and Service for the 4th year B.Tech. students of
Metallurgical Engineering
7. Metallurgical Plant Design for the 4th year B.Tech. students of Metallurgical Engineering
8. Plasticity and Plastic Deformation for M.Tech./M.S./Ph.D. students
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9. Special Topics in Metal Forming for M.Tech./M.S./Ph.D. students
10. Topics in Nanomaterials for M.Tech./M.S./Ph.D. students
Research Guidance:
Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Science (by research)
Master of Technology
Bachelor of Technology
4 on-going
3 on-going
2 on-going
2 completed
4 completed
31 completed
51 completed
Doctor of Philosophy
1. A. Satya Devi, “Some Life Prediction Studies on Materials under Load-Controlled Very
Low Cycle Fatigue”, July 2005 with Dr. M.S. Siva Kumar.
2. B. Yogesha, “Superplasticity and Superplastic Forming of a Ti-Al-Mn Alloy”, January
2006.
Master of Science (by research)/Master of Technology
1. Manu Mathai, Master of Science by research (Engineering), thesis titled, “Finite Element
Analysis of Superplastic Forming Processes with Metallurgical and Thermomechanical
Coupling”, August 2003.
2. K. Srinivasan, Master of Science by research (Engineering), thesis titled, “Some Studies on
the Microstructure and High Temperature Deformation Behaviour of Commercially Pure
Aluminium Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation”, July 2004.
3. P. Surya Prakash Rao, Master of Science by research (Engineering), thesis titled, “On the
Superplastic Deformation of Two Aluminium AA5083 Alloys”, July 2006.
4. P.C. Seshagiri, Master of Science by research (Engineering), thesis titled, “Improvement of
Mechanical Properties of Aluminium-Copper Alloy (AA2219) Welds”, July 2007 with Prof.
K. Prasad Rao.
5. Subroto J. Mukerjee, Master of Technology, thesis titled, “On the Numerical Verification
of a Mechanistic Model for Boundary Sliding Controlled Superplastic Flow” , January
1994 with Prof. K.A. Padmanabhan
6. Anil Kumar, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Numerical Validation of a Model for
Boundary Sliding Controlled Superplastic Flow”, January 1995.
7. N. Parthiban, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Atlas of Flow Stress Data of Some
Important Materials used in Metal Forming”, January 1996, with Prof. P. Venugopal.
8. Saugata Sahu, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Some Simulation Studies on the Sheet
Thermoforming of Superplastic Alloys”, January 1996, with Dr. Thomas Zachariah.
9. B. Ranjit Kumar, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Some Studies on the Deformation
Behaviour of Al5083 Alloy”, January 1997.
10. B. Vamsi Krishna, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Characterisation of Iron Powder
Compacts for Cold Open Die Extrudability”, January 1998 with Prof. P. Venugopal.
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11. K. Murali, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Experimental and Analytical Studies on the
Superplastic Behaviour of Aluminium Alloy SUPRAL 100”, January 1998.
12. Jaywant R. Nagrale, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Superplastic Forming of an AlCu-Mg-Mn-Zr Alloy”, January 2001.
13. P.S.N. Gangadharan, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Superplastic Forming of an AlCu-Zr Alloy”, January 2001.
14. Patil Amit Ashok, Master of Technology thesis titled, “High Temperature Deformation
Behaviour of an Aluminium Alloy”, January 2002.
15. P. Murali, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Some Experimental Studies on the
Superplastic Sheet Thermoforming of an Aluminium Alloy”, January 2002.
16. Kothapalli Praveen, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Finite Element Analysis of
Forward Extrusion with Thermomechanical Coupling” January 2003.
17. Akurati Kranthi Kumar, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Chemical Vapour Synthesis
and Sintering of Nanocrystalline Titania”, March 2003 with Prof. Horst Hahn.
18. Velagati Kishor, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Growth and Characterisation of
Ferroelectric Thin Films of YMnO3 on Y2O3/Si(111) by Molecular Beam Epitaxy” March
2003 with Prof. Horst Hahn.
19. S. Parasuraman, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Development of Inorganic Pigments
using Zircon-Vanadium Oxide and Cesium Sulphide Systems”, May 2003 with Prof.
U.V.V. Raju.
20. K. Prafull, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Finite Element Analysis of Extrusion with
Thermomechanical Coupling”, May 2004.
21. Md. Imteyaz Ahmed, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Luminescence of ZnGa2O4:Mn
in Powder and Thin Film Form”, May 2004 with Dr. M.S. Ramachandra Rao (awarded the
Sudarshan Bhat memorial prize for the best M. Tech. thesis)
22. G.V. Sharath Kumar, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Development of a set-up for the
Nanostructured Coatings of Powders using Fluidisation in a PLD Apparatus”, May 2004
with Dr. M.S. Ramachandra Rao.
23. Sandeep Verma, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Magneto-Impedance Studies in MeltSpun Fe-Cu-Al Ribbons”, May 2004 with Dr. Markandeyelu.
24. Prasanna Pal, Master of Technology thesis titled, “On the Oxidative Electrodeposition of
Nanocrystalline Titania Powder and its Sintering Behaviour”, May 2005.
25. C. Ramprasad, Master of Technology and Bachelor of Technology (Dual Degree) thesis
titled, “Numerical Modeling of the Forming of Powder Metallurgy Components”, May
2005.
26. R.D. Anoop, Master of Technology and Bachelor of Technology (Dual Degree) thesis
titled, “TiO2, Fe2O3 and CuO as Electrode Materials for Photoelectrochemical Cells”, May
2005 with Prof. S. Rama Prabhu.
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27. Krishna Iyengar, Master of Technology and Bachelor of Technology (Dual Degree) thesis
titled, “Quasicontinuum Approach Towards the Simulation of Sliding in Materials”, May
2006 with Prof. M.S. Sivakumar
28. V. Jayaprasad, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Development of Superplasticity in an
Al-Mg-Sc Alloy through Thermomechanical Treatments”, May 2006.
29. Deepankar Pal, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Studies on Synthesis and
Characterization of Graphene-Polystyrene Nanocomposites”, May 2007.
30. Junaid Shaffy, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Superplastic Forming of Aircraft
Enginer Bullet Nose Cone”, May 2007.
31. Tanya Meredith, Master of Technology thesis titled, “Influence of Ball Milling and
Sintering Parameters on the Processing of TiO2 Nanoparticles”, May 2007.
Patents (applied for/granted):
1. “A method for producing cold extrudes of Sintered Iron Powder Metallurgical Preforms
with low strain, low force and for enhanced property (98% theoretical density)” – B. Vamsi
Krishna, S.S. Bhattacharya and P. Venugopal (approval awaited)
2. “Nanopowders by Electrolytic Oxidation of Titanium – NEOTITAN” – Prasanna Pal, Md.
Imteyaz Ahmad and S.S. Bhattacharya (applied for)
3. “Nanopowders by Electrolytic Oxidation of Zirconium – NEOZIRCON” – Gaurav Jetly,
Imteyaz Ahmad and S.S. Bhattacharya (under preparation)
4. “Nanopowders by Electrolytic Oxidation of Aluminium – NEOALUMINA” – Gaurav
Jetly, Imteyaz Ahmad and S.S. Bhattacharya (under preparation)
Short term Courses, Confernces, Symposia and Programmes organised:
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Coordinated a one-day Technology Appreciation Programme (TAP) on “Orientation
towards Mathematical Treatment of Metal Forming” was organised and coordinated on
January 30th 2003 for the industrial associates of IIT Madras.
Chairman of the Programme Committee for the International Symposium of Research
Students on Materials Science and Engineering, ISRS-2004 held during the period
December 20-22, 2004 at IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
Convenor, Hall Arrangements Committee for the International Conference on Frontiers in
Design of Materials (FDM), National Metallurgists Day (NMD) Celebrations and Annual
Technical Meeting (ATM) of the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) during the period
November 12-17, 2005 at IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
Member of the Local Organising Committee for the International Conference on
Computational and Experimental Engineering Sciences (ICCES-‘05) during the period
December 1-6, 2005 at IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
Member of the Technical Committee for the International Conference on Advances in
Materials Processing and Characterization (AMPC) during the period August 28-30 at
Anna University, Chennai, India.
Convenor, International Symposium for Research Scholars on Metallurgy, Materials
Science & Engineering, ISRS-2006 during the period December 18-20, 2006 at IIT
Madras, Chennai, India.
Publications & Presentations:
1. International Journal publications: 17 (published) + 2 (held back) + 15 (under preparation)
2. National Journal publications: 1
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3. International conferences: 39 (published/presented)
4. National conferences: 16 (presented/published)
Refereed Journal publications:
1. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “Similarities and Differences in the Approaches to
Structural Superplasticity and High Temperature Creep”, Transactions of the Indian Institute of
Metals (Supplement), Vol. 42 (1989) S123-S137.
2. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “On the Experimental Verification of an Atomistic
Model for Boundary Sliding Controlled Optimal Superplastic Flow”, Materials Science Forum,
Vol. 170 (1994) 95-100.
3. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “Phenomenological and Mechanistic Approaches to
Optimal Structural Superplasticity”, Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 97 (1995) 141-150.
4. S.S. Bhattacharya, G.V. Satish Narayana and K.A. Padmanabhan, “A Generic Analysis for
High Temperature Power Law Deformation: The Case of Linear Ln(Strain Rate) – Ln(Stress)
Relationship”, Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 30 (1995) 5850-5866.
5. S.S. Bhattacharya, K.A. Padmanabhan and J. Schlipf, “A Mechanistic Model for Boundary
Sliding Controlled Optimal Superplastic Flow: I Theory”, Journal of Materials Processing and
Manufacturing Science, Vol. 4 (1995) 105-116.
6. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “A Mechanistic Model for Boundary Sliding
Controlled Optimal Superplastic Flow: II Experimental Verification”, Journal of Materials
Processing and Manufacturing Science, Vol. 4 (1995) 117-161.
7. V.V. Astanin, K.A. Padmanabhan and S.S. Bhattacharya, “A Model for Grain Boundary
Sliding and its Relevance to Optimal Structural Superplasticity: III. The Effects of Flow
Localization and Specimen Thickness on Superplasticity in Alloy Supral 100”, Materials
Science and Technololgy, Vol. 12 (1996) 545-550.
8. T.A. Venkatesh, S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “A Model for Grain Boundary
Sliding and its Relevance to Optimal Structural Superplasticity: IV.
Experimental
Verification”, Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 12 (1996) 635-643.
9. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “On the Numerical Verification of a Mechanistic
Model for Optimal Superplastic Flow”, Materials Science Forum, Vol. 196 (1997) 59-64.
10. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “On the Apparent Activation Energies for
Superplastic Flow”, Materials Science Forum, Vol. 196 (1997) 65-70.
11. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “A Mechanistic Model for Boundary Sliding
Controlled Optimal Superplastic Flow: III. Numerical Verification”, Journal of Materials
Processing and Manufacturing Science, Vol. 5(3) (1997) 225-240.
12. F.U. Enikeev, K.A. Padmanabhan and S.S. Bhattacharya, “A Model for Grain Boundary
Sliding and its Relevance to Optimal Structural Superplasticity: V. A Unique Numerical
Solution and its reliability”, Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 15 (1999) 673-682.
13. Ulrich Betz, Subramshu S. Bhattacharya and H. Hahn, “On the development of a Low
Temperature Superplastic Nanocrystalline 5mol.% Yttria Stabilised Zirconia: Synthesis,
Processing and Mechanical Characterisation”, Journal of Metastable and Nanocrystalline
Materials, 8 (2000) 539-544.
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14. U. Betz, S.S. Bhattacharya and H. Hahn, “Some Studies on the Superplastic Deformation
Behaviour of Nanocrystalline Yttria Stabilised Zirconia Based Ceramics”, Scripta Materialia,
Vol. 44 (2001) 1553-1556.
15. A. Satya Devi, M.S. Sivakumar and S.S. Bhattacharya, “On the Applicability of a Damage
Mechanics Based Model for the Stress Controlled Very Low Cycle Fatigue (VLCF) of
Commercial Stainless Steel”, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 58(2-3) (2005)
337-341.
16. Md. Imteyaz Ahmed, K. Kottasamy, R. Rama, M.S. Ramachandra Rao and S.S. Bhattacharya,
“Thin Film Luminescence of ZnGa2O4:Mn Deposited by PLD”, Scripta Materialia, 54(2)
(2006) 237-240.
17. A. Kranthi Kumar, M. Winterer, S.S. Bhattacharya and H. Hahn, “Synthesis, Characterisation
and Sintering of Nanocrystalline Titania produced by Chemical Vapour Synthesis”, Journal of
Physics: D. Applied Physics, 39 (2006) 2248-2254.
18. A. Satya Devi, S.M. Sivakumar and S.S. Bhattacharya, “A New Failure Criterion for Materials
Exhibiting Ratcheting During Very Low Cycle Fatigue”, Materials Science and Engineering A,
452-453 (2007) 380-385.
Refereed Journal papers held back from publication pending patent approval:
1. B. Vamsi Krishna, S.S. Bhattacharya and P. Venugopal, “Characterisation of Sintered Iron P/M
Preforms for Open Die Extrusion”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology.
2. K. Anand, Maruthi Prasad, B. Vamsi, S.S. Bhattacharya and P. Venugopal, “On the Open Die
Extrusion of Sintered Iron P/M Preforms, Journal of Materials Processing Technology.
Refereed Journal Papers Submitted/Under Preparation:
1. K.A. Padmanabhan and S.S. Bhattacharya, “High Temperature Uniaxial Power Law
Deformation: Theory and Experiments”, International Journal of Plasticity, submitted.
2. K. Srinivasan and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Some Studies on an Alternate Extrusion Compression
(AEC) Process for the Microstructural Refinement of Commercially Pure Aluminium”,
Metallurgical & Materials Transactions A, submitted.
3. Wolfram Berky, S.S. Bhattacharya, Adam Balogh and H. Hahn, “On the Influence of
Irradiation on the Stability of Nanocrystalline Tetragonal Zirconia”, Nuclear Methods and
Instrumentation B, submitted.
4. Shubhayu Sinharoy and S.S. Bhatacharya, “Data Smoothing in Mechanical Testing using Fast
Fourier Transforms” Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, submitted.
5. Amit Patil, Manu Mathai and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Some Experimental and Finite Element
Simulation Studies on the High Temperature Tensile Behaviour of a Superplastic Al-Cu-MgZn-Zr Alloy, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction A, to be submitted.
6. S. Shankar, Md. Imteyaz Ahmad and S.S. Bhattacharya, “On the Oxidative Electrolysis of
Nanocrystalline Oxide Ceramic Powders” Acta Materialia, under preparation.
7. Ashish K. Baraskar, G. Markandeyelu and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Development of a FeTb
Magnetic Material”, under preparation.
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8. S.S. Bhattacharya, U. Betz and H. Hahn, “On the Low Temperature Superplastic Deformation
Behaviour of a Nanocrystalline Yttria Stabilised Zirconia Ceramic” Materials Science and
Engineering A, under preparation.
9. P. Murali, Manu Mathai and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Some Experimental and Finite Element
Simulation Studies on the Sheet Thermoforming Behaviour of a Superplastic Al-Cu-Mg-Zn-Zr
Alloy, under preparation.
10. S. Rajeev Kumar, K. Praveen and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Cryo-rolling for Enhanced Superplastic
Behaviour in Ti-6Al-4V”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, under preparation.
11. K. Praveen, S.S. Bhattacharya and P. Venugopal, “Finite Element Analysis of Forward Open
Die Extrusion with Thermomechanical Coupling”, under preparation.
12. S. Sharath Kumar, S.S. Bhattacharya and M.S. Ramachandra Rao, “Fluidisation as a Technique
for the Nanostructured Coating of a Powder using Pulsed Laser Deposition”, Journal of
Materials Science Letters, under preparation.
13. B. Yogesha and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Superplastic Deformation and Forming Behaviour of a TiAl-Mn Alloy”, J. Metal Forming Technology, under preparation.
14. P. Surya Prakash Rao and S.S. Bhattacharya, “On the Superplastic Deformation Behaviour of
Two AA5083 Alloys”, J. Mater. Sci., under preparation.
15. Md. Imteyaz Ahmad and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Modelling of the Chemical Vapour Synthesis of
Nanocrystalline Titania Powder”, Aerosol Sci . Tech., under preparation.
International Conference Papers Presented & Published:
1. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “On the Applicability of a Boundary Sliding
Controlled Flow Process to Superplastic Deformation”, Proceedings of the International
Conference on Superplasticity of Advanced Materials, ICSAM-91, June 4-6, 1991, Osaka,
Japan, Eds. S. Hori, M. Tokizane and N. Furushiro, Japan Society for Research on
Superplasticity, 1991, pp. 33-38.
2. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “Deformation Behaviour of Two Commercial
Superplastic Alloys”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Superplasticity of
Advanced Materials, ICSAM-91, June 4-6, 1991, Osaka, Japan, Eds. S. Hori, M. Tokizane and
N. Furushiro, Japan Society for Research on Superplasticity, 1991, pp. 459-464.
3. G.V. Satish Narayana, S.S. Bhattacharya and P. Venugopal, “Software – METROFORGE for
the Prediction of Forces and Energy in Drop Forging”, Proceedings of the Second International
Conference on Die and Mould Technology, ICDMT-2, Sept. 23-25, 1992, Singapore,
Singapore Precision Engineering and Tooling Association, 1992, pp. 778-783.
4. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “On the Experimental Verification of an Atomistic
Model for Boundary Sliding Controlled Optimal Superplastic Flow”, Proceedings of the
International Conference on Superplasticity of Advanced Materials, ICSAM-94, May 24-26,
1994, Moscow, Russia, Ed. T.G. Langdon, Trans. Tech. Pub., Switzerland, 1994, pp. 95-100
5. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “Phenomenological and Mechanistic Approaches to
Optimal Structural Superplasticity”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Plasticity
of Metals and Alloys, ISPMA-6, Sept. 5-9, 1994, Prague, Czechoslovakia Ed. P. Lukac, Trans.
Tech. Pub., Switzerland, 1995, pp. 141-150.
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6. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “Numerical Verification of a Mechanistic Model
for Boundary Sliding Controlled Optimal Superplastic Flow”, Proceedings of the International
Symposium on Hot Workability and Thermomechanical Processing at the Annual Conference
of Metallurgists, Aug. 24-29, 1996, Montreal, Canada, Ed. H.J. McQueen, E.V. Konopleva and
N.D. Ryan, Canadian Insitute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 1996, pp. 105-112.
7. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “On the Numerical Verification of a Mechanistic
Model for Superplastic Flow”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Superplasticity
in Advanced Materials, ICSAM-97, Jan. 29-31, 1997, Bangalore, India, Ed. A.H. Chokshi,
Trans. Tech. Pub., 1997, pp. 59-64.
8. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “On the Apparent Activation Energies for
Superplastic Flow”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Superplasticity in
Advanced Materials, ICSAM-97, Jan. 29-31, 1997, Bangalore, India, Ed. A.H. Chokshi, Trans.
Tech. Pub., 1997, pp. 65-71.
9. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “High Temperature Creep Deformation: A Generic
Analysis”, Proceedings of the 3rd Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials
and Processing, PRICM-3, July 12-16, 1998, Honolulu, Hawai.
10. Ulrich Betz, Subramshu S. Bhattacharya and H. Hahn, “On the development of a Low
Temperature Superplastic Nanocrystalline 5mol.% Yttria Stabilised Zirconia: Synthesis,
Processing and Mechanical Characterisation”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on
Metastable, Mechanically Alloyed and Nanocrystalline Materials, ISMANAM-99, Aug 30 –
Sept. 3, 1999, Dresden, Germany, Ed. J. Eckert, H. Schloerb and L. Schultz, Trans. Tech. Pub.,
Switzerland, 539-544.
11. U. Betz, S.S. Bhattacharya and H. Hahn, “Some Studies on the Processing of Nanocrystalline
Ceramic Oxide Powders”, EUROMAT 99, Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, 1999, Munich, Germany.
12. U. Betz, S.S. Bhattacharya and H. Hahn, “Low Temperature Mechanical Properties of
Nanocrystalline Yttria Stabilised Zirconia”, EUROMAT 99, Sept. 30. – Oct. 3, 1999, Munich,
Germany.
13. S.S. Bhattacharya, U. Betz and H.Hahn, “On the Applicability of a Grain/Interphase Boundary
Sliding Controlled Superplastic Flow for the Deformation of Nanocrystalline Materials”,
Annual Meeting of the German Physical Society, March 27-31 2000, Regensburg, Germany
14. U. Betz, S.S. Bhattacharya and H. Hahn, “Some Studies on the Superplastic Deformation
Behaviour of Nanocrystalline Yttria Stabilised Zirconia Based Ceramics”, Proceedings of the
International Nano 2000 Conference, Sept. 3-9, 2000, Sendai, Japan.
15. A. Pavan Kumar, S. Karthik, A. Muthukaruppan and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Development of an
ANN controlled Genetic Algorithm for the Numerical Validation of a Model for Superplastic
Deformation” Proceedings of the 15th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and
Distributed Computing Systems, PDCS-2003, November 3-5, 2003, Marina del Rey,
California, USA, Ed. T. Gonzalez, Acta Press, Vol II, 941-946.
16. K. Srinivasan, S.S. Bhattacharya and P. Venugopal, “Some Studies on the Severe Plastic
Deformation of Commercial Aluminium by a Cyclic Extrusion - Upsetting Route”,
International Conference on Non-Ferrous Materials, July 4-6, 2003, Varanasi, India, Eds. R.N.
Prasad, S.N. Ojha, Vakil Singh, T.R. Mankhand and J.P. Pathak, pp. Tech-12/1-11.
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17. Manu Mathai and S.S. Bhattacharya, “On the Superplastic Deformation Behaviour of an
Aluminium Alloy”, International Conference on Advances in Materials & Processes for
Industrial Applications, September 25-27, 2003, Pune, India, Tech. Vol., ASM International
Pub., pp. 43-49.
18. A. Satya Devi, M.S. Sivakumar and S.S. Bhattacharya, “On the Applicability of a Damage
Mechanics Based Model for the Stress Controlled Very Low Cycle Fatigue (VLCF) of
Commercial Stainless Steel”, Fourth Conference on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue
Interaction, October 8-10, Kalpakkam, 2003, India, Ind. Inst. Metals, pp. C105-110.
19. A. Satya Devi, S.S. Bhattacharya and M.S. Sivakumar, “A Damage Mechanics Based Model
for the Life Prediction of Stress Controlled Very Low Cycle Fatigue of Stainless Steel”,
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Low Cycle Fatigue, September 9-11,
2003, Berlin, Germany, Eds. P.D. Portella, H. Shitoglu and K. Hatanaka, pp. 401-406.
20. A. Kranthi Kumar, M. Winterer, H. Sieger, S.S. Bhattacharya and H. Hahn, “Chemical Vapour
Synthesis and Sintering of Nanocrystalline Titania, European Congress on Advanced Materials
and Processes, EUROMAT 2003, September 1-5, Lausanne, Switzerland.
21. K. Srinivasan, B. Senthil Kumar, J. Eswaramoorthy, C. Ramesh Kumar, D. Noorulla and S.S.
Bhattacharya, “On the Sursulf Treatment of some Plain Carbon Steels”, International
Conference on Heat Treatment of Industrial Components, January 9-10, 2004, pp. A4/1-4.
22. S.S. Bhattacharya, U. Betz and H. Hahn, “On the Development of a Nanocrystalline Yttria
Stabilised Zirconia Ceramic Capable of Superplastic Deformation at Relatively Low
Temperatures”, International Conference on Nanotechnology, Nanotech 2004, March 7-11,
Boston, USA, Technical Proceedings of 2004 Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show,
Volume 3, pp. 292-295.
23. A. Satyadevi, S.M. Sivakumar and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Very Low Cycle Fatigue Behaviour of
Materials” International Conference on Advances in Structural Integrity, ICASI-2004, July 1417, Bangalore, India, pp ICASI/I-07/1-8.
24. P. Suryaprakash Rao and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Some Studies on the Superplastic Deformation of
a Modified AA5083 Alloy” International Conference on Non-Ferrous Metals, NFM-2004,
August 6-7, 2004, Bangalore, India, Eds. P. Raghothama Rao, R.N. Prasad and T.R.
Mankhand, pp. Tech-1A/4/1-10.
25. B. Yogesha and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Experimental Investigations on the Superplastic Behaviour
of a Ti-Al-Mn Alloy” International Conference on Non-Ferrous Metals, NFM-2004, August 67, 2004, Bangalore, India, Eds. P. Raghothama Rao, R.N. Prasad and T.R. Mankhand, pp.
Tech-2A/3/1-9.
26. S.S. Bhattacharya, U. Betz and H. Hahn, “On the Superplastic Deformation of a
Nanocrystalline Yttria Stabilised Zirconia Ceramic at Relatively Low Temperatures”,
International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Nano 2004, July 4-9, Wiesbaden,
Germany.
27. A. Kranthi Kumar, S.S. Bhattacharya, M. Winterer and H. Hahn, “On the Synthesis and
Consolidation of Nanocrystalline Titania Powder Produced by a Chemical Vapour Synthesis
Route” International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Nano 2004, July 4-9,
Wiesbaden, Germany.
28. A. Satyadevi, S.M. Sivakumar and S.S. Bhattacharya, “A New Ratcheting Model for Materials
Subjected to Very Low Cycle Fatigue”, International Congress on Computational Mechanics
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and Simulation, ICCMS04, December 9-12, 2004, Kharagpur, India, Eds. N.G.R. Iyengar and
Ashwini Kumar, 286-293.
29. A. Satyadevi, S.M. Sivakumar and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Studies on Fracture of Materials under
Very Low Cycle Fatigue”, Indo-Japanese Conference on Damage Tolerant Design and
Materials, IIT Madras, December 16-18, 2004, Eds. R. Gnanamoorthy, M. Kamaraj, Y. Mutoh
and S. Senthilvelan, 116-121.
30. B. Yogesha and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Some studies on the Superplastic deformation of a Ti-AlMn Titanium Alloy”, 3rd International Conference Materials Processing for Properties and
Performance – MP3 November 24-26, 2004, Singapore, Eds. K.A. Khor, R. V. Ramanujan, C.
P. Ooi and J. H. Zhao, Institute of Materials East Asia, pp. 164-174.
31. Imteyaz Ahmed, K. Kottaswamy, M.S. Ramachandra Rao and S.S. Bhattacharya, Effect of
Deposition Parameters on Mn Doped ZnGa2O2 Phosphor Grown by PLD, International
Symposium of Research Students on Materials Science and Engineering, ISRS-2004,
December 20-22, 2004, Chennai, India, Technical Proceedings, pp. PO-AMP-5/1-9
32. P. Surya Prakash Rao and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Some Studies on Superplasticity in a Fine
Grained AA5083 Alloy”, International Symposium of Research Students on Materials Science
and Engineering, ISRS-2004, December 20-22, 2004, Chennai, India, Technical Proceedings,
pp. OR-MBM-4/1-7.
33. B. Yogesha and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Superplastic Bulge Forming of a Ti-Al-Mn Alloy”,
International Symposium of Research Students on Materials Science and Engineering, ISRS2004, December 20-22, 2004, Chennai, India, Technical Proceedings, pp. PO-AMP-1/1-8.
34. A. Satya Devi, S.S. Bhattacharya and S.M. Sivakumar, “Stress Controlled Very Low Cycle
Fatigue Behaviour of Mild Steel”, International Symposium of Research Students on Materials
Science and Engineering, ISRS-2004, December 20-22, 2004, Chennai, India.
35. K. Praveen, Rajiv Kumar and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Ultrafine Grain Refinement and
Superplasticity of Ti-6Al-4V Processed by Cryo-Rolling”, International Symposium of
Research Students on Materials Science and Engineering, ISRS-2004, December 20-22, 2004,
Chennai, India.
36. Krishna Iyengar, M.S. Sivakumar and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Quasi-Continuum Simulations of
Grain Boundary Sliding at a Triple Junction”, Seventh World Congress on Computational
Mechanics, July 16-22, 2006, Los Angeles, USA.
37. Saurabh Madaan, K. Mohan Kant, Maneesh Chandran, S.S. Bhattacharya and M.S.
Ramachandra Rao, “Growth Studies of Carbon Nanotubes in Catalyst-Assisted PLD Process”,
Eighth International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Nano 2006, August 20-25, 2006,
Bangalore, India.
38. Gaurav Jetly, Md. Imteyaz Ahmad and S.S. Bhattacharya, “On the Oxidative Electrodeposition
of Nanocrystalline Oxide Ceramic Powders”, Eighth International Conference on
Nanostructured Materials, Nano 2006, August 20-25, 2006, Bangalore, India.
39. Md. Imteyaz Ahmad and S.S. Bhattacharya, “A Model for the Chemical Vapour Synthesis of
Nanocrystaline Titania Powders”, Eighth International Conference on Nanostructured
Materials, Nano 2006, August 20-25, 2006, Bangalore, India.
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40. B. Yogesha and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Experimental & Numerical approaches in Superplastic
Hemispherical Bulge Forming of a Ti-Al-Mn Alloy”, 5th International Conference Materials
Processing for Properties and Performance – MP3, December 11-15, 2006, Singapore.
41. Md. Imteyaz Ahmad and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Chemical Vapour Synthesis of Nanocrystalline
Titania Powder, International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2006) on Metallurgy,
Materials Science & Engineering, December 18-20, 2006, Chennai, India.
42. P. Mallikarjun Rao and S.S. Bhattacharya, “On the Characterisation of the Hot Deformation
Behaviour of a 316LN Stainless Steel”, International Symposium for Research Scholars
(ISRS-2006) on Metallurgy, Materials Science & Engineering, December 18-20, 2006,
Chennai, India.
43. P.C. Seshagiri, K. Prasad Rao and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Improvements in the Mechanical
Properties of GTA Weldments of AA2219 alloy through Scandium Additions”, International
Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2006) on Metallurgy, Materials Science &
Engineering, December 18-20, 2006, Chennai, India.
44. V. Jayaprasad and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Development of Superplasticity in an Al-Mg-Sc Alloy”
TMS 2007 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, February 25-March 1, 2007, Orlando, Florida.
45. B. Yogesha and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Superplastic Forming of Ti-Al-Mn Alloy”, 6th
International Conference Materials Processing for Properties and Performance – MP3,
September 13-16, 2007, Beijing, China.
National Conference Papers Presented
1. S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “Ambient and Near-Ambient Temperature
Deformation Behaviour of a Titanium – Aluminium – Manganese Alloy”, Annual Technical
Meeting, National Metallurgists’ Day Celebrations, Nov. 14-18, 1989, Calcutta.
2. H. Karthik, S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “On the Strain Rate Dependent
Behaviour of Two Metallic Glasses and a Superplastic Alloy”, Annual Technical Meeting,
National Metallurgists’ Day Celebrations, Nov. 14-18, 1991, Ranchi.
3. R. Gopalkrishnan, S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “On the Microstructural
Evolution and Cavitation Behaviour of Superplastic Aluminium – Lithium and Titanium –
Aluminium – Manganese Alloys”, Annual Technical Meeting, National Metallurgists’ Day
Celebrations, Nov. 14-18, 1991, Ranchi.
4. G.V. Satish Narayana, S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “On the effect of Oxidation
on the Superplasticity of a Titanium Alloy: OT4-1”, National Symposium of the Materials
Research Society of India, MRSI-92, Feb. 5-8, 1992, Bangalore.
5. T.A. Venkatesh, S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “On the Tensile Superplastic
Deformation Profile in Alloy Ti-6Al-4V”, Annual Technical Meeting, National Metallurgists’
Day Celebrations, Nov. 14-18, 1992, Udaipur.
6. G.V. Satish Narayana, T.A. Venkatesh, S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “On the
Compressive Response of a Superplastic Ti-6Al-4V Alloy”, National Symposium of the
Materials Research Society of India, MRSI-93, Feb. 9-14, 1993, Thiruvananthapuram.
7. Shubhayu Sinha Roy and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Development of a Computer Programme for the
Generic Analysis of Linear Ln(Stress) – Ln(Strain Rate) Data”, Annual Technical Meeting,
National Metallurgists’ Day Celebrations, Nov. 14-18, 1995, Vishakhapatnam.
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8. S.S. Roy and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Data Smoothening in Mechanical Testing”, Annual Technical
Meeting, National Metallurgists’ Day Celebrations, Nov. 14-18, 1996, New Delhi.
9. S.S. Roy, S.S. Bhattacharya and K.A. Padmanabhan, “A 3D Computergraphic Visualisation of
High Temperature Deformation”, Annual Technical Meeting, National Metallurgists’ Day
Celebrations, Nov. 14-18, 1996, New Delhi.
10. T. Ramgopal and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Superplastic Deformation Behaviour of an Aluminium
Alloy”, National Symposium of the Materials Research Society of India, MRSI-97, Feb. 10-12,
1997, Mumbai.
11. A Satya Devi, M.S. Sivakumar and S.S. Bhattacharya, “A Review of Different Models
Describing Multiaxial Low Cycle Fatigue”, 4th NSRS, Sept. 27-28, 2002, Chennai.
12. A. Satya Devi, M.S. Sivakumar and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Some Studies on the Behaviour of
Commercial Stainless Steel under Very Low Cycle Fatigue Loading with Tensile Mean
Stresses” National Conference on Materials Processing and Failure Analysis, June 19-20, 2003,
Tiruchirappalli.
13. K. Praveen and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Pre- and Post –Deformation Behaviour of Superplastically
Deformed Ti-6Al-4V” Annual Technical Meeting, National Metallurgists’ Day Celebrations,
Nov. 14-18, 2003, Kolkata.
14. K. Srinivasan and S.S. Bhattacharya, “On the High Temperature Deformation Behaviour of
Commercially Pure Aluminium Processed by a Cyclic Extrusion and Upsetting Route”,
Conference of Research Scholars in Materials Science & Engineering, Aug. 30-31, 2003,
Kharagpur.
15. K. Srinivasan and S.S. Bhattacharya, “On the Development of an Ultra-fine Grain Structure in
Commercially Pure Aluminium by a Cyclic Extrusion and Upsetting Route”, Annual Technical
Meeting, National Metallurgists’ Day Celebrations, Nov. 14-18, 2003, Kolkata.
16. P.C. Seshagiri, K. Prasad Rao, S.S. Bhattacharya, S.K. Bhaumik, S. Biju and Madhusudhan
Reddy, “Mechanical Properties of Al-Cu Alloy (AA2219) GTA Welds – Studies on the Effects
of Weld Techniques and Scandium Containing Filler”, Annual Technical Meeting, National
Metallurgists Day Celebrations, Nov. 14-18, 2005, Chennai.
17. B. Yogesha and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Hemispherical Bulge Forming of a Ti-Al-Mn Alloy by
Superplastic Forming”, Annual Technical Meeting, National Metallurgists Day Celebrations,
Nov. 14-18, 2006, Jamshedpur.
18. Prithu Sharma, Anurag Gupta, Deepankar Pal and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Synthesis and
Characterisation of Single Layer Graphene Polymer Composites”, Annual Technical Meeting,
National Metallurgists Day Celebrations, Nov. 14-18, 2007, Mumbai.
19. B. Srinivas Chandrasekhar and S.S. Bhattacharya, “Synthesis of Titania Structures at the
Nanocrystalline, Submicrocrystalline and Microcrystalline Levels”, Annual Technical Meeting,
National Metallurgists Day Celebrations, Nov. 14-18, 2007, Mumbai.
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