DOCTORAL THESES (MMD): Recent submissions

  • Makkar, Preeti (Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering iit Roorkee, 2015)
    Wear and corrosion resistance is counted as the basic requirements for reliable and efficient service life of the engineering system. The purpose of conducting wear and corrosion tests of the coatings is to understand ...
  • Mittal, Rashmi (Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-07)
    Al-Si-Pb systems are potential materials for bearing alloys because they possess superior performance like high hardness, good thermal conductivity, low wear rate, high corrosion resistance and low cost of production than ...
  • Kant, Ravi (Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering iit Roorkee, 2015-05)
    Iron aluminides are promising structural materials for industrial applications relative to typical steels and other engineering alloys due to its low density, low material costs, high melting point and excellent ...
  • Jain, Sidharth (Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-06)
    Light alloy MMC systems based on Al and Mg matrices with ceramic reinforcements of particulate, whisker and short fiber morphologies have been well developed and extensively investigated. Metal-metal MMC systems have been ...
  • Rajput, Sunil Kumar (Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-12)
    The usage and importance of structural applications of steels continue to lead in critical areas even when the availability of ceramics, polymeric and composite materials with the improved properties exists for many decades, ...
  • Selokar, Ashish Wamanrao (Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-12)
    Energy is the primary requirement of economic development. Every sector needs input of energy. Power generation is mostly dependent on the nonrenewable fossils energy sources, these sources are fast depleting. The natural ...
  • Rao, P. Nageswara (Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering iit Roorkee, 2015-01)
    The thesis presents the processing-structure-property correlation in ultrafine grained Al 6061 alloy. The coarse grained alloy with grain size in several microns is processed through various thermo mechanical routes to ...
  • Dubey, Paritosh (Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-12)
    Nanocrystalline metal nitrides coatings have been successfully applied on various industrial components since the 1970’s, for the protection and particularly to enhance the life of components. The metal nitrides coatings ...
  • Vijay, Ashish Kumar (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    Flood plains may be regarded place nearby riverside which are prone to frequent floods when the river is flowing at high stage. In these conditions the areas along the riverside get submerged under the influence of floods, ...
  • Singh, Raghavendra (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    In this study friction stir processing is utilized for microstrucutral modification of metal matrix composite. Friction stir processing is a relatively newer technique for microstrucutral modification. It offers many ...
  • Surender (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    The numerical simulation of crushing under compressive load is employed to predict deformation pattern of closed cell aluminium foam. To represent closed cell aluminium foam, tetrakaidecahedral structure is used due the ...
  • Rajput, Ajeet Singh (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    Delayed fracture (DF) behaviour by presence of hydrogen is a non–negligible obstacle for fully application of excellent formability of advanced high strength steel (AHSS) such as high manganese Twinning Induced Plasticity ...
  • Endow, Supratim (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    Friction stir processing (FSP) is used for microstructural modifications in powder metallurgical aluminium alloys. It serves the purpose of grain refinement, reduction in porosity, homogenisation and thus improves the ...
  • Bajpai, Abhijeet (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    Spray Forming (SF) is an advanced materials processing technology that transforms molten metal into a near-net-shape solid by depositing atomized droplets onto a substrate. As Aluminum (Al) – Silicon (Si) alloy with addition ...
  • Prasad, Neeraj kumar (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    Austenitic stainless steels find important and variety application such as construction materials in chemical and petrochemical industries, civil engineering, marine, ship building, oil and gas industry. SS 316 (stainless ...
  • Goel, Nikita (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    The goal of this study is to evaluate core principles and to establish quantitative basis for the effects of ultrasonic processed AZ91-nano Al2O3 composite on the microstructure and creep properties. The nano composite was ...
  • Agarwal, Vikas (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    In Nuclear fuel complex, Hyderabad the bars of Zircaloy-4 (Zr-4) are used for the production of endcaps which is a critical component in terms of quality for Pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) fuel assembly. These ...
  • Mitta, Divya (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    Stainless steels are primarily chosen for their corrosion resistance. Most commonly used grades are the non-magnetic austenitic kind. Using severe plastic deformation processes results in grain refinement which contributes ...
  • Mohandas, Nikhil (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) has in recent studies proven to be a suitable contender for electron field emission owing to high field enhancement due to high aspect ratio and atomically thin edges. Graphene thin films for ...
  • S, Vignesh (Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IITR, 2016-05)
    Fe-Cu-C system is the most commonly used ferrous alloy system in ferrous powder industry and finds a wide range of applications in automobile industry due to its superior mechanical properties, sinterability and competitive ...