Talks & Publications

Invited talks

[2]. Evolution of friction welding in meeting the modern industry needs, Indo-UK Sparc program, Metal additive manufacturing & friction stir processing: present and future, 16th & 17th Sept. 2020. Jointly organized by IIT Patna, IIT Hyderabad, University of Manchester and University of Surrey. (an online webinar)

[1]. Tool durability in stationary shoulder friction stir welding, TMS-2019 (The minerals, materials and materials science conference), 14^thMarch, 2019, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Guest lectures

[2]. Design for Additive Manufactu, Program on Design for Additive Manufacturing held on 11 and 12th January, 2023, Jointly organized by Corporate Learning and Development (CLD)-Human Resource Development Institute (HDRI), Noida; Welding and Research Institution (WRI), BHEL; and CTM-AMPT (Two day's online lecture series).

[1]. Program on Design for Additive Manufacturing held on 11 and 12th January, 2023, Jointly organized by Corporate Learning and Development (CLD)-Human Resource Development Institute (HDRI), Noida; Welding and Research Institution (WRI), BHEL; and CTM-AMPT (Two day's online lecture series). Delivered two lectures on '1. Design for Additive Manufacturing' and '2. Process Modeling of Additive Manufacturing Processes', respectively on 11th and 12th Jan. 2023.

Publications

International Journals_SCI/SCIE indexed (Listed upside down)

[10]. Elisangela Pelizzari Bossle, Buchibabu Vicharapu, Guilherme Vieira Braga Lemos, Cleber Rodrigo de Lima Lessa, Luciano Bergmann, Jorge Fernandez dos Santos, Thomas Gabriel Rosauro Clarke, Amitava De, (2023), Metals, 13(1), 146-164. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/met13010146 Open Access [IF: 2.695]

[9]. Vicharapu, B*., Liu, H., Morisada, Y., Fujii, H., De, A., (2021), Degradation of nickel-bonded tungsten carbide tools in friction stir welding of high carbon steel, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 106, 1573-1586. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-07159-3. [IF: 2.633]

[8]. Kar, A., Vicharapu, B*., Morisada, Y., Fujii, H., (2020). Elucidation of interfacial microstructure and properties in friction stir lap welding of aluminium alloy and mild steel, Materials Characterization, 110572. DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2020.110572. [IF: 3.562]

[7]. Kanan, L.F., Vicharapu, B*., Pissanti, D.R., Kwietniewski, C.E.F., Clarke, T., De, A., (2020). An Investigation on Girth Friction Welding of Duplex Stainless Steel Pipes, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 51, 73-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmapro.2020.01.032. [IF: 4.086] (First FEM based temperature-displacement fully coupled model for girth friction welding process)

[6]. Vicharapu, B*., Liu, H., Fujii, H., Narasaki, K., Ma, N., De, A., (2020), Probing residual stresses in stationary shoulder friction stir welding, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 106, 1573-1586. DOI: 10.1007/s00170-019-04570-9. [IF: 2.601]

[5]. Landell, R., Kanan, L.F., Buzzatti, D., Vicharapu, B*., De, A., Clarke, T., (2020), Material flow during friction hydro-pillar processing, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 25(3), 228-234. DOI: 10.1080/13621718.2019.1679963. [IF: 2.358] (First FEM based temperature-displacement fully coupled model for material flow for FHPP).

[4]. Kanan. L.F., Vicharapu. B., Bueno, A.F.B., Clarke, T*., De, A., (2018). Friction Hydro-pillar Processing of a high carbon steel -Joint structure and properties, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 49(2), 699-706. DOI: 10.1007/s11663-018-1171-5. [IF: 1.952]

[3]. Vicharapu. B., Kanan, L. F., Clarke, T*., De, A., (2017). An Investigation on Friction Hydro-pillar Processing (FHPP), Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 22(7), 555-561. (DOI:10.1080/13621718.2016.1274849). [IF: 2.358] (First FEM based pure heat transfer model for FHPP)

[2]. Buchibabu, V., Reddy, G. M., De, A*., (2017). Probing torque, traverse force and tool durability in friction stir welding of aluminum alloys, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 241(1), 86 - 92. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2016.11.008). [IF: 4.178]

[1]. Buchibabu, V., Reddy, G. M., Kulkarni, D. V., De, A*., (2016). Friction stir welding of a thick Al-Zn-Mg alloy plate, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 25(3), 1163 - 1171. (DOI: 10.1007/s11665-016-1924-8). [IF: 1.331]

International Journals_Non-SCI/SCIE indexed (Listed upside down)

[1]. B. Vicharapu., G.V.B. Lemos*., L. Bergmann., J.F. dos Santos., A. De., T. Clarke., (2020). Probing underlying mechanisms for pcBN tool decay during friction stir welding of nickel-based alloys, Technologia em metalurgia, (The Journal Technology in Metallurgy, Materials and Mining), 18(1), 1-10. Article download link: https://www.lume.ufrgs.br/handle/10183/221231#

Conferences (Listed upside down)

[7]. Vicharapu, B., Liu, H., Fujii, H., Ma, N., De, A., (2019), Probing tool durability in stationary shoulder friction stir welding, Friction Stir Welding and Processing X, TMS Series, Springer Nature, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05752-7_9

[6]. Vicharapu, B*., Liu, H., Fujii, H., Ma, N., (2019), Computation of residual stresses in friction stir based welding techniques, The 8th International conference of Welding Science and Engineering (WSE 2019). (Presented at Osaka, Japan on 22nd, Nov.)

[5]. Kar, A*., Morisada, Y., Vicharapu, B., Fujii, H., (2019), Effect of tool rotation speed on microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of dissimilar friction stir lap weld, The 8th International conference of Welding Science and Engineering (WSE 2019).

[4]. Vicharapu, B*., Liu, H., Morisada, Y., Fujii, H., (2019) Assessment of tool wear in friction stir welding of high carbon steel, Japan Welding Society Autumn Meeting. https://doi.org/10.14920/jwstaikai.2019f.0_350 (Presented at Tohoku, Japan, on 17th-19th, Sept.)

[3]. Vicharapu, B*., Liu, H., Fujii, H., Ma, N., De, A., (2019), Computation of residual stresses in conventional and stationary shoulder friction stir welding, Japan Welding Society Spring Meeting. https://doi.org/10.14920/jwstaikai.2019s.0_52 (Presented at Tokyo, Japan, 17th, April)

[2]. Vicharapu, B*., Liu, H., Fujii, H., Ma, N., De, A., (2018), Effect of plate thickness on tool durability index in FSW of aluminum alloy, Japan Welding Society Autumn Meeting, https://doi.org/10.14920/jwstaikai.2018f.0_186 (Presented at Matsuyama, Japan, 14^th, September)

[1]. Buchibabu, V., De, A*., (2015), Real-time monitoring of torque and traverse force in friction stir welding, National Welding Conference, NWS 2015, 1-4, Jamshedpur, India. (Presented at Jamshedpur, India, 10^th, Feb, 2016)