Publications

1. V Rajkumar*, T V Arjunan and A. Rajesh Kannan, “Metallurgical and mechanical investigations of Inconel 625 overlay welds produced by GMAW-hardfacing process on AISI 347 pipes”, Materials Research Express (2019), Volume 6, 076534. Click here

2. A. Rajesh Kannan, N. Siva Shanmugam and S. Arungalai Vendan, Effect of cold metal transfer process parameters on microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of AISI 316L tailor welded blanks, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (2019), Volume 103, Issue 9-12, pp 4265-4282. Click here 

3. R Duraisamy, S Mohan Kumar, A Rajesh Kannan, N Siva Shanmugam and K Sankaranarayanasamy, Reliability and sustainability of wire arc additive manufactured plates using ER 347 wire-mechanical and metallurgical perspectives, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (2019). Click here 

4. A. Rajesh Kannan, N. Siva Shanmugam, V. Rajkumar and M. Vishnukumar, Insight into the microstructural features and corrosion properties of Wire Arc Additive Manufactured Super Duplex Stainless Steel (ER2594), Materials Letters (2020), Volume 270, 127680. Click here 

5. A. Rajesh Kannan, S. Mohan Kumar, N. Pravin Kumar, N. Siva Shanmugam*, A. S. Vishnu and Yasam Palguna, Process-microstructural features for tailoring fatigue strength of Wire Arc Additive Manufactured Functionally Graded Material of SS904L and Hastelloy C-276, Materials Letters (2020), Volume 274, 127968. Click here 

6. A. Rajesh Kannan, N. Siva Shanmugam* and G Sreedhar, “Studies on corrosion behaviour of AISI 316L Cold Metal Transfer weldments in physiological solutions”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, June 2020. Click here  

7. R. Duraisamy, S. Mohan Kumar, A. Rajesh Kannan, N. Siva Shanmugam*, K. Sankaranarayanasamy and M.R. Ramesh, Tribological performance of Wire Arc Additive Manufactured plates using ER 347 wire at elevated temperatures, Journal of Manufacturing Processes (2020), Volume 56, Part A, pp 306 – 321. Click here 

8. R. Pramod, S. Mohan Kumar, B. Girinath, A. Rajesh Kannan, N. Pravin Kumar and N. Siva Shanmugam,  Fabrication, characterisation, and finite element analysis of cold metal transfer–based wire and arc additive–manufactured aluminium alloy 4043 cylinder, Welding in the World (2020),Volume 64, Issue 11, pp 1905-1919. Click here 

9. A. Rajesh Kannan, S. Mohan Kumar, R. Pramod, N. Pravin Kumar, N. Siva Shanmugam and Yasam Palguna, Microstructure and mechanical properties of wire arc additive manufactured bi-metallic structure, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, (2021), Volume 26, Issue 1, pp 47-57. Click here 

10. A. Rajesh Kannan, S. Sankarapandian, R. Pramod and N. Siva Shanmugam, Experimental and numerical studies on the influence of formability of AISI 316L tailor-welded blanks at different weld line orientations, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (2021), Volume 43, 171. Click here 

11. S. Mohan Kumar, A. Rajesh Kannan, N. Pravin Kumar, R. Pramod, N. Siva Shanmugam*, A.S. Vishnu and S.G. Channabasavanna, Microstructural features and mechanical integrity of wire arc additive manufactured (WAAM) SS321/Inconel 625 functionally gradient material, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2021). Click here

12. A. Rajesh Kannan, N. Siva Shanmugam*, K. Devendranath Ramkumar and V. Rajkumar, Studies on Super Duplex Stainless Steel Manufactured by Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals (2021). Click here

13. M. Vishnukumar, R. Pramod, and A. Rajesh Kannan*,  Wire arc additive manufacturing for repairing aluminium structures in marine applications, Materials Letters (2021), Volume 299, 130112. Click here 

14. R. Pramod, S. Mohan Kumar, A. Rajesh Kannan, N. Siva Shanmugam*, and Reza Tangestani, Fabrication of GMAW Based Wire Plus Arc Additive Manufactured SS347 Structure: An Experimental Characterization and Thermo-Mechanical Finite Element Analysis, Metals and Materials International (2021). Click here 

15. A. Rajesh Kannan, S. Mohan Kumar, N. Siva Shanmugam*, M. Vishnukumar and S. Naveenkumar, Microstructural characterization and mechanical integrity of Stainless Steel 316L clad layers deposited via wire arc additive manufacturing for nuclear applications, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik (2021), Volume 52, pp 1-8. Click here 

16. K. Parthiban, S. Mohan Kumar, A. Rajesh Kannan, N. Siva Shanmugam*and K. Sankaranarayanasamy, Microstructure and Fatigue Behaviour of Spin-Arc Welded AISI C1018 Low Carbon Steel, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering (2021), Volume 235, Issue 6, pp 2035-2044. Click here

17. S. Mohan Kumar, R. Sasikumar, A. Rajesh Kannan, R. Pramod, N. Pravin Kumar, N. Siva Shanmugam*, and M. Vishnukumar, Microstructural administered mechanical properties and corrosion behaviour of wire plus arc additive manufactured SS 321 plate, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (2021). Click here

18. R. Duraisamy, S. Mohan Kumar, A. Rajesh Kannan, N. Siva Shanmugam* and K. Sankaranarayanasamy, Fatigue behaviour of austenitic stainless steel 347 fabricated via wire arc additive manufacturing, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2021), Volume 30, Issue 9, pp 6844-6850. Click here

19. A. Rajesh Kannan, S. Mohan Kumar, R. Pramod, N. Siva Shanmugam*, Yasam Palguna and M. Vishnukumar, 2021, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Dissimilar Aluminium Alloys AA5052-H32 and AA2219-T31 welded using Cold Metal Transfer process, Materials Performance and Characterization, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp 651-657.  Click here 

20. R. Pramod, Vikram Kumar S Jain, S. Mohan Kumar, B. Girinath, A. Rajesh Kannan, and N. Siva Shanmugam, 2021, Experimental studies on friction stir welding of aluminium alloy 5083 and prediction of temperature distribution using arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian-based finite element method, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications. Click here 

21. R. Pramod, S. Mohan Kumar, A. Rajesh Kannan, and N. Siva Shanmugam, 2022, Resistance Spot-Welded Dissimilar Sheets—Parametric Behavioral Analysis using Experimentation and Simulation, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, pp 1-20. Click here

22. S. Mohan Kumar, A. Rajesh Kannan, R. Pramod, N. Pravin Kumar, N. Siva Shanmugam* and Sharath Rajendran, Evaluation of the High Cycle Fatigue Properties of Double Side Welded AISI 321 Plates Using GTAW Process for Pressure Vessels, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (2022). Click here 

23. S. Mohan Kumar, A. Rajesh Kannan, R. Pramod, N. Siva Shanmugam, SM Muthu, and V Dhinakaran, Microstructure and High Temperature Performance of 321 SS Wall Manufactured Through Wire+ Arc Additive Manufacturing, Materials Letters (2022), Volume 314, 131913. Click here 

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1. A. Rajesh Kannan and N. Siva Shanmugam (2020). Some Studies on Mechanical Properties of AISI 316L Austenitic Stainless Steel Weldments by Cold Metal Transfer Process, Chapter 32, pp 359-371.  In: Shunmugam M., Kanthababu M. (eds) Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Joining. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Singapore. Click here 

2. Sharath Rajendran*, A. Rajesh Kannan, B. Suresha, and N. Siva Shanmugam. (2021). Studies on the Fatigue Performance of Wire and Arc Additive Manufactured SS 904L, In: Ravi Pratap Singh et al. (Eds) Optimization in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems and Applications. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Singapore. Click here

1. V. Rajkumar, T.V. Arjunan, Adithya Vasan and A. Rajesh Kannan, 2019, Effect of Heat Input on Micro-Hardness and Shear Strength of Inconel 625 Hardfacing onto AISI 347 Steel pipes by GMAW Process, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1355 (2019) 012029. Click here 

2. A. Rajesh Kannan, N. Siva Shanmugam and S. Naveenkumar, 2019, Effect of Arc Length Correction on Weld Bead Geometry and Mechanical Properties of AISI 316L Weldments by Cold Metal Transfer (CMT) Process, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 18, Part 7, Pages 3916-3921. Click here