Raghavan Srinivasan, Ph.D.

Professor

Research Interests

· Development of deformation processing and mechanical testing methods (severe plastic deformation of metals, elevated temperature deformation testing, sheet formability testing, abrasivity of paper)

· Modeling of thermomechanical processing (FEM, phenomenological modeling, physical modeling)

Continuous Severe Plastic Deformation (CSPD)

Selected Journal Publications

1. R. McLaughlin and R., “A Parametric Study of Dynamic Recrystallization using the Monte Carlo Method”, (accepted Materials and Manufacturing Processes, August 2001).

2. J.J. Sun, E.J. Taylor, and R. Srinivasan, “MREF-ECM Process for Hard Passive Materials Surface Finishing” Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 108, No. 3, pp. 356 – 368, 2001.

3. R. Srinivasan, “Computer Simulation of the Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (ECAE) Process,” Scripta Materialia, Vol. 44, pp. 91-96, 2001.

4. R. Srinivasan and G. Puttaswamygowda, “A New Method for Testing the Abrasive Properties of Paper and Other Sheet Materials,” ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation, JTEVA, Vol. 29, No.1, pp. 72-78, 2001.

5. S.C. Medeiros, Y.V.R.K. Prasad, W.G. Frazier, and R. Srinivasan, “Microstructural Modeling of Metadynamic Recrystallization in Hot Working of IN 718 Superalloy,” Materials Science and Engineering A, A293, pp 198-207, 2000

6. J.L. Finch, L.P. Zawada, and R. Srinivasan, “Tensile Behavior of SiC/C and Rene'41 Following Isothermal Exposure and Thermal Fatigue,” Journal of Materials Science 35(12), pp. 2973-2984, 2000

7. S.C. Medeiros, Y.V.R.K. Prasad, W.G. Frazier, and R. Srinivasan, “Modelling Grain Size during Hot Deformation of IN 718” Scripta Materialia, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 17-23, 1999

8. R. Srinivasan, “Application of Monte-Carlo Method to the Dissolution of a Polycrystalline Solid,” Materials Letters, Vol. 31, pp. 5-9, 1997

9. E.A. Medina, S. Venugopal, W.G. Frazier, S Medeiros, W.M. Mullins, A. Chaudhary, R.D. Irwin, R. Srinivasan, and J.C. Malas, “Optimization of Microstructure Development: Application to Hot Metal Extrusion,” J. Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 5., No.6, pp 743-752, 1996.

10. R. Srinivasan, J.P. Singh, E. Tuval, and I. Weiss, “Isothermal Deformation of Gamma Titanium Aluminide,” Scripta Materialia, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp 1295-1301, 1996.

11. I. Weiss, R. Srinivasan, M. Saqib, N. Stefansson, A.G. Jackson, and S.R. LeClair, “Bulk Deformation of Ti-4.5Fe-6.8Mo-1.5Al wt% (Timetal® LCB) Alloy, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp 335-352, 1996.

12. R. Srinivasan, G.H.K. Reddy, S.S. Kumar and R.V. Grandhi, “Intermediate Shapes in Closed Die Forging by the Backward Deformation Optimization Method (BDOM),” Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp 501-513, 1994

13. R. Srinivasan, V. Ramnarayan, U. Deshpande, V. Jain, and I. Weiss, “Computer Simulation of the Forging of Fine Grain IN-718,” Metallurgical Transactions A, Vol. 24A, pp 2061 - 2069, 1993.

14. R. Srinivasan, “Yield Points During the High Temperature Deformation of Ti-15V-3Al-3Cr-3Sn Alloy,” Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, Vol. 27, pp 925-930, 1992.

15. M. Thirukkonda, B. Cockeram, M. Saqib, L.E. Matson, R. Srinivasan, and I. Weiss, “Flow Softening during High Temperature Deformation of Nb-10 a/o Si In-Situ Composite,” Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, Vol. 27, pp 711-716, 1992.