International Journal of Composite Materials

The International Journal of Composite Materials is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal. The journal covers all scientific and technological aspects of composite materials and their structures, including physical, chemical, artificial, mechanical, and other properties of Composite Materials as well as microscopic to macroscopic behavior studied both experimentally and theoretically.


Sivaprasad Katakam

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Composite Materials

Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology, India

Research Areas

Nanomaterials, Composites, Welding, Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Education

2003-2007Ph.DIndian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
2000-2002MasterIndian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, Technology

Experience

2009Visiting Fellow, Dept of MME, IIT Madras, Chennai, India
2008Visiting Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
2007-PresentAssistant Professor, Dept of Metallurgical & Materials Engg, NIT Trichy
2006Project Officer, Research project at IIT Madras sponsored by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India

Academic Achievement

Invited to participate in Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (INDOGFOE) 2010, held during June 24-27 2010, Potsdam, Germany, sponsored by DST, India and Alexander von Humboldt foundation, Germany
Selected under INAE mentoring scheme-2009 to work with a fellow of INAE for two months
Metallography award, NMD-ATM 2005
Associate Editor, Nanotechnology and Nanoscience, Bioinfo publications [ISSN: 0976-7630 & E-ISSN: 0976-7649] (since 2011 for 5 years)
Session Chair, Nanocomposites session, 8th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST8), 2011, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 22-24, 2011

Membership

Life Member of The Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata, India (LM46517)
Life Member of Indian Welding Society, New Delhi (L00177)
Life Member of Materials Research Society of India (LMB985)
Life Member of Powder Metallurgy Association of India (LM64407)
Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi (LM58516)
Life Member of The Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata (LM14343)

Publications: Journals

[1]  "Mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of carbon nanotube reinforced AA4032 nanocomposites", M.S. Senthil Saravanan, K. Sivaprasad, S.P. Kumaresh Babu, EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES, (Accepted for publication)
[2]  "Microstructure, cold workability and strain hardening behavior of Trimodaled AA 6061-TiO2 nanocomposite prepared by mechanical alloying", S.Sivasankaran, K.Sivaprasad, R.Narayanasamy, MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A 528, 2011, 6776-6787.
[3]  "X-ray peak broadening analysis of AA 6061100-x-x wt.% Al2O3 nanocomposite prepared by mechanical alloying", S.Sivasankaran, K.Sivaprasad, R.Narayanasamy, P.V.Satyanarayana, MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION, 62, 2011, 661-672.
[4]  "Evaluation of compaction equations and prediction using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system on compressibility behavior of AA 6061100-x-x wt.% TiO2 nanocomposites prepared by mechanical alloying", S.Sivasankaran, K.Sivaprasad, R.Narayanasamy, Vijay Kumar Iyer, POWDER TECHNOLOGY, 209, 2011, 124-137
[5]  "Dispersion and Thermal Analysis of Carbon Nanotubes reinforced AA 4032 alloy produced by High Energy Ball Milling", M.S.Senthil Saravanan, K.Sivaprasad, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES, (Accepted for publication)
[6]  "Influence of Crystallite Size on Consolidation of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced AA 4032 Composite Powders by Equal Channel Angular Pressing", M.S.Senthil Saravanan, K.Sivaprasad, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, KEY ENGINEERING MATERIALS, 471-472, 2011, 127-132. (This paper is presented in ICCST2011, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)
[7]  "High Temperature Tensile Properties of Cryorolled Al-4wt%Cu-3wt%TiB2 in situ Composites", N.Naga Krishna, K.Sivaprasad, TRANSACTIONS OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF METALS, 64 (1-2), 2011, 63-66.
[8]  "Anisotropy models in precise crystallite size determination of mechanically alloyed powders", M.S.Senthil Saravanan, K.Sivaprasad, P.Susila, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, PHYSICA B: CONDENSED MATTER, 406, 2011, 165-168.
[9]  "Mechanically alloyed Carbon nanotubes (CNT) reinforced Nanocrystalline AA 4032: Synthesis and Characterization", M.S.Senthil Saravanan, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, K.Sivaprasad, JOURNAL OF MINERALS & MATERIALS CHARACTERISATION & ENGINEERING, 9 (11), 2010, 1027-1035.
[10]  "Consolidation of CNT reinforced AA4032 nanocomposites by ECAP", M.S.Senthil Saravanan, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, K.Sivaprasad, B.Ravisankar, P.Susila, B.S.Murty", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE, 10 (1&2), 2011, 233-236. (This paper is presented in ICANN2009, IIT Guwahati, India).
[11]  "Effect of strengthening mechanisms on cold workability and instantaneous strain hardening behavior during grain refinement of AA6061-10wt.%TiO2 composite prepared by mechanical alloying", S.Sivasankaran, K.Sivaprasad, R.Narayanasamy, Vijay Kumar Iyer, JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 507, 2010, 236-244.
[12]  Thermal stability of nanostructured fly ash synthesized by high energy ball milling", J. Babu Rao, P. Narayanaswami, K. Siva Prasad, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGy, 2 (5), 2010, 284-299.
[13]  "Techno-economics of carbon nanotubes produced by open air arc discharge method", M.S.Senthil Saravanan, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, K.Sivaprasad, M.Jagannatham, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2 (5), 2010, 100-108
[14]  "An investigation on flowability and compressibility of 6061 AA100-x-x wt. %TiO2 composite powder prepared by blending and mechanical alloying", S.Sivasankaran, K.Sivaprasad, R.Narayanasamy, Vijay Kumar Iyer, POWDER TECHNOLOGY, 201 (1), 2010, 70-82. (Cited in TOP25 Hottest Articles in Sciencedirect under materials science category.)
[15]  "Studies on void coalescence analysis of nanocrystalline cryorolled commercially pure aluminium under different stress conditions", N.Naga Krishna, A.K.Akash, K.Sivaprasad, R.Narayanasamy, MATERIALS AND DESIGN, 31, 2010, 3578-3584
[16]  "Synthesis, structure and sinterability of 6061 AA100-x-x wt.%TiO2 composites prepared by high-energy ball milling", S.Sivasankaran, K.Sivaprasad, R.Narayanasamy, Vijay Kumar Iyer, In press, JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 491 (1-2), 2010, 712-721.
[17]  "Influence of short annealing treatment on corrosion behaviour of cryorolled commercially pure aluminium", K.Sivaprasad, V.Swarnalatha, V.V.Ravikumar and V.Muthupandi, ANTI-CORROSION METHODS AND MATERIALS, 57 (1), 2010, 18-20.
[18]  "Dry sliding wear behaviour of AA 6351-ZrB2 in situ composite at room temperature", G. Naveen Kumar, R.Narayanasamy, S.Natarajan, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, K.Sivaprasad, S.Sivasankaran, MATERIALS AND DESIGN, 31(3), 2010, 1526-1532
[19]  "Microstructure and mechanical properties of fly ash particle reinforced AA6061 composites produced by press and extrusion", P.R.S.Kumar, S.Kumaran, T.Srinivasa Rao, K.Sivaprasad, TRANSACTIONS OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF METALS, 62(6) 2009, 559-566.
[20]  "High temperature wear behavior of Al-4032-ZrB2 in situ composite", S.Senthil Kumaran, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, K.Sivaprasad, S.Natarajan, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, 4(3) 2009, 283-298.
[21]  "Sliding wear behaviour of Al 6063/TiB2 in situ composites at elevated temperatures", S.Natarajan, R.Narayanasamy, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, K.Sivaprasad, G.Dinesh, B.Anil Kumar, MATERIALS AND DESIGN, 30 (7) 2009, 2521-2531
[22]  "Study on abrasive and erosive wear behaviour of Al 6063/TiB2 in situ composites", K.Sivaprasad, S.Natarajan, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, B.Anil Kumar, G.Dinesh, R.Narayanasamy, MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A 498 (2008) 495-500
[23]  "Microstructure and mechanical properties of ultra fine grained Cu-Zn and Cu-Al alloys produced by cryorolling and annealing", V.Subramanya Sarma, K.Sivaprasad, D.Sturm and M.Heilmaier, MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A489 (2008) 253-258.
[24]  "Influence of weld cooling rate on microstructure and mechanical properties of Alloy 718 welds", K.Sivaprasad and S.Ganesh Sundara Raman, METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A 39 (2008) 9, 2115-2127.
[25]  "A novel method of estimating Laves phase in electron beam welded Alloy 718", K.Sivaprasad, S.Ganesh Sundara Raman and A.Sambasiva Rao, PRACTICAL METALLOGRAPHY 45 (2008) 6, 271-282.
[26]  "Influence of magnetic arc oscillation and current pulsing on fatigue behavior of Alloy 718 TIG weldments", K.Sivprasad and S.Ganesh Sundara Raman, MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A, 448, 2007, 120-127.
[27]  "Influence of magnetic arc oscillation and current pulsing on microstructure and high temperature tensile strength of alloy 718 TIG weldments", K.Sivaprasad, S.Ganesh Sundara Raman, P.Mastanaiah and G.Madhusudhan Reddy, MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A 428, 2006, 327-331.
[28]  "Coupled effect of heat input and beam oscillation on mechanical properties of alloy 718 electron beam weldments" K.Sivaprasad, S.G.S.Raman, C.V.S.Murthy and G.M.Reddy, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF WELDING AND JOINING, 11, 2006, 127-134.
[29]  Microwave processing of Functionally Graded Bioactive Materials, Sivaprasad Katakam, D.Sivaramakrishna and T.S.Sampath Kumar, MATERIALS LETTERS, 57, 2003, 2716-2721.
[30]  "Synthesis and characterization of CNT reinforced Al-based composite powders by high energy ball milling", M.S. Senthil Savaranan, S.P. Kumaresh Babu and K. Sivaprasad, TRANSACTIONS OF PMAI, 35, 2009, 5-8.
[31]  "Influence of carbon content on workability behavior of powder metallurgy steels", R. Narayanasamy, V. Anandakrishnan, S. Sivasankaran, K. Sivaprasad, K.S. Pandey, TRANSACTIONS OF PMAI, 35, 2009, 26-31.
[32]  Processing of calcium phosphate based Functionally Graded Bioceramics using Microwaves, Sivaprasad Katakam, D. Sivarama Krishna, R. Murugan and T.S. Sampath Kumar, TRENDS IN BIOMATERIALS AND ARTIFICIAL ORGANS, 17, 2003, 24-27.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  "Influence of Crystallite Size on Consolidation of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced AA 4032 Composite Powders by Equal Channel Angular Pressing", M.S.Senthil Saravanan, K.Sivaprasad, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, 8th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST8), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, March 22-24, 2011.
[2]  "High Temperature Tensile Properties of Cryorolled Al-4wt%Cu-3wt%TiB2 in situ Composites", N. Naga Krishna, K.Sivaprasad, International Symposium of Research Students 2010, December, IIT Madras.
[3]  "Functionally gradient bioactive materials by EPO process", K.Sivaprasad, Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (INDOGFOE) 2010, held during 24-27 June 2010, Potsdam, Germany, sponsored by DST and Alexander von Humboldt foundation, Germany. (Invited participant)
[4]  "Synthesis and Characterization of CNT Reinforced AA4032 Nanocomposites by High Energy Ball Milling", M.S. Senthil Saravanan, K.Sivaprasad, S.P. Kumaresh Babu, P. Susila, B.S. Murty, AIP Proceedings, 1276 (1), 2010, 82-87. (This paper is presented in ICANN2009, IIT Guwahati, India).
[5]  "Tribological behaviour of multi-walled carbon nanotubes reinforced AA7075 nanocomposites", M.Jagannatham, M.S.Senthil Saravanan, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, K.Sivaprasad, International Conference on Synthesis Characterization Consolidation and Modeling of Nanomaterials (ICON-2010), Department of Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India.
[6]  "Effect of grain refinement on workability of Al6061 alloy reinforced with 10wt% TiO2 composite", S.Sivasankaran, K.Sivaprasad, R.Narayanasamy, Vijay Kumar Iyer, International Conference & Exhibition on Powder Metallurgy in processing of particulate materials and products 2010 (PM10), Jaipur, January 28-30, 2010.
[7]  "Isotropic and anisotropic X-ray peak broadening models of AA6061-12wt% Al2O3 nanocomposites", S.Sivasankaran, K.Sivaprasad, R.Narayanasamy, International Conference & Exhibition on Powder Metallurgy in processing of particulate materials and products 2010 (PM10), Jaipur, January 28-30, 2010.
[8]  "Synthesis and characterization of CNT reinforced AA4032 nanocomposites by high energy ball milling", M.S.Senthil Saravanan, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, K.Sivaprasad, P.Susila, B.S.Murty, Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN 2009), IIT Guwahati, December 09-11, 2009, pp
[9]  "Consolidation of CNT reinforced AA4032 nanocomposites by ECAP", M.S.Senthil Saravanan, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, K.Sivaprasad, B.Ravisankar, P.Susila, B.S.Murty", Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN 2009), IIT Guwahati, December 09-11, 2009, pp
[10]  "Mechanical Alloying of Aluminium based-metal matrix composites: A Review", R.Narayanasamy, K.Sivaprasad, V.Anandakrishnan, S.Sivasankaran, 2nd International conference on Recent Advances in Material Processing Technology (RAMPT 2009), February 25-27, 2009, Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME), National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, 2009, pp 164-170
[11]  "Influence of carbon content on workability behavior of powder metallurgy steels", R.Narayanasamy, V.Anandakrishnan, S.Sivasankaran, K.Sivaprasad, K.S.Pandey. 5th International Conference on Powder Metallurgy 2009 (PM09), Goa, February 16-18, 2009.
[12]  "Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotube reinforced AA4032 Al-alloy composite by high energy ball milling", M.S.Senthil Saravanan, K.Sivaprasad, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, 5th International Conference on Powder Metallurgy (PM09), Goa, February 16-18, 2009.
[13]  E.Gomathi, G.Gobi, M.C.Santhoshkumar, T.Prasadarao, K.Siva Prasad, "Preparation and PbS and PbFexS1-x thin Films by chemical bath deposition" National Conference on emerging materials and Technologies for India-2020, January 24-25, 2008, Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials engineering, NIT Trichy, 52.
[14]  "Studies on hot corrosion behavior of Cr-Mo boiler FCA weldments in Na2SO4-NaCl Environment", A.Appala Naidu, K.Pulla Rao, K.Sivaprasad, S.Jerome, S.P.Kumaresh Babu and Arivazhagan, Proceedings of International Conference on Symposium of Joining of Materials (SOJOM), July 2008, Indian Welding Society, Welding Research Institute, BHEL, Tiruchirappalli, India
[15]  "Development of Al-ZrB2 in situ Composites and its High Temperature Wear Behaviour", K.Siva Prasad, S.P.Kumaresh Babu, S.Senthil Kumaran and S.Natarajan, International Conference of Advanced Tribology, National University of Singapore, December 3-5, 2008, pp 19-20
[16]  "Sliding Wear Behaviour of WC-Coated Al-ZrB2 in situ Composite", S.P.Kumaresh Babu, K. Siva Prasad, S.Senthil Kumaran, S.Jerome and S.Natarajan, International Conference of Advanced Tribology, National University of Singapore, December 3-5, 2008, pp 215-216
[17]  "Fatigue behavior of alloy 718 TIG welds made using pulsed current and magnetic arc oscillation", K.Sivaprasad, S.Ganesh Sundara Raman, P.Mastanaiah and G.Madhusudhan Reddy, Proceedings of 9th International Fatigue Congress 2006, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
[18]  "Fretting Fatigue Behaviour of AISI 304 Steel", M.Jayaprakash, Sivaprasad Katakam and S.Ganesh Sundara Raman, ISRS 2004, IIT Madras, Chennai.
[19]  "Studies of Al 4032/CNT composite and study of its microwave sintering behavior", M.S. Senthil Saravanan, S.P. Kumaresh Babu, K. Sivaprasad, M. Jagannatham, Eighth ISAMPE National Conference on Composites, Thiruvananthapuram, December 4-5, 2009.
[20]  "Joining of AISI 304 to Alloy 718 by Pulsed Gas Tungsten Arc Welding", G. Sudheer and K. Siva Prasad, NMD-ATM 2008, Greater Noida/New Delhi, November 14-16, 2008.
[21]  "Influence of Laves Phase on Fatigue Lives of IN 718 Welds", Sivaprasad Katakam and S. Ganesh Sundara Raman, NMD-ATM 2005, IIT Madras, India
[22]  "Fatigue of IN718 weldments", Sivaprasad Katakam, C.V.S. Murthy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy and S. Ganesh Sundara Raman, NMD ATM 2004, Trivandrum.
[23]  "Fabrication of bioactive FGM by microwave processing", Sivaprasad Katakam, D. Sivaramakrishna, Sushant K. Manwatkar and T.S. Sampath Kumar, National Conference on Medical Materials-2001, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
[24]  Processing of calcium phosphate based Functionally Graded Bioceramics using Microwaves, Sivaprasad Katakam, D. Siva Rama Krishna, R. Murugan and T.S. Sampath Kumar, National Symposium of Research Scholars-2002, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.