Contact Information
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada
Phone: +1 (548) 333 2579
Office: E3-3101
Email: dcramachandran@uwaterloo.ca
Biographical Information
Current: PhD Candidate, Center for Advanced Materials Joining, Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
2019: Master of Science (MS) in Welding Engineering, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Dong-Eui University, Busan, Rep. of Korea.
2016: Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India.
Research Interests
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Resistance Spot Welding
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Advanced High Strength Steels
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Post-Welded Properties
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Material Characterizations
Thesis Supervisor(s)
- Professor Elliot Biro
Publications
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Ramachandran D. C., Figueredo B., Sherepenko O., Jin W., Park Y. D, Biro E., A study on improving the mechanical performance by controlling the halo ring in the Q&P 980 steel resistance spot welds, J. Manuf. Process. 75 (2022) 320–330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2022.01.019
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Ramachandran D. C., Midawi A.R.H., Shojaee M., Sherepenko O., Armaki H. G., Biro E., A comprehensive evaluation of tempering kinetics on 3rd generation advanced high strength steels, MTLA. 26 (2022) 101644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101644
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Figueredo, B., Ramachandran, D. C., Macwan A., & Biro, E. (2021). Failure Behavior and Mechanical Properties in the Resistance Spot Welding of Quenched and Partitioned (Q&P) Steels. Welding in the World. Here
- Ramachandran, D. C., Moon, J., Lee, C. H., Kim, S. D., Chung, J. H., Biro, E., & Park, Y. D. (2020). Role of Bainitic Microstructures with MA Constituent on the Toughness of an HSLA Steel for Seismic Resistant Structural Applications. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 140390. Here
- Ramachandran, D. C., Kim, S. D., Moon, J., Lee, C. H., Chung, J. H., Biro, E., & Park, Y. D. (2020). Classification of martensite-austenite constituents according to its internal morphology in high-strength low alloy steel. Materials Letters, 278, 128422. Here
- Ramachandran, D.C., Murugan, S.P., Moon, J. et al. The Effect of the Hyperstoichiometric Ti/N Ratio Due to Excessive Ti on the Toughness of N-Controlled Novel Fire- and Seismic-Resistant Steels. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 50, 3514–3527 (2019). Here
- Ramachandran, D.C., Murugan, S.P., Kim, Y. et al. Effect of Microstructural Constituents on Fusion Zone Corrosion Properties of GMA Welded AA 5083 with Novel Al–Mg Welding Wires of High Mg Contents. Metals and Materials International (2019). Here