Rama Krushna Sabat

Education:

• B. Tech, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
• PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Research interests:

• Microstructure and Texture 
• Mechanical Properties
• Crystal Plasticity
• Finite element method modelling
• Microscopy
• Severe Plastic Deformation

Summary of work:

The fossil fuel crisis has led to the development of lightweight materials with high specific strength mainly in the automobile and aircraft industries. Magnesium and its alloys are known as the lightest structural materials in the world. However, the formability of magnesium is the most difficult challenge, which limits its applications on an industrial scale.

Hence, novel deformation processes, like equal channel angular and multi-axial processing, have been used to refine the grain size and modify the basal texture, which enhances the formability of the material. Similar studies have been extended to cp titanium and Mg composites.

Currently, I am working on the effects of high strain rate on the formation of nano voids and its subsequent effect on the fracture strain of the aluminum alloys. Further, my interest is to calculate the precipitate shape, size during strain rate jump test in the age hard enable aluminium alloys.

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