B. Rajasekaran
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Professional Experience:
9 years
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Academic Background
Academic Backround:
- Ph.D – Metallurgical & Materials Eng, IIT-Madras
- M.E -Materials Science & Engineering, NIT-Trichy
- M.Sc. -Materials Science, Anna University
Areas of Interest
Areas of Interest:
Advanced Materials Processing & Technologies
Protective & Functional Coatings:
Thermal Barrier Coatings (Bond coat & Top Coat)
Oxidation, Corrosion, Erosion
Tribological Coatings
SOFC metallic interconnects & PEMFC bipolar plates
Functional Coatings – Thermal & Electrically Conductive Coatings Thermal Spray & Cold Spray Coatings Technology (APS, HVOF/HVAF, Detonation Spray)
Surface Engineering & Tribology Materials Testing: Tensile, Fatigue
Additive Manufacturing: Bulk-near net shape & Repair Laser and Solid-State Additive Manufacturing
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Significant Projects
Significant Projects:
- Development of MMC Coatings using HVOF process-German Research Foundation (DFG)
- International Projects for Automotive & Gas turbine industries on advanced nanostructured ceramics coatings
Book Chapters:
Significant Publications
Significant Publications:
Recent Articles:
1. Vikrant Kala, K. Santhy, G. Sivakumar, B. Rajasekaran, Understanding the Initial Stage
Oxidation and Microstructural Evolution of Detonation Sprayed NiCoCrAlY Bond Coat
using in-situ High-Temperature X-Ray Diffraction, Corrosion Science, 207 (2022) 110521
2. N Purushotham,B. Rajasekaran, N.L. Parthasarathi, K. Praveen, G. Sivakumar Sliding Wear
Behaviour of Ni-5%Al Coating Deposited by Detonation Spray on IN718"Materials Today:
Proceedings, 65(2022) 3741-3747
3. Manjunath. N and B. Rajasekaran “Surface characterization of Mn1.0Co1.9Fe0.1O4
(MCF) spinel coating on metallic interconnect used in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells” Springer
Series: Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology (Accepted)
4. C. Sundaresan, B. Rajasekaran, S. Varalakshmi, K. Santhy, D. Srinivasa Rao, G. Sivakumar,
Comparative hot corrosion performance of APS and Detonation sprayed CoCrAlY,
NiCoCrAlY and NiCr coatings on T91 boiler steel, Corrosion Science, 189 (2021) 109556
5. C Sundaresan, B Rajasekaran, G Sivakumar and D S Rao, Hot corrosion behaviour of
plasma and d-gun sprayed coatings on t91 steel used in boiler applications, IOP Conf.
Series: Materials Science and Engineering 872 (2020) 012092 IOP Publishing
doi:10.1088/1757-899X/872/1/012092
6. N. Aruldev, N.L. Parthasarathy, B.Rajasekaran, Utpal Borah, High-t High-Temperature
Sliding Wear Characterization Studies of AISI 316 L(N) by Surface Profilometry,
Proceedings of ICDMC 2019. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer,
Singapore. (2020) pp303-320
