Arun Babu K

Skilled Postdoctoral Research Fellow focused on microstructure synthesis and wave propagation analyses. Bringing experience in both self-directed and support research capacities, as well as PhD degree in "experimental and simulation study on hot deformation behavior of steel" from IIT Kharagpur. Published research findings through peer-reviewed articles and analyzed results tailoring to possible future applications.

Journals Published

(1) K. Arun Babu, V.S. Sarma, C.N. Athreya, K.A. Padmanabhan, Experimental verification of grain boundary-sliding controlled steady state superplastic flow in both continually and statically recrystallizing Al alloys, dynamic material modeling and microstructural studies, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 657 (2016) 185–196. [Impact Factor: 5.234]

(2) K. Arun Babu, S. Mandal, A. Kumar, C.N. Athreya, B. de Boer and V.S. Sarma, Characterization of hot deformation behavior of alloy 617 through kinetic analysis, dynamic material modeling and microstructural studies, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 664 (2016) 177–187. [Impact Factor: 5.234]

(3) K. Arun Babu, S. Mandal, C.N. Athreya, B. Shakthipriya and V.S. Sarma, Hot deformation characteristics and processing map of a phosphorous modified super austenitic stainless steel, Mater. Des., 115 (2017) 262–275. [Impact Factor: 7.991]

(4) S.K. Pradhan, S. Mandal, C.N. Athreya, K. Arun Babu, B. de Boer and V.S. Sarma, Influence of processing parameters on dynamic recrystallization and the associated annealing twin boundary evolution in a nickel base superalloy, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 700 (2017) 49–58. [Impact Factor: 5.234]

(5) K. Arun Babu and S. Mandal, Regression based novel constitutive analyses to predict high temperature flow behavior in super austenitic stainless steel, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 703 (2017) 187–195. [Impact Factor: 5.234]

(6) K. Arun Babu, Y.H. Mozumder, R. Saha, V.S. Sarma and S. Mandal, Hot- workability of super-304H exhibiting continuous to discontinuous dynamic recrystallization transition, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 734 (2018) 269–280. [Impact Factor: 5.234]

(7) S. Roy, S. Biswas, K. Arun Babu, and S. Mandal, Phenomenological constitutive modeling of high-temperature flow behavior incorporating individual and coupled effects of processing parameters in super-austenitic stainless Steel, J. Mater. Eng. Perform., 27 (2018) 3762–3772. [Impact Factor: 1.819]

(8) Y.H. Mozumder, K. Arun Babu, R. Saha and S. Mandal, Flow characteristics and hot workability studies of a Ni-containing Fe-Mn-Al-C lightweight duplex steel, Mater. Charact., 146 (2018) 1–14. [Impact Factor: 4.342]

(9) K. Arun Babu, Y.H. Mozumder, R. Saha and S. Mandal, A systematic assessment of various stability/instability criteria in predicting the hot deformation-related instabilities in super-304H stainless steels, J. Mater. Eng. Perform., 28 (2019) 4718–4730. [Impact Factor: 1.819]

(10) Y.H. Mozumder, K. Arun Babu, R. Saha, V.S. Sarma, and S. Mandal, Dynamic microstructural evolution and recrystallization mechanism during hot deformation of intermetallic-hardened duplex lightweight steel, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 788 (2020)139613. [Impact Factor: 5.234]

(11) K. Arun Babu, C.N. Athreya, Y.H. Mozumder, V.S Sarma, and S. Mandal: A comprehensive study on texture development and twin-related domain evolution following hot compression in a super austenitic stainless steel, Metall. Mater. Trans. A, 51 (2020) 3535–51. [Impact Factor: 2.556]

(12) K. Arun Babu, T.S. Prithiv, A. Gupta and S. Mandal, Modeling and simulation of dynamic recrystallization in super austenitic stainless steel employing combined cellular automaton, artificial neural network and finite element method, Comput. Mater. Sci., 195 (2021) 110482. [Impact Factor: 3.3]

(13) K. Arun Babu, Y.H. Mozumder, C.N. Athreya, V.S Sarma, and S. Mandal: Implication of initial grain size on DRX mechanism and grain refinement in super-304H SS in a wide range of strain rates during large-strain hot deformation, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 14 (2021) 142269. [Impact Factor: 5.234]

Conferences presented

(1) K. Arunbabu, S. Sankaran, S. Jupp, V. S. Sarma, K. A. Padmanabhan (2014). On the implication texture and microstructure changes during isotropic and anisotropic superplastic deformation. International Conference on Textures in Materials ICOTOM-17, Dresden, Germany, August 24 – 29, 2014.

(2) K. Arun Babu, T.S. Prithiv, A. Gupta, and S. Mandal, Mesoscale simulation of the microstructure evolution during hot working in super austenitic stainless steels, 58th National Metallurgists Day and 74th Annual Technical Meeting (NMD-ATM 2020), Virtual mode, February 23 – 26, 2021, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai.

(3) K. Arun Babu, T.S. Prithiv, C.N. Athreya, Y.H. Mozumder, V.S. Sarma and S. Mandal, Experimental and simulation study on hot deformation behavior and dynamic microstructure evolution of super austenitic stainless steel, The 19th International Conference on Textures of Materials, Virtual mode, March 1 – 4, 2021, Osaka, Japan.

(13) K. Arun Babu, Y.H. Mozumder, C.N. Athreya, V.S Sarma, and S. Mandal: Implication of initial grain size on DRX mechanism and grain refinement in super-304H SS in a wide range of strain rates during large-strain hot deformation, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 14 (2021) 142269. [Impact Factor: 5.234]