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Dr. Murshid Imam

Dr. Murshid Imam
Assistant Professor
Ph.D, IIT Kharagpur
Ph: +91-612-302 8699
murshid[*AT]iitp.ac.in
Research Areas
  • Additive Manufacturing, Plastic Deformation, Superplasticity, Friction Stir Welding/processing, Welding Processes, Numerical Modeling of Welding Processes.
PHD Students
Sr. No. Photo Area of Reasearch Status
1
Md. Anwar Ali Ansari
2
Rahul Kesharwani
Former PHD Students
Sr. No. Photo Area of Reasearch Current Position
1
Late Dewanand Pandit
2
Kishor kumar Jha
3
Rajnish Mishra
4
Mani Thakur
5
Md.Parwez Alam
Professional Experience
  • Assistant Professor, April 2017-Till Date, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna Postdoctoral Researcher, July 2014-April 2017, Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, Japan April, 2017-till date, Assistant Professor, IIT Patna July 2014 – March 2017, Specially Appointed Researcher, Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, Japan
Awards & Honours
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award by Journal of Materials Processing Technology (Elsevier, IF = 4.17), Bharat Vikas Award by Institute of Self Reliance, Bhubeneswar, Odisha.
Member of Professional bodies
  • Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI) Alumni Association
Books
  • Sl. No. Paper Title Book Chapters Publisher ISBN
    1. Kumar, D., Rahate, O.P., Imam, M., John Rozario Jegaraj, J., Chinthapenta, V. (2023). Modeling of Inconel Powder Flow and Thermal Distribution During the Direct Energy Deposition Process. In: Ramesh Babu, N., Kumar, S., Thyla, P.R., Sripriyan, K. (eds) Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Metal Joining. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7612-4_9 Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Metal Joining Springer, Singapore
    • ISBN- Print ISBN 978-981-19-7611-7,
    • Online ISBN 978-981-19-7612-4
    2. Imam, M., Sun, Y., Fujii, H., Aoki, Y., MA, N., Tsutsumi, S., & Murakawa, H. (2017). Friction stir welding of thick aluminium welds—challenges and perspectives. Friction Stir Welding and Processing IX, 119-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52383-5_13 Friction Stir Welding and Processing IX Springer, Cham
    • ISBN- Print ISBN 978-3-319-52382-8,
    • Online ISBN 978-3-319-52383-5
    3. Anshari, M.A.A., Imam, M. (2019). Friction Stir Welding of Steels—A Localized Thermo-mechanical Processing Technique for Producing Ultrafine-Grained Structures. In: Chattopadhyay, J., Singh, R., Prakash, O. (eds) Innovation in Materials Science and Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2944-9_18 Innovation in Materials Science and Engineering Springer, Singapore
    • Print ISBN 978-981-13-2943-2
    • Online ISBN 978-981-13-2944-9
    4. Chaudhary, A., Ramesh, C., Chinthapenta, V., Imam, M. (2019). Tool Durability and Weldability in Hybrid Friction Stir Welding of High-Strength Materials. In: Narayanan, R., Joshi, S., Dixit, U. (eds) Advances in Computational Methods in Manufacturing. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9072-3_13 Advances in Computational Methods in Manufacturing Springer, Singapore
    • Print ISBN 978-981-32-9071-6
    • Online ISBN 978-981-32-9072-3
Publications / Journals / Conferences

  • International Refereed Journals:

    • Jha, K. K., & Imam, M. (2024). Microstructure evolution and local mechanical properties of friction stir additively manufactured (FSAM) AA5083/AA6061/AA7075 gradient composite. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 146668.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2024.146668
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    • Kesharwani, R., Jha, K. K., Imam, M., & Sarkar, C. (2024). Selection of groove dimension in the fabrication of particulate reinforced aluminium matrix composites using friction stir welding. Materials Letters, 136640.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2024.136640
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    • Rahul Kesharwani, Kishor Kumar Jha, Murshid Imam, Chiranjit Sarkar (2024). Multiphysics Computational modellingand experimental analysis of friction stir welding of aluminium alloy metal matrix composits. Engineering Failure Analysis
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    • Vineesh Vishnu, T Ram Prabhu, Murshid Imam, KP Vineesh (2024). High-temperature dry sliding wear behavior of additively manufactured austenitic stainless steel (316L).International Journal on the Science and Technology of Friction Lubrication and Wear, Volume 540–541, 15 March 2024, 205259 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2024.205259
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    • Rahul Kesharwani, Kishor Kumar Jha, Murshid Imam, Chiranjit Sarkar, Imad Barsoum (2024). Correlation of microstructure, texture, and mechanical properties of friction stir welded Joints of AA7075-T6 plates using a flat tool pin profile. Heliyon, volume 10, 2024/2/15 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25449
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    • Kishor Kumar Jha, Rahul Kesharwani, Murshid Imam (2024). Investigation on microstructural evolution and local mechanical performance of friction stir lap welded AA6061-T6/ AA7075-T6 joints. Engineering Failure Analysis, Volume 160, June 2024, 108258
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2024.108258
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    • Rajnish Mishra, Dewanand Pandit, s (2024). Microstructure, mechanical and corrosion study of friction stir processed Inconel 625 additive layers deposited via wire arc direct energy deposition.Additive Manufacturing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2024.104193
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    •  Anwar Ali Anshari, Mohd Abdul Wahed, Murshid Imam, Mohd Zaheer Khan Yusufzai (2024). Effect of Carbon Content and Hard Phase Volume Fraction on Yield Strength in Friction Stir Processing of Low and Medium Carbon Steels. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance,7thMarch 2024 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-09464-w
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    • Vineesh Vishnu, T Ram Prabhu, Murshid Imam, KP Vineesh. Experimental Investigation into the Dry Reciprocating Wear Behavior of Additively Manufactured Austenitic Stainless Steel (316L) Alloys. The Journal of Minerals, Metals and Material Society (TMS),26th February 2024 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-024-06491-9
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    • Kesharwani, R., Jha, K. K., Sarkar, C., & Imam, M. (2023). Effect of tool pin profile on the heat generation model of the friction stir welding of aluminium alloy. International Journal of Materials Research, vol. 114, no. 10-11, 2023, pp. 861-871.
      https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2022-0217
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    • Anshari, M. A. A., Imam, M., & Mishra, R. (2023). Quantitative analysis of phase fraction and mechanical behaviour of friction stir processed carbon steels. Materialia, 32, 101913.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101913
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    • Kesharwani, R., Jha, K. K., Imam, M., Sarkar, C., & Barsoum, I. (2023). Comparison of microstructural, texture and mechanical properties of SiC and Zn particle reinforced FSW 6061-T6 aluminium alloy. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, Volume 26, September–October 2023, Pages 3301-3321
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.08.161
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    • Ali Anshari, M. A., Mishra, R., & Imam, M. (2023). Investigation of microstructural evolution in a hybrid additively manufactured steel bead. International Journal of Materials Research, vol. 114, no. 10-11, 2023, pp. 965-979. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2022-0152
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    • Ansari, M. A. A., Mishra, R., Imam, M., Pandit, D., Jha, K. K., Kesharwani, R., ... & Chinthapenta, V. (2023). Comparison of the Microstructures and Mechanical Properties in the Overlapping Region of Low Carbon Steel Additive Bead Fabricated by WAAM and FSP. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 54(3), 869-895.
      https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-022-06934-5
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    • Jha, K. K., Kesharwani, R., & Imam, M. (2023). Microstructure, texture, and mechanical properties correlation of AA5083/AA6061/SiC composite fabricated by FSAM process. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 296, 127210.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.127210
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    • Kesharwani, R., Jha, K. K., Anshari, M. A. A., Imam, M., & Sarkar, C. (2022). Comparison of microstructure, texture, and mechanical properties of the SQ and thread pin profile FSW joint of AA6061-T6 with Al2O3 particle reinforcement. Materials Today Communications, 33, 104785.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104785
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    • Kesharwani, R., Jha, K. K., Imam, M., & Sarkar, C. (2022). The optimization of the groove depth height in friction stir welding of AA 6061-T6 with Al2O3 powder particle reinforcement. Journal of Materials Research, 37(21), 3743-3760. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00748-2
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    • Kesharwani, R., Jha, K. K., Imam, M., & Sarkar, C. (2022). The optimization of gap width size during friction stir welding of AA 6061-T6 with Al2O3 particle reinforcement. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 1-20.
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    • Mishra, R., Pillai, A., Imam, M., Chinthapenta, V., & Vineesh, K. P. (2022). Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Double Pass Overlapping Beads by Twin-Wire Welding Additive Manufacturing Process. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 76, 297–313 (2023).
      https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-022-02666-7
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    • Jha, K.K., Kesharwani, R. & Imam, M. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Correlation of FSAM Employed AA5083/AA7075 Joints. Trans Indian Inst Met 76, 323–333 (2023).
      https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-022-02672-9
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    • Kesharwani, R., Imam, M. & Sarkar, C. Effect of Flat Probe on Local Heat Generation and Microstructural Evolution in Friction Stir Welding of 6061-T6 Aluminium Alloy. Trans Indian Inst Met 74, 3185–3203 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-021-02386-4
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    • Anshari, M. A. A., Imam, M., Yusufzai, M. Z. K., Chinthapenta, V., & Mishra, R. (2021). Stir zone anisotropic work hardening behavior in friction stir processed EN8 medium carbon steel. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 805, 140582.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.140582
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    • Kesharwani, R., Imam, M., & Sarkar, C. (2020). Clarification on the choice of sheet positioning in friction stir welding of dissimilar materials. Manufacturing Letters, 24, 100-104.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2020.04.008
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    • Imam, M., Sun, Y., Fujii, H. et al. Deformation characteristics and microstructural evolution in friction stir welding of thick 5083 aluminum alloy. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 99, 663–681 (2018).
      https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-018-2521-9
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    • Imam, M., Racherla, V., Biswas, K. et al. Microstructure-property relation and evolution in friction stir welding of naturally aged 6063 aluminium alloy. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 91, 1753–1769 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-016-9865-9
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    • Imam, M., Sun, Y., Fujii, H. et al. Microstructural Characteristics and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded Thick 5083 Aluminum Alloy. Metall Mater Trans A 48, 208–229 (2017).
      https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-016-3819-6
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    • Imam, M., Ueji, R., & Fujii, H. (2016). Effect of online rapid cooling on microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir welded medium carbon steel. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 230, 62-71.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2015.11.015
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    • Imam, M., Ueji, R., & Fujii, H. (2015). Microstructural control and mechanical properties in friction stir welding of medium carbon low alloy S45C steel. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 636, 24-34.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2015.03.089
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    • Imam, M., Racherla, V. & Biswas, K. Effect of backing plate material in friction stir butt and lap welding of 6063-T4 aluminium alloy. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 77, 2181–2195 (2015).
      https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-014-6617-6
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    • Imam, M., Racherla, V., & Biswas, K. (2014). Effect of post-weld natural aging on mechanical and microstructural properties of friction stir welded 6063-T4 aluminium alloy. Materials & Design, 64, 675-686.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2014.08.037
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    • Imam, M., Biswas, K., & Racherla, V. (2013). Effect of weld morphology on mechanical response and failure of friction stir welds in a naturally aged aluminium alloy. Materials & Design, 44, 23-34.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2012.07.046
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    • Imam, M., Biswas, K., & Racherla, V. (2013). On use of weld zone temperatures for online monitoring of weld quality in friction stir welding of naturally aged aluminium alloys. Materials & Design (1980-2015), 52, 730-739.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2013.06.014


    International Conference Proceedings:

    • Jha, K. K., Kesharwani, R., Mishra, R., & Imam, M. (2023). A clarification on local microstructural inhomogeneity in friction stir additively manufactured functionally graded composite materials. Materials Today: Proceedings.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.11.071
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    • Anshari, M. A. A., Imam, M., Wahed, M. A., Ilham, W. R., & Mishra, R., (2023). Friction Stir Processing: An effective thermo-mechanical processing technique for carbon steels. Materials Today: Proceedings.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.08.104
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    • Mishra, R., Imam, M., Chinthapenta, V., & Mastanaiah, P. (2023). Thermo-mechanical modelling of the wire arc based additively manufactured Inconel 625 superalloy. Materials Today: Proceedings.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.08.142
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    • Tippanna, T., Mishra, R., Imam, M., Chinthapenta, V., & Vineesh, K. P. (2023, July). Temperature evolution in WAAM process without overlapping weld beads. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2745, No. 1). AIP Publishing.
      https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0143318
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    • Imam, M., Chittajallu, S.N.S.H., Gururani, H., Yamamoto, H., Ito, K., Parchuri, P.K., Mishra, R., Sharma, A., Richhariya, A. and Chinthapenta, V. (2022). Experimental study on improving the additively manufactured GMAW and TIG beads using FSP. Materials Today: Proceedings, 56, 690-705.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.01.154
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    • Chaudhary, A., Mishra, R., Anshari, M. A. A., Imam, M., & Chintapenta, V. (2022). Experimental and numerical investigation of laser-FSW hybrid welding technique for high strength materials. Materials Today: Proceedings, 65, 3437-3448.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.05.579
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    • Anshari, M. A. A., Pandit, D., & Imam, M. (2022). Friction stir processing as a strengthening technique for medium carbon low alloy steels. Materials Today: Proceedings, 56, 862-867.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.02.515
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    • Kesharwani, R., Jha, K. K., Sarkar, C., & Imam, M. (2022). Numerical and experimental analysis on friction stir welding of the dissimilar materials 6061-T6 AA and pure copper. Materials Today: Proceedings, 65, 3132-3142.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.05.353
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    • Pandit, D., Jha, K.K., Ansari, M.A.A., Imam, M., and Kar, M., 2022. Investigation on single/double pass friction stir processing techniques of nickel 200 alloy. Materials Today: Proceedings, 56, 722-725.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.01.320
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    • Kesharwani, R., Jha, K. K., Sarkar, C., & Imam, M. (2022). Numerical and experimental studies on friction stir welding of 6061-T6 AA with Al2O3 powder particle reinforcement. Materials Today: Proceedings, 56, 826-833.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.02.295
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    • Jha, K. K., Kesharwani, R., & Imam, M. (2022). Microstructural and micro-hardness study on the fabricated Al 5083-O/6061-T6/7075-T6 gradient composite component via a novel route of friction stir additive manufacturing. Materials Today: Proceedings, 56, 819-825.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.02.262
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    • Tool durability and weldability in hybrid friction stir welding of high strength material by Amit Chaudhary, Chiranthan Ramesh, Viswanath Chinthapenta, Murshid Imam, 2nd International Conference of Computational Methods in Manufacturing (ICCMM), IIT Guwahati, India, March 8-9, 2019. Paper accepted to publish as a book chapter by Springer Nature.
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    • Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Modelling on Dissimilar Metal Plates of Friction Stir Welding Process with Polygon Tool Pin Geometry by Rahul Kesharwani, Murshid Imam, Chiranjit Sarkar, Materials & WeldFab 2019, 25-26 April, 2019, New Delhi, India.
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    • Investigation of directional anisotropy in friction stir welded/processed aluminium alloys by Sweta Saroj, Murshid Imam, Materials & WeldFab 2019, 25-26 April, 2019, New Delhi, India.
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    • Design and conceptualization of friction stir additive manufacturing tool for the development of multi-layered gradient structure by Rahul Kesharwani, Murshid Imam, Indo-Japan Bilateral Symposium on the Futuristic Materials and Manufacturing scheduled during, IIT Madras, 16 - 17 July 2018, Chennai, India.
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    • Ductilization and strength trade off in functionally graded material using multi-pass friction stir processing by Sweta Saroj, Murshid Imam, Indo-Japan Bilateral Symposium on the Futuristic Materials and Manufacturing scheduled during, IIT Madras, 16 - 17 July 2018, Chennai, India.
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    • Properties enhancement in low carbon steels and Al0.5CoCrCuFeNi high entropy alloy using friction stir processing by Md Anwar Ali Anshari, Hidetoshi Fujii, Murshid Imam,
      Indo-Japan Bilateral Symposium on the Futuristic Materials and Manufacturing scheduled during, IIT Madras, 16 - 17 July 2018, Chennai, India.
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    • Friction stir welding of steels - A localized thermo-mechanical processing technique for producing ultrafine grained structures by Md Anwar Ali Anshari, Murshid Imam, International Conference on Energy, Materials and Information Technology, 23-24 December, 2017, Accepted to Publish in Book “Innovation in Materials Science and Engineering-Proceedings of ICEMIT 2017, Volume 2”, (Book Chapter, Publisher: Springer Nature).
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    • Friction stir welding of thick aluminium welds- challenges and perspectives by Murshid Imam, Yufeng Sun, Hidetoshi Fujii, Nishu Ma, Seiichiro Tsutsumi, Hidekazu Murakawa. Friction Stir Welding and Processing IX, 2017 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, USA. (Book Chapter, Publisher: Springer, Nature).
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    • Role of tool profile in grain structure formation and texture development during friction stir welding of thick welds by Murshid Imam, Yufeng Sun, Hidetoshi Fujii, Nishu Ma, Seiichiro Tsutsumi, Hidekazu Murakawa. 10th International Conference on Trends in Welding Research & 9th International Welding Symposium of Japan Welding Society (9WS) , organized by American Welding Society and Japan Welding Society, going to be held on 11-14 October, 2016, Tokyp, Japan.
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    • Parameters controlling structure-properties relationships in friction stir welding of thick 5083-O aluminum alloy by Murshid Imam, Yufeng Sun, Hidetoshi Fujii, Nishu Ma, Seiichiro Tsutsumi, Hidekazu Murakawa. 11th International Symposium on FSW (11ISFSW) which is going to be held on 17-19 May 2016 at TWI Ltd, Cambridge, UK.
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    • Evaluation of weld quality through online temperature monitoring in friction stir welds of AA 6063-T4 by Murshid Imam, Vikranth Racherla and Kajal Biswas The Second International Conference on Intelligent Robotics, Automation and Manufacturing (IRAM) 2013 Dec 16-18 (2013).
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    • Weld zone modeling in friction stir welds in AA 6063-T4 by Murshid Imam, Kajal Biswas and Vikranth Racherla, Fourth International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, IIT Hyderabad, India, December 9-12, 2012.


    National Conference Proceedings:

    • Localized elasto-plastic deformation and serration characteristics of aluminium alloy 5083-O friction stir welding joints by TSUTSUMI Seiichiro, SANO Moe, IMAM Murshid, SUN Yufeng, FUJII Hidetoshi, MA Ninshu, MURAKAWA Hidekazu, Japan Welding Society Meet, September, 2017.
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    • Interface controlled plastic flow using accelerated cooling in friction stir welding of pure iron, Murshid Imam, Yufeng Sun, Hidetoshi Fujii, Japan Welding Society Meet, April, 2017
      https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jwstaikai/2017s/0/2017s_162/_article/-char/ja/
    • Properties optimization through enhanced cooling rate using liquid CO2 in friction stir welding of medium carbon low alloy S45C steel by Murshid Imam, Rintaro Ueji, Hidetoshi Fujii. Japan welding society meeting, 24 April 2015.
      https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/130005490359/
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