Gurinder Singh Brar

Gurinder Singh Brar
National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand · Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

PhD - UNC-Charlotte USA

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This study presents a detailed analysis of mullite and SiC based ceramic matrix composites in comparison to traditional materials used in journal bearings. The research integrates experimental investigations and numerical simulations to analyze the tribological behavior and mechanical properties of these composites. The experimental analysis evalua...
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In the past three decades, significant studies have been reported on successive recycling (SR) of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) thermoplastic-based composites. However, SR of thermosetting polymers such as melamine formaldehyde (MF), bakelite, etc., is still a challenge in commercial terms, mainly due to high energy requirements. This study...
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Several present-day applications require the joining of dissimilar materials by solid-state processes. Aluminum-stainless steel sheet metal joining finds its application in the Automotive industry. In present work, two dissimilar sheet metal workpieces of Aluminium and Stainless Steel were joined with a newly developed Friction Crush Welding (FCW)...
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The current study aims to investigate the application of environmentally friendly fiber surface treatment as a means of reducing the environmental risks associated with traditional chemical treatments. Kenaf fibers’ surface was modified with a (10% (w: v)) aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate, before being included into epoxy matrix to develop ke...
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Numerous studies have been reported in the past on the fabrication of short-range gun silencers by 3D printing of virgin acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)-based composite matrix. But hitherto little has been reported on enhancing the performance of such silencers (in terms of enhanced mechanical and thermal properties) for a long service life o...
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This article is a comprehensive review of the material property and different processing methods to enhance the properties of ceramic matrix composites, e.g., toughness, stiffness, high-temperature resistance, and wear resistance. Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) have better industrial importance due to their better tribological properties as compa...
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Several present day applications require joining of dissimilar materials by solid state processes. In this research work, two dissimilar metals – Aluminium and Steel were joined with a newly developed Friction Crush Welding (FCW) process. Macro-structure images along with X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) pattern were used to investigate the prepared samples...
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Solid state welding processes are one of the growing principal technologies used to join similar and dissimilar materials. Friction crush welding (FCW) is a recently developed solid state welding process to overcome the difficulties in fusion welding of thin sheet metal workpieces. In this communication, dissimilar aluminium and stainless steel (Al...
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Tube flaring process involves a conical tool of a certain length which is displaced to get an end flared tube, which is utilized to form a tight seal between pipes or tubes. Tube flaring refers to a kind of forging which is often a cold working operation. The tube forming process is widely used in several industries to form condenser pipes, car sea...
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Many present day applications require machining and finishing of complex-shaped and tough to machine materials with precision and accuracy by conventional or non-conventional machining and polishing processes. Ultrasonically aided electrochemical magnetic abrasive machining (UAEMAM) process is a novel non-conventional machining technique which can...
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Virtual Workshop on: Novel Materials: Processing, Characterization and Applications
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Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid-state welding strategy which may be utilized for joining magnesium alloy and stainless steel workpieces since they are hard to join by conventional joining process. The major industrial areas where FSW method is used are aerospace, ship building, automobiles, railways, etc. This work is focused on the effect o...
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Many present day applications require machining and finishing of complex shaped and tough to machine materials with precision and accuracy by conventional or non-conventional machining and polishing processes. Ultrasonically aided electrochemical magnetic abrasive machining (UAEMAM) process is a novel non-conventional machining technique which can...
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In the past decade, significant studies have been reported on acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) based feedstock filament for 3D printing applications with fused deposition modeling (FDM). Also, significant work has been reported on the use of different reinforcements (metallic/non-metallic) in the ABS matrix. But hitherto little has been report...
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This study outline the procedure of filament fabrication for fused deposition modelling (FDM), based upon rheological, mechanical, thermal, wear and morphological characterization as a case study of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) - melamine formaldehyde (MF) composite. It has been ascertained that with increase in proportion of MF in ABS, vi...
Conference Paper
This paper presents the comparison of reliability technique that employ Fourier series representations of random asymmetric imperfections in axially compressed cylindrical shell with evaluations prescribed by ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1 and 2. The ultimate goal of the reliability type technique is to predict the b...
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This paper reviews the possibilities to make the metal matrix composite based auto components for the automobile sector. The metal matrix based composite material components can be used in the auto industry due to its lightweight, high, high fatigue life, and high impact strength. The researcher and designers are investigating a new combination of...
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Joining of dissimilar metals has found its use extensively in power generation, electronic, nuclear reactors, petrochemical and chemical industries due to environmental concerns, energy saving, high performance, cost saving and so on. Dissimilar welding of stainless steel and aluminum alloy has gaining importance in these days due to its high corro...
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In past one decade, number of studies has been performed on use of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) based feedstock filament for 3D printing applications using fused deposition modeling (FDM). Also significant work has been reported on use of different reinforcements (metallic/non-metallic) in ABS matrix. But hitherto little has been reported...
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Aluminum alloys are the most attractive solutions for many industries including aerospace, marine, and other transportation sectors where lightweight construction is required. Friction Crush Welding (FCW) is a new material joining process that simultaneously creates a mechanical lock and a metallurgical seal at the interface between similar and dis...
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A new machining technique called ultrasonic assisted electrochemical magnetic abrasive machining integrates ultrasonic vibrations, electrochemical machining and magnetic abrasive finishing is used to machine and finish biomaterials more efficiently as compared to single process. This investigation highlights a novel technique for machining of hard...
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In order to cater increasing need of lightweight and strong structures to be used in various industries like ship manufacturing, railways transportation, vehicle body cell etc., efforts have been made to develop and assess various welding or joining techniques. Dissimilar metal welding offers promising solution in this direction due to modification...
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The major concern in the high tech industries like oil and petroleum industries, automobiles, aeronautical, and nuclear power plants is the control of the defects like distortion in the welded joints and residual stresses occur due to arc welding on the circumferential joints of the thin pipes. Three-dimensional non-linear thermal and thermomechani...
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This research proposes advanced hybrid process consisting ultrasonic, electrolytic and magnetic energy. Ultrasonic assisted magnetic abrasive finishing process which was combined with the process of electrolytic in order to improve machining and finishing efficiency. The fabrication of hybrid machine which integrate three processes in a single mach...
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In this paper, Taguchi method is used to explore the effects of process parameters of electro chemical machining (ECM) viz. electrolyte concentration, voltage, current, electrolyte flow rate and tool feed rate on its responses viz. material removal rate (MRR), and surface roughness (SR) using NaCl as electrolyte on mild steel workpiece. The experim...
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Today’s need of lightweight and fuel efficient vehicles in automobile triggers the researchers to develop light weight structures through hybrid or dissimilar welding joints. Dissimilar weld of aluminum and stainless steel offers promising solution in this direction. Many researchers have tried different techniques to produce dissimilar aluminum st...
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Tungsten inert gas welding is one of the established joining processes for stainless steel. But hitherto very little has been reported on induced residual stresses in circular thin pipe joints during tungsten inert gas welding of SS 304. This paper reports the effect of welding parameters such as welding speed, welding current and shielding gas flo...
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This paper presents a state-of-the-art critical review of the thermal and structural modelling of the arc welding process. During the welding process, high temperature in the welding zone leads to generation of unwanted residual stresses and results in weld distortion. Measurement of the temperature distribution was a key issue and challenge in the...
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There is requirement of advancements in the machining processes able to achieve better surface finish in tight tolerances. It is not always easy to produce work piece characteristics in order to fulfill the listed requirements by only using the traditional finishing processes. Ultrasonic assisted electrochemical magnetic abrasive finishing (UEMAF)...
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This study reports the investigation of the waste thermosetting polymer, Bakelite (BAK), as a reinforcement along with ceramic particles (silicon carbide (SiC) and aluminium oxide (Al2O3)) in recycled thermoplastic acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) matrix for better sustainability. The ABS composite matrix has been prepared using a twin-screw e...
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In this study, temperature distribution and angular distortion is predicted using elastic plastic finite element method (FEM). Submerged arc welding is used and analysis is done on butt welding and Goldak double ellipsoidal heat source model is used for prediction of temperature distribution and distortion. Three dimensional model is generated in A...
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Friction Crush Welding (FCW) is a newly developed technique which can be used for welding of similar materials with or without filler metal. In this process, welding between two work pieces occurs due to relative motion between work pieces and rotating cylindrical tool, which causes crushing of material to produce weld. Similar weld which include w...
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In this paper, genetic algorithm (GA) approach is used in order to optimize the surface roughness (Ra) of near dry EDM (ND-EDM) surfaces. Taguchi orthogonal array of L27 is used as design of experiment for the five process parameters viz. pulse on time, duty factor, discharge current, gap voltage and tool rotating speed. ANOVA test was conducted an...
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AISI 304 stainless steel is one of the grades of steel widely used in engineering applications particularly in chemical equipments, food processing, pressure vessels and paper industry. Friction crush welding (FCW) is type of friction welding, where there is a relative motion between the tool and work-piece. In FCW process, the edges of the work-pi...
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Electrical Discharge Machine is commonly used non-traditional machining process to machine high strength advance materials which are difficult to machine. The present research investigates the effect of tool rotating speed to the responses viz. MRR, TWR and surface roughness (Ra) of Electric Discharge Machine (EDM) processes viz. EDM, Dry-EDM, Near...
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Rivets are widely used as a means of fastening in airframe construction industry. Among the other types of fasteners riveted joints are preferred in such applications due to their permanence after installation and their economical advantages. In a riveted joint, it is known that residual stresses are present as a result of the installation process....
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Sloshing is a violent resonant fluid motion in a moving tank. When a fluid moves and interacts with its container, the dynamic pressures of such an interaction may cause large deformation in the container wall as well as the supporting structure. Most of the work has been done on rectangular tanks. Moreover in most of the studies numerical approach...
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Electric discharge machining (EDM) widely used mostly in the tool and die industry and the material normally used as electrode are copper, tungsten, graphite, copper tungsten and copper chromium alloys. In the present work, Electric discharge machining was carried on H-13 workpiece using powder metallurgy electrodes of copper chromium (CuCr) and co...
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Welding is a reliable and efficient joining process in which the coalescence of metals is achieved by fusion. Welding is carried out with a very complex thermal cycle which results in irreversible elastic-plastic deformation and esidual stresses in and around fusion zone and heat affected zone (HAZ). Due to the presence of residual stresses in and...
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Welding is a reliable and efficient joining process in which the coalescence of metals is achieved by fusion. Welding is carried out with a very complex thermal cycle which results in irreversible elastic-plastic deformation and residual stresses in and around fusion zone and heat affected zone (HAZ). A residual stress due to welding arises from th...
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Milk is considered as an essential and complete food. Hence, dairy industries are getting more importance nowadays. The profitability of the organization thereby depends not only on efficient processing and product handling, but also on saving of energy as much as possible. The later one bears lot of importance in the present era where energy savin...
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Indian organizations are losing edge to China low-cost manufacturing practices and are facing turbulent marketing conditions. Emulation of Chinese practices is rare possibility because of vibrant Indian democracy. Indians have other avenues and opportunities to learn and apply Six Sigma methodology in their manufacturing endeavors to become resilie...
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Powder mixed electrical discharge machining (PMEDM) is one of the recent innovations thermo-electrical process for the improvement of the capabilities of EDM process. In this paper, the effects of various process parameters; powder concentration, peak current, pulse off time, tool electrode diameter and flushing pressure of powder mixed EDM (PMEDM)...
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Buckling is a sudden failure of cylindrical shells subjected to high compressive stresses. Geometrical imperfections play a vital role in premature failure of thin cylinders.To investigate the imperfection (out of roundness, concentricity and wall thickness variations) effect on load carrying capacity, seven thin cylinders used in manufacturing of...
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This book comprises the proceedings of International Conference on Research and Innovations in Mechanical Engineering (ICRIME 2013) organized by Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana with support from AICTE, TEQIP, DST and PTU, Jalandhar. This international conference served as a premier forum for communication of new advances and research r...
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Wire Electrical Discharge Machining (WEDM) is widely used in to machine conductive materials in desired shape when precision is of major factor. Selection of optimum machining parameter combinations for obtaining higher accuracy is a challenging task in WEDM due to the presence of large number of process variables and complex stochastic process mec...
Conference Paper
In this paper a three-dimensional welding simulation was carried out by commercially available finite element software to predict temperature and the residual stress distributions in V-butt welded joint of two dissimilar pipes. Low carbon steel and stainless steel pipe welding is widely used in a variety of engineering applications such as oil and...
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A never-ending research in material science has encouraged the engineering and development of advanced materials like super alloys, ceramics, composites materials etc. Non-Conventional Machining (NCM) processes are being employed to achieve higher metal removal rate of conductive materials irrespective of their hardness and strength, for better sur...
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Welding is a reliable and efficient joining process in which the coalescence of metals is achieved by fusion. Welding is widely employed in diverse structures such as ships, aircraft, marine structures, bridges, ground vehicles, pipelines and pressure vessels. When two dissimilar plates are joined by welding process, a very complex thermal cycle is...
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The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on Milk Run Logistics and to present an overview of its implementation practices adopted by the manufacturing organizations. The paper also discusses milk run logistics in the procurement system with a special emphasis on the automobile industry. Milk run system is all about logistics support fo...
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Welding is a reliable and efficient joining process in which the coalescence of metals is achieved by fusion. Welding is carried out with a very complex thermal cycle which results in irreversible elastic-plastic deformation and residual stresses in and around fusion zone and heat affected zone (HAZ). A residual stress due to welding arises from th...
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Initial geometric imperfections have a significant effect on the load carrying capacity of asymmetrical cylindrical pressure vessels. This research paper presents a comparison of a reliability technique that employs a Fourier series representation of random asymmetric imperfections in a defined cylindrical pressure vessel subjected to external pres...
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Welding is one of the most commonly used permanent joining processes in the piping and pressure vessel industry. During welding a very complex thermal cycle is applied to the weldment, which in turn causes irreversible elastic-plastic deformation and consequently gives rise to the residual stresses in and around fusion zone and heat affected zone (...
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This paper presents the comparison of a reliability technique that employs a Fourier series representation of random asymmetric imperfections in a cylindrical pressure vessel subjected to external pressure. Comparison with evaluations prescribed by the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 2 Rules for the same shell geometrie...
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This paper presents the comparison of reliability technique that employ Fourier series representations of random axisymmetric imperfections in axially compressed cylindrical shells with evaluations prescribed by ASME Section VIII, Division 2. The ultimate goal of the reliability type technique is to predict the buckling load associated with the axi...
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This paper presents the comparison of reliability technique that employ Fourier series representations of random asymmetric imperfections in axially compressed cylindrical shell with evaluations prescribed by ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1 and 2. The ultimate goal of the reliability type technique is to predict the b...
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This paper presents the third of a series of solutions to the buckling of imperfect cylindrical shells subjected to an axial compressive load. In particular, the initial problem reviewed is the case of a homogeneous cylindrical shell of variable thickness that is of an axisymmetric nature. The equilibrium equations as first introduced by Donnell ov...
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Trends indicate that, in general, systems are increasing in complexity with the introduction of new technologies and are not meeting customer expectations in terms of performance and effectiveness. Systems are also becoming more costly relative to their operation and support. Faced with an economy in recession, increasing competition, an installed...

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