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Key Notes
- Journal(s): 26
- Conference(s): 23
- PhD: Current - 3 Awarded - 1
- Event(s) Organized: Workshop - 1
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PUBLICATIONS4
DOCTORAL STUDENTS3
PROJECTSResearch Areas
Advanced High Strength Steels - formability evaluation
Advanced High Strength Steels - formability prediction
Advanced material characterization at extreme conditions
Formability at elevated temperatures
Friction stir welding and forming
Hydroforming
Material model development
Mechanical behaviour of materials
Metal forming - sheet metal forming of Aluminum, Magnesium
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
| Degree | Institute | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Philosophy | IIT Bombay | 2016 |
| Master of Technology | IIT Guwahati | 2010 |
| Bachelor of Engineering | Andhra University, Visakhapatnam | 2007 |
COURSES HANDLED
| Course | L-T-P | Credit | Degree Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Manufacturing Technology(ME26001) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG, PG |
| Engineering Drawing(ME11061) | 1-0-4 | 3 | PG |
| Mechanics of Metal Forming(ME26027) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
| Operations Research(ME366) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Manufacturing Science(ME251) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Mechanics of Metal Forming(ME5613) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
| Controllers for System Design(ME5661) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
| Systems Engineering Design(ME5652) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
| Mechatronics System Design(ME5603) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
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PUBLICATIONS
Journal(s)
Correlation of shear texture evolution and microstructural development with the formability of dissimilar friction stir welded AA6061 and AA5754 sheets at various strain paths,
By Rahul Datta and Marrapu Bhargava,
Springer,
Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance,
vol.34,
pp.23750–23775,
2025
Correlation of microstructure and microtexture with the mechanical and formability behavior of friction stir welded similar AA5754 sheets using different tool pin designs,
By Rahul Datta and Marrapu Bhargava,
Springer,
Welding in the World,
vol.,
pp.,
2025
Experimental Investigation on the Mechanical Properties and Formability Analysis of Stainless Steel 316 Thin sheets at Different Annealing Temperatures,
By K Sudhakar Naidu, R Datta and Marrapu Bhargava,
Scientific.Net,
Key Engineering Materials,
vol.1012,
pp.11-18,
2025
Influence of different process parameters on the mechanical properties and formability behavior of TIG welded HSLA steel sheets,
By Rahul Datta, Vanapalli Teja Gayathri, K V Sai Srinadh, Marrapu Bhargava,
Springer,
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance,
vol.,
pp.,
2025
Formability and Microstructure analysis of dissimilar Friction Stir Welded AA 5754 & AA 6082 alloys,
By Rahul Datta, Bora Murali, Marrapu Bhargava,
AIP,
AIP Proceedings,
vol.3007,
pp.100033,
2024
Shear texture development and microstructure analysis of friction stir welded AA5754 sheets during forming at different strain paths,
By Rahul Datta, Marrapu Bhargava,
Elsevier,
Materials Today Communications,
vol.38,
pp.107850,
2024
Investigation of microstructure and microtexture development and its correlation with mechanical and formability behavior of dissimilar friction stir welded AA6061 and AA5754 sheets,
By Rahul Datta and Marrapu Bhargava,
Elsevier,
Materials Today Communications,
vol.41,
pp.110556,
2024
Material selection using knowledge based expert system for racing bicycle forks,
By Syed Naseer Ahmed, Marrapu Bhargava, Sai Srinadh K V,
Elsevier,
Intelligent Systems with Applications,
vol.19,
pp.200257,
2023
Microstructure and texture correlation with mechanical properties and formability of friction stir welded AA 5754 sheets,
By Rahul Datta, Dharavath Raja, Marrapu Bhargava,
Springer,
Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance,
vol.34,
pp.151-172,
2023
A study on the Mechanical, Electrochemical and Microstructural behaviour of AA 5052 welded sheets,
By Vechalapu Sowjanya, Marrapu Bhargava,
Elsevier,
Materials Today Proceedings ,
vol.,
pp.,
2023
Effect of different process parameters on the Mechanical properties and Microstructural behaviour of AA 5052 welded sheets,
By Chennuri Venugopala Chari, Bandari Pravallika, Marrapu Bhargava,
Elsevier,
Materials Today Proceedings ,
vol.,
pp.,
2023
Effect of different process parameters on the Mechanical, Formability and Microstructural behaviour of friction stir welded AA5052 sheets,
By Rahul Datta, Vikas Kumar, Marrapu Bhargava,
Elsevier,
Materials Today Proceedings ,
vol.,
pp.,
2023
Comparison of underwater friction stir welded and conventional friction stir welded on the mechanical, formability and microstructure behaviour of AA 5052 alloys,
By Rahul Datta, Suneel Kumar Gupta, Marrapu Bhargava,
Elsevier,
Materials Today Proceedings ,
vol.,
pp.,
2023
Effect of localization criteria and yield criteria in predicting the forming limit diagram (FLD) of DP 590 steels,
By Marrapu Bhargava,
Taylor & Francis,
International Journal of Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies,
vol.8,
pp.1739-1752,
2022
Experimental and numerical analysis on Dual Phase steel (DP780) sheet forming limit and effect of microstructure evolution on formability,
By Marrapu Bhargava, Vivek K Barnwal, Shanta chakrabarty, Asim Tewari and Sushil Mishra,
Springer,
Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance,
vol.29,
pp.8247-8260,
2020
Prediction of strain path and forming limit curve of AHSS by incorporating microstructure evolution,
By Shanta Chakrabarty, Marrapu Bhargava, Harsh K. Narula, Sushil Mishra and Prita Pant,
Springer,
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology ,
vol.106,
pp.5085-5098 ,
2020
Experimental and simulation studies on bending behavior of a profile tube,
By Marrapu Bhargava, Abhisheik Bhatt, Saravana Kumar, Bade Simhachalam, Krishna Srinivas,
Taylor & Francis,
International Journal of Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies,
vol.5,
pp.141-152,
2019
Prediction of Forming Limit Diagram (FLD) of Al 5182 by using different hardening laws and different localization criteria and comparing with experimental FLD,
By Marrapu Bhargava, Ramesh Nachiappan M, Bade Simhachalam, Krishna Srinivas,
Taylor & Francis,
International Journal of Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies,
vol.5,
pp.132-140,
2019
Comparison of thickness variation in multistage deep drawing of a stator motor casing by experimental and simulation methods,
By Marrapu Bhargava, Rohit Patil, J M Koteswara Rao, Arun Shetty,
IOP publishing,
IOP Conf. Ser.: Journal of Physics,
vol.1063,
pp.012175,
2018
Enhancement of the ductility of hot rolled skin pass (HRSP) SPFH590 steel by annealing,
By Marrapu Bhargava, Preethi Karthikeyan, Krishna Srinivas,
Elsevier,
Materials Today Proceedings ,
vol.5,
pp.18789-18797,
2018
Developing a progressive draw with ironing tool for manufacturing a solenoid casing,
By Marrapu Bhargava, Rohit Patil, Naveen Chand Mandadapu, J M Koteswara Rao, Arun Shetty,
IOP publishing,
IOP Conf. Ser.: Journal of Physics,
vol.1063,
pp.012176,
2018
Effect of microstructure evolution during deformation of Transformation and Induced Plasticity (TRIP) and Quenched and Partitioned (Q&P) steel sheets,
By Marrapu Bhargava, Shanta Chakrabarty, Asim Tewari and Sushil Mishra,
Elsevier,
Materials & Design,
vol.152,
pp.65-77,
2018
Forming Limit Diagram of Advanced High Strength Steels based on Strain-Path Diagram,
By Marrapu Bhargava, Asim Tewari and Sushil Mishra,
Elsevier,
Materials & Design,
vol.85,
pp.149-155,
2015
Development of materials model based on microstructure evolution for formability analysis of low-Ni austenitic stainless steels,
By Shanta Chakrabarty, Marrapu Bhargava, Prita Pant and Sushil Mishra,
IOP publishing,
IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.,
vol.82,
pp.012017,
2015
Texture developed during deformation of Transformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP) steels,
By Marrapu Bhargava, Shanta Chakrabarty, Asim Tewari and Sushil Mishra,
IOP publishing,
IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.,
vol.82,
pp.012067,
2015
Strain Path diagram simulation of AA 5182 Aluminum Alloy,
By Marrapu Bhargava, Asim Tewari and Sushil Mishra,
Elsevier,
Journal of Procedia Engineering,
vol.64,
pp.1252-1258,
2013
Conference(s)
Effect of In-Situ Post Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT) on Mechanical Behaviour & Microstructure Characterization of Resistance Spot Welding of Similar SS304 Sheets
By Bhumpelly SaiPrasad, T. Mahesh Kumar and Marrapu Bhargava,
CFRTM 2025,
2025
Effect of In-Situ Post Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT) on resistance spot welding of mild steel sheets
By K Krishan Kaushik, T Hari Prasad, Bhumpelly SaiPrasad and Marrapu Bhargava,
IIM ATM 2025,
2025
Experimental and simulated analysis of mechanical, forming and microstructural behaviour of AA6082 Alloy
By Rahul Datta, Bhumpelly Sai Prasad, Marrapu Bhargava,
COPEN 2024,
2024
Experimental investigation on the mechanical properties and formability analysis of stainless steel 316 thin sheets at different annealing temperatures
By Kanda Sudhakara Naidu, Rahul Datta and Marrapu Bhargava,
IMMT 2023,
2023
Formability and Microstructure analysis of dissimilar Friction Stir Welded AA5754 & AA6082 alloys
By Rahul Datta, Bora Murali, Marrapu Bhargava,
ICMPC 2023,
2023
Comparison of underwater friction stir welded and conventional friction stir welded on the mechanical, formability and microstructure behaviour of AA5052 alloys
By Rahul Datta, Suneel Kumar Gupta, Marrapu Bhargava,
ICMPC 2023,
2023
Effect of different process parameters on the Mechanical, Formability and Microstructural behaviour of friction stir welded AA5052 sheets
By Rahul Datta, Vikas Kumar, Marrapu Bhargava,
ICMPC 2023,
2023
Effect of different process parameters on the Mechanical properties and Microstructural behaviour of AA5052 welded sheets
By Chennuri Venugopala Chari, Bandari Pravallika, Marrapu Bhargava,
ICMMM 2023,
2023
A study on the Mechanical, Electrochemical and Microstructural behaviour of AA5052 welded sheets
By Vechalapu Sowjanya, Marrapu Bhargava,
ICMMM 2023,
2023
Effect of welding speed on mechanical and formability properties of TIG welded AA5052 sheets
By Marrapu Bhargava,
AIMTDR 2023,
2023
Comparison of thickness variation in multistage deep drawing of a stator motor casing by experimental and simulation methods
By Marrapu Bhargava, Rohit Patil, J M Koteswara Rao, Arun Shetty,
NUMISHEET 2018,
2018
Enhancement of the ductility of hot rolled skin pass (HRSP) SPFH590 steel by annealing
By Marrapu Bhargava, Preethi Karthikeyan, Krishna Srininvas,
ICMPC 2018,
2018
Developing a progressive draw with ironing tool for manufacturing a solenoid casing
By Marrapu Bhargava, Rohit Patil, Naveen Chand Mandadapu, J M Koteswara Rao, Arun Shetty,
NUMISHEET 2018,
2018
Experimental and Simulated Forming limit diagrams and Strain path diagram of Twinning Induced Plasticity steel
By Marrapu Bhargava, Asim Tewari and Sushil Mishra,
International conference on Thermo-Mechanical Simulation and Processing of Steels,
2016
Formability analysis of Dual Phase (DP) steels
By Varuna Kakathkar, Marrapu Bhargava, K Narasimhan, Sushil Mishra,
IDDRG 2015,
2015
Texture developed during deformation of Transformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP) steels
By Marrapu Bhargava, Shanta Chakrabarty, Asim Tewari and Sushil Mishra,
ICOTOM 2014,
2014
Simulation of strain path diagram for low-Ni austenitic stainless steels
By Shanta Chakrabarty, Marrapu Bhargava, Prita Pant and Sushil Mishra,
NMD 2014,
2014
Formability of third generation advanced high strength steels
By Marrapu Bhargava, Shanta Chakrabarty, Asim Tewari and Sushil Mishra,
NMD 2014,
2014
Development of materials model based on microstructure evolution for formability analysis of low-Ni austenitic stainless steels
By Shanta Chakrabarty, Marrapu Bhargava, Prita Pant and Sushil Mishra,
ICOTOM 2014,
2014
Strain Path diagram simulation of AA 5182 Aluminum Alloy
By Marrapu Bhargava, Asim Tewari and Sushil Mishra,
ICONDM 2013,
2013
Simulation of strain path diagram of low-Ni austenitic stainless steel incorporating evolution of microstructural features
By Shanta Chakrabarty, Marrapu Bhargava, Prita Pant and Sushil Mishra,
IUMRS 2013,
2013
Formability analysis of TRIP steels
By Marrapu Bhargava, Shanta Chakrabarty, Asim Tewari and Sushil Mishra,
IUMRS 2013,
2013
Formability of TWIP steel
By Marrapu Bhargava, Asim Tewari and Sushil Mishra,
IDDRG 2012,
2012
PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
Development of third generation Advanced High Strength Steels – Quenched & Partitioned (Q&P) steels for automotive applications
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: DST - Technology Development Programme (TDP)
Project Cost (INR): 65
Date of Commencement: 20-11-2024
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: Research
Sponsor: DST - Technology Development Programme (TDP)
Project Cost (INR): 65
Date of Commencement: 20-11-2024
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Study on Formability Behavior and Microstructure Evolution of Al/Cu Laminated Composites During Electric Assisted Forming for Lightweight Material Applications
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: DST - SERB - Core Research Grant (CRG)
Project Cost (INR): 41.36
Date of Commencement: 18-03-2024
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: Research
Sponsor: DST - SERB - Core Research Grant (CRG)
Project Cost (INR): 41.36
Date of Commencement: 18-03-2024
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Formability and Microstructure analysis of friction stir welded Al 5xxx alloys with similar thickness sheets
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: NIT Warangal
Project Cost (INR): 5
Date of Commencement: 21-12-2020 Date of Completion: 21-12-2022
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Research
Sponsor: NIT Warangal
Project Cost (INR): 5
Date of Commencement: 21-12-2020 Date of Completion: 21-12-2022
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
Current PhD Students
B Sai Prasad
Area of Research:
MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AND MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF RESISTANCE SPOT WELDED SIMILAR AND DISSIMILAR HIGH STRENGTH STEELS
K Srinivas
Area of Research:
STUDY ON FORMABILITY BEHAVIOR AND MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION OF Al/Cu LAMINATED COMPOSITES DURING ELCTRIC ASSISTED FORMING FOR LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIAL APPLICATIONS
Sai Babu Chanda
Area of Research:
DEVELOPMENT of THIRD GENERATION ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS
Previous PhD Students
Rahul Datta
(2024)
Area of Research:
FORMABILITY AND MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF FRICTION STIR WELDED SIMILAR AND DISSIMILAR ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE
A one-week offline DST-SERB sanctioned Karyashala Workshop on "Recent Advances in Metal Forming: Microstructure, Modelling and Materials for future automotive applications"
25-Mar-2024
→
31-Mar-2024
Event Type:
Workshop
Role: Organizing Secretary
Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology
Role: Organizing Secretary
Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2016
Financial support approved by DST
2015
JFE internship fellowship
2014
Financial support approved by IIT Bombay
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Professor in Charge for annual reports of Mechanical Engineering Department (Continuing from July, 2025)
- Purchase committee member for Civil Engineering Department (Continuing from July, 2025)
- Member of preparing annual reports of Mechanical Engineering Department (July, 2024 - June, 2025)
- Faculty Advisor (August, 2023 - June, 2025)
- Departmental Coordinator for Design Thinking and Tinkering Lab (DTTL) (June, 2023 - June, 2025)
- Faculty Coordinator for M. Tech: Materials and Systems Engineering Design (August, 2020 - June, 2025)
- Member for shortlisting the Ph.D. students in Mechanical Engineering Department (July, 2020 - June, 2022)
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