Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Prof. Sujoy Kumar Kar

Professor

sujoy.kar@metal.iitkgp.ac.in

+91-3222-283258

Research Area

Advanced Steel Additive Manufacturing Ceramics and Composites Computational Materials Science Creep Fatigue and Fracture Energy Materials High Temperature Materials Thermo-Mechanical Processing

Research

Overall research theme: Processing-Structure-Texture-Property correlations in structural materials for aerospace, space and energy applications.

Materials Modeling: Neural network modeling, CALPHAD modeling, Constitutive modeling, Phase field modeling.Materials Systems: Ti alloys, TiAl based alloys, Ni based superalloys, Cr-Mo steels, ODS steels, High temperature alloys (Nb-Si based, Mo-W-Si-C based, Mo-Ti-Zr-Hf-C based alloys)

Research Areas

Processing-Structure-Texture-Property
Neural network & Thermo-kinetic modeling
TiAl based high temperature materials
Additive and Laser based Manufacturing
Ti alloys, Ni based superalloys, Steels

Publication

Year	Category	Title
2019	Journal	Elevated temperature low cycle fatigue behaviour of Haynes 282 and its correlation with microstructure Effect of ageing conditions by Mukherjee S., Barat K. , Sivaprasad S. , Tarafder S. , Kar S. K. Materials Science and Engineering A 762 1-13 (2019)
2019	Journal	Low cycle fatigue of IN 718: Effect of waveform by Barat K., Sivaprasad S. , Kar S. K., Tarafder S. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 42 (12): 2823-2843 (2019)
2019	Journal	Anomalous dilatometric response of hot worked Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr alloy: in terms of evolution of microstructure, texture and residual stress by Sen M., Kar S. K., Banerjee T. , Bhattacharjee A. , Dutta A. , Banerjee S. Metallurgical and Materials Transacti
2019	Journal	Low Transverse Ductility in a New High-Strength Corrosion-Resistant Steel: Microstructure and Texture by Poojari G., Kar S. K., Singh S. B., Tharian T. K., Anoop C. R. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 72 (6): 1453-1457 (2019)
2019	Journal	Prediction Capability of Constitutive Models for Inconel 718 Sheets Deformed at Various Elevated Temperatures and Strain Rates by Prasad S. K., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. Materials Performance and Characterization 8 (5): 869-891 (2019
2018	Journal	A novel rate based methodology for Creep Fatigue life estimation of Superalloys by Barat K., S S. Sivaprasad, Kar S. K., Tarafder S. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping - (Accepted/In-Press) (2018)
2018	Journal	Creep Fatigue Interaction under Different Test Variables: Mechanics and Mechanisms by Barat K., S S. Sivaprasad, Kar S. K., Tarafder S. Journal of Testing and Evaluation 46 2521-2539 (2018)
2018	Journal	Effect of solution treatment on deep drawability of IN718 sheets: Experimental analysis and metallurgical characterization by Prasad S. K., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. Materials Science and Engineering: A 727 97-112 (2018)
2018	Journal	Effect of solution treatment on the formability and part performance of IN718 sheet material by Prasad S. K., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. K. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies 4 680-694 (2018)
2018	Journal	Effect of Temperature and Deformation Speed on Formability of IN718 Sheets: Experimentation and Modelling by Prasad S. K., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Singh S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 418 1-8 (2018)
2018	Journal	High temperature low cycle fatigue behaviour in Haynes 282 An investigation on influence of microstructure by Barat K., Ghosh M. , S S. , Tarafder S. , Kar S. K. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 49 5211-5226 (2018)
2018	Journal	Prediction of fracture and deep drawing behavior of solution treated IN718 sheets: numerical modeling and experimental validation by Prasad S. K., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. Materials Science and Engineering: A 733 393-407 (2018)
2018	Journal	Thermo-mechanical processing window for phase recrystallization inTi-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr alloy by Sen M., Suman S. , Kumar M. , Banerjee T. , Bhattacharjee A. , Kar S. K. Materials Characterization 146 55-70 (2018)
2017	Journal	Microstructures, forming limit and failure analyses of Inconel 718 sheets for fabrication of aerospace components by Prasad S., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. Journal of material engineering and performance 26 1-18 (2017)
2015	Journal	Effect of Bending Strain in Forming Limit Strain and Stress of IN-718 Sheet Metal by Prasad S., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. Materials Science Forum 830 238-241 (2015)

Year	Category	Title
2019	Journal	Elevated temperature low cycle fatigue behaviour of Haynes 282 and its correlation with microstructure Effect of ageing conditions by Mukherjee S., Barat K. , Sivaprasad S. , Tarafder S. , Kar S. K. Materials Science and Engineering A 762 1-13 (2019)
2019	Journal	Low cycle fatigue of IN 718: Effect of waveform by Barat K., Sivaprasad S. , Kar S. K., Tarafder S. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 42 (12): 2823-2843 (2019)
2019	Journal	Anomalous dilatometric response of hot worked Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr alloy: in terms of evolution of microstructure, texture and residual stress by Sen M., Kar S. K., Banerjee T. , Bhattacharjee A. , Dutta A. , Banerjee S. Metallurgical and Materials Transacti
2019	Journal	Low Transverse Ductility in a New High-Strength Corrosion-Resistant Steel: Microstructure and Texture by Poojari G., Kar S. K., Singh S. B., Tharian T. K., Anoop C. R. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 72 (6): 1453-1457 (2019)
2019	Journal	Prediction Capability of Constitutive Models for Inconel 718 Sheets Deformed at Various Elevated Temperatures and Strain Rates by Prasad S. K., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. Materials Performance and Characterization 8 (5): 869-891 (2019
2018	Journal	A novel rate based methodology for Creep Fatigue life estimation of Superalloys by Barat K., S S. Sivaprasad, Kar S. K., Tarafder S. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping - (Accepted/In-Press) (2018)
2018	Journal	Creep Fatigue Interaction under Different Test Variables: Mechanics and Mechanisms by Barat K., S S. Sivaprasad, Kar S. K., Tarafder S. Journal of Testing and Evaluation 46 2521-2539 (2018)
2018	Journal	Effect of solution treatment on deep drawability of IN718 sheets: Experimental analysis and metallurgical characterization by Prasad S. K., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. Materials Science and Engineering: A 727 97-112 (2018)
2018	Journal	Effect of solution treatment on the formability and part performance of IN718 sheet material by Prasad S. K., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. K. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies 4 680-694 (2018)
2018	Journal	Effect of Temperature and Deformation Speed on Formability of IN718 Sheets: Experimentation and Modelling by Prasad S. K., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Singh S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 418 1-8 (2018)
2018	Journal	High temperature low cycle fatigue behaviour in Haynes 282 An investigation on influence of microstructure by Barat K., Ghosh M. , S S. , Tarafder S. , Kar S. K. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 49 5211-5226 (2018)
2018	Journal	Prediction of fracture and deep drawing behavior of solution treated IN718 sheets: numerical modeling and experimental validation by Prasad S. K., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. Materials Science and Engineering: A 733 393-407 (2018)
2018	Journal	Thermo-mechanical processing window for phase recrystallization inTi-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr alloy by Sen M., Suman S. , Kumar M. , Banerjee T. , Bhattacharjee A. , Kar S. K. Materials Characterization 146 55-70 (2018)
2017	Journal	Microstructures, forming limit and failure analyses of Inconel 718 sheets for fabrication of aerospace components by Prasad S., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. Journal of material engineering and performance 26 1-18 (2017)
2015	Journal	Effect of Bending Strain in Forming Limit Strain and Stress of IN-718 Sheet Metal by Prasad S., Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. Materials Science Forum 830 238-241 (2015)
2015	Journal	Effect of solution treatment and aging on microstructure and tensile properties of high strength ? titanium alloy, Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr by Shashi Shekhar, Rajdeep Sarkar, Sujoy Kumar Kar, Amit Bhattacharjee Materials and Design 66 596-610 (2015)
2015	Journal	Finite Element Validation of Forming Limit Diagram of IN-718 Sheet Metal by Prasad K. S., Kamal T. , Panda S. K., Kar S. K., Murty S. , Sharma S. C. Materials Today 2 2037-2045 (2015)
2015	Journal	Influence of boron and nitrogen on microstructure and hardness of heat-affected zone of modified 9Cr 1Mo steel Gleeble simulation study by Das C. R., Bhaduri A. K., Lakshmi S. , Chakravarty S. , Kar S. K., Albert S. K. Welding in the World 59 513-519 (201
2015	Journal	Influence of PWHT on toughness of high chromium and nickel containing martensitic stainless-steel weld metals by M. Divya, C. Das, S. Mahadevan, Shaju Albert, R. Pandian, Sujoy Kar, Arun Bhaduri, and T. Jayakumar Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
2014	Journal	Microstructure based and temperature dependent model of flow behavior of a polycrystalline nickel based superalloy by Sujoy Kumar Kar, S. K. Sondhi Materials Science and Engineering: A 601 97-105 (2014)
2014	Journal	Processing-Microstructure-Yield strength correlation in a near beta Ti alloy, Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr by Sujoy Kumar Kar, Swati Suman, S Sivaprasad, Atanu Chaudhuri, Amit Bhattacharjee Materials Science and Engineering A 610 171-180 (2014)
2013	Journal	Microstructure-fracture toughness correlation in an aircraft structural component alloy Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr by Ghosh A., Sivaprasad S. , Bhattacharjee A. , Kar S. K. Materials Science and Engineering: A 568 61-67 (2013)
2013	Journal	Phase Stability in the Mo-Ti-Zr-C system via Thermodynamic Modeling and Diffusion Multiple Validation by Sujoy Kumar Kar, Voramon S. Dheeradhada, and Don M. Lipkin Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 44 3999 - 4010 (2013)
2013	Journal	Quantitative Microstructural Characterization of a near beta Ti alloy, Ti-5553 under Different Processing Conditions by Sujoy Kumar Kar, Atasi Ghosh, Nishant Fulzele, Amit Bhattacharjee Materials Characterization 81 37-48 (2013)
2013	Journal	Review of Phase Transformations in Multicomponent Melts, edited by Dieter M. Herlach by Sujoy Kumar Kar Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Volume: 28, pp: 225 (2013)
2009	Journal	Evolution of microstructure and mechanical properties during annealing of cold-rolled AA8011alloy by R.K. Roy, S. Kar, S Das Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 468(1-2), 122-129 (2009)
2009	Journal	Solidification Microstructure Evolution Modeling in Nb-Si Based Intermetallics-Strengthened-Metal-Matrix Composites by S Kar, B P Bewlay, Y Yang Advanced Intermetallic-Based Alloys for Extreme Environment and Energy Applications, ed. M. Palm et., Volume 1
2009	Journal	Phase equilibrium in Mo-Rich Mo-Ti-Zr-C alloys by Dheeradhada, V.S., Lipkin, D.M., Wark, D.A., Kar, S., Tiearney, T.C. Processing Materials for Properties 2008, PMP III, 744-749 (2009)
2009	Conference	Direct Alloy/Metal Production by Electrochemical Reduction; Disclosure 10393; Inventors: K Gourishankar, S Hari, S K Kar, Anand K, M Gigliotti.
2009	Monographs	"Monotonic stress strain modelling of R-104 as a function of microstructure and temperature", by Sujoy Kar, Sanjay Sondhi, Dan Wei, Dave Mourer, 2009.
2009	Monographs	"Cyclic stress strain modeling of R-104 as a function of microstructure and temperature", by Sujoy Kar, Sanjay Sondhi, Dan Wei, Dave Mourer, 2009.
2009	Monographs	"Various steps in CALPHAD methodology: a case study on database optimization of Fe-Ti-V system", by Sujoy Kar, 2009.
2009	Monographs	"Phase stability study in Mo-W-Si-C system", by Sujoy Kar, Don Lipkin, Martin Morra, Ann Ritter, david Wark, 2009
2008	Journal	A CALPHAD-Based Phase Equilibrium Model Of Mo-Ti-Zr-C by S Kar, Don Lipkin Proceedings of TMS Annual Meeting: Computational Thermodynamics and Kinetics, (2008)
2008	Monographs	"A comparative study of different approaches for constitutive model for stress strain response - Yield surface based vs Dislocation based framework", by Sujoy Kar, Adrian Loghin, 2008.
2008	Monographs	"Thermodynamic database assessment of Mo-Ti-Zr system", by Sujoy Kar, Don Lipkin, K.C.HariKumar, 2008.
2007	Journal	Thermodynamic and microstructural modeling of Nb-Si based alloys by S. Amancherla Sundar, S. Kar, B Bewlay, Y Yang Austin Chang Journal of phase equilibria and diffusion, 28, 2-8 (2007)
2007	Monographs	"Phase stability analysis in Mo-Ti-Zr-C system through diffusion multiple experiments and thermodynamic modeling", by Sujoy Kar, Don Lipkin, Voramon Dheeradhada, 2007
2006	Journal	Root-like Structure at the Nanowire / Substrate Interface in GaAs Nanowires by R. Banerjee, D. Bhattacharyya, A. Genc , S. Kar , R. Ratan, A.P. Shah , M.R. Gokhale , and B. M. Arora Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 031919 (2006)
2006	Journal	A study of precipitation and recrystallization behavior of aluminum alloy AA1235 by R.K Roy, S. Kar, K. Das and S.Das J. of Mat. Sci., 41, 1039-1045 (2006)
2006	Journal	Modeling The Tensile Properties in Beta-Processed Alpha/Beta Ti Alloys by S. Kar, T. Searles, E. Lee, G.B. Viswanathan, J. Tiley, R. Banerjee, H. L. Fraser Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 37A - (2006)
2006	Conference	Design Tools for Structural Metallic Materials by Collins, PC, Kar, S, Searles, T, Koduri, S, Viswanathan, GB, Tiley, J, Banerjee, R, and Fraser, HL Proceedings of Frontiers in the Design of Materials (FDM-NMD-ATM), (2006)
2005	Journal	Rapid Characterization of Titanium Microstructural Features for Specific Modeling of Mechanical Properties by T. Searles, J. Tiley, A. Tanner, R. Williams, B. Rollins, E. Lee. S. Kar, R. Banerjee, and H. L. Fraser Measurement Sci. Technol., 16(1), 60 (200
2005	Journal	Quantification of Alpha Laths in Alpha/Beta Titanium Alloys by R E A Williams, T Searles, S Kar, M Uchic, D Dimiduk and H Fraser Microscopy and Microanalysis, 11, Supplement S02 (2005)
2005	Journal	Microstructures and tensile properties of commertial purity aluminum alloy AA1235 under different annealing conditions by R.K. Roy, S. Kar, K. Das and S. Das Materials Letters, 59 2418-2422 (2005)
2005	Journal	Evolution of In-Situ generated Reinforcement Precipitates In Metal Matrix Composites by S. Sen, S.K. Kar, A.V. Catalina, D.M. Stefanescu, and B.K. Dhindaw Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, An International Journal of Minerals, Metals and Mat
2005	Journal	Influence of Crystallographic Variant Selection on Microstructural Evolution in Titanium Alloys by S. Kar, R. Banerjee, E. Lee, and H. L. Fraser Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials, Edited by J. M. Howe et. al., (2005)
2005	Journal	Modeling of mechanical properties in alpha/ beta Titanium alloys, PhD Dissertation, The Ohio State University, (2005)
2004	Journal	Quantification of microstructural features in alpha/ beta Titanium alloys by J. Tiley, T. Searles, E. Lee, S. K. Kar, R. Banerjee, J. C. Russ and H. L. Fraser Mat. Sci. Eng. A, 372 (1-2), pp 191 (2004).
2003	Conference	Investigation of GaAs nanowires grown via MOVPE using the Vapour?Liquid?Solid technique by A Bhattacharya, R Banerjee, R Ratan, S Kar, M R Gokhale, A P Shah, J Bhattacharyya, K L Narasimhan, B M Arora 10th European workshop on MOVPE, 8 - 11 June (2003)
2003	Conference	Modeling the Relationships between Microstructural Parameters and the Tensile Properties in Ti-6Al-4V using Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Models by J.Tiley, R.Banerjee, T.Searles, S.Kar, and H. Fraser Titanium 2003: Tenth World Conference on Titanium
2001	Conference	Infiltrated cast SiCP reinforced Al/Mg alloy matrices composites – experimental and modelling studies by B.K. Dhindaw, S.K. Thakur, S.K. Kar, and V. Vohra Proceedings of Solidification and Casting Science Conference, (2001)

Projects

Principal Investigator

Role of Boron on Coarsening Kinetics of M23C6 Precipitates in P91 Steel Indira Gandhi Centre For Atomic Research (IGCAR)
Development of Multi-stage Deep Drawing Set-up and Estimation of Formability of Cu-(0.5-0.8%) Cr-0.05% Ti-0.05%Zr Alloy Sheets for Space Applications ISRO, IIT KHARAGPUR CELL
Indigenous Development of Ultra High Strength Steel with Stainless Property for Space Application ( Project No.: 6456) Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, Government of India

Co-Principal Investigator

Development of High Performance Materials for Various Defence Related Applications Directorate of extramural research & intellectual property rights (ER&IPR), DRDO
Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) Round-I Operational Project for IMPRINT I Cell at IIT Kharagpur Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, Government of India
Exploring Solutions for Various Technological Challenges in Metal Additive Manufacturing Technology and Sharing the Relevant Know-how with Indian Heavy Engineering Industries Department of Heavy Industries (DHI)
Selection of Raw Materials for Additive Manufacturing Applications in Relation to the Design Requirements; and Life Cycle Analysis of Additive Manufacturing Process for Different Materials TATA MOTORS LIMITED

Awards

Ava Sanyal Memorial Award
Bengal Ingot Silver Medal
Indranil Award for Metallurgy
Institute Silver Medal
J C Ghosh Memorial Prize Award

Course

Metallurgical Kinetics

Advanced Phase Transformation

Materials Engineering

Crystallography

Heat Treatment of Materials Lab

Phase Transformation Lab

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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