Dr. Venkat A N Ch

• Ph.D in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
• M.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.

• Light alloys (Aluminium and Magnesium alloys)
• Metallic foams (Open and closed cell)
• Metal Matrix Composites
• Fracture mechanics
• Deformation behaviour

Selected Publications:

1. Venkat Chilla, D.P. Mondal, G.D. Janaki Ram, M. Mukherjee, “Processing of in-situ aluminum foam-filled stainless steel tube with foam-tube bonding for enhanced crashworthiness” Journal of Manufacturing Processes 82 (2022) 488–500.
2. Pandey, Ashutosh, Dilip Muchhala, Rajeev Kumar, S. Sriram, AN Ch Venkat, and D. P. Mondal. “Flexural deformation behavior of carbon fiber reinforced aluminium hybrid foam sandwich structure.” Composites Part B: Engineering 183 (2020): 107729.
3. Yadav, B. N., Dilip Muchhala, Pradeep Singh, AN Ch Venkat, and D. P. Mondal, “Synergic effect of MWCNTs and SiC addition on microstructure and mechanical properties of closed-cell Al–SiC-MWCNTs HCFs.” Composites Part B: Engineering 172 (2019): 458-471.
4. Muchhala, Dilip, B. N. Yadav, Rajeev Kumar, D. P. Mondal, and AN Ch Venkat, “Effect of SWCNTs content and relative density on the energy absorption capabilities of closed-cell Al-cenosphere-SWCNTs hybrid foam.” Composites Part B: Engineering 176 (2019): 107304.
5. Chilla, Venkat, D. P. Mondal, GD Janaki Ram, and M. Mukherjee, “Thermal Expandometer: A Device for Monitoring In-situ Foam Filling of Hollow Profiles Processed Through Powder Metallurgy.” Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 73 (2020): 1837-1841.

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