Funded research initiatives and academic contributions
| S.No | Project Title | Amount | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermal-metallurgical-mechanical modeling of deposition welding processes | ₹35 Lakhs | 5 years, 2016-21 |
| 2 | Experimental and numerical investigations on the tandem wire arc additive manufacturing process | ₹50 Lakhs | 3 years, 2018-21 |
| 3 | Narrow gap welding of 12 mm thick naval steel using tandem gas metal arc welding process | ₹27 Lakhs | 2 years, 2018-20 |
| 4 | Design and development of N95 equivalent mask | ₹20 Lakhs | 1 year, 2020-21 |
| 5 | Development of next generation Silicon based N95 masks | ₹20 Lakhs | 1 year, 2020-21 |
| 6 | Smart manufacturing platform for hybrid tandem wire arc additive manufacturing process | ₹43 Lakhs | 3 years, 2021-24 |
| 7 | Mechanical and microstructural behavior of laser-based direct energy deposited and wire arc additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V | ₹50 Lakhs | 3 years, 2021-24 |
| 8 | Development of numerical model for estimating weld residual stress and distortion pattern | ₹10 Lakhs | 2024-25 |
| 9 | Wire arc additive manufacturing of Naval impeller/propeller of 500 mm diameter | ₹73.58 Lakhs | 2024-26 |
| 10 | CSRC Promotional Activity at IIT Tirupati and the Al infused weld/AM defect detection research | ₹24 Lakhs | 2022-25 |
| 11 | Welding distortion control in shipbuilding | ₹13.39 Lakhs | 2023-24 |
| 12 | Developing technology for AI enabled weld defect analyser | ₹47.66 Lakhs | 2023-26 |
| 13 | Structural integrity assessment for the WAAM printed tube components | ₹37.90 Lakhs | 2023-26 |
| 14 | SAW and Tandem SAW Welding of PEB Grades | ₹1.42 Lakhs | 2022 |
1. Indian Patent Application No. 202011037154 dated 28/08/2020 for "An energy efficient variant of hot wire tungsten inert gas welding process" - Published at IPO website on 05/11/2021
T. Kumar, D.V. Kiran, N. Arora, and P. Sudheer Kumar, "Study of Steel-Aluminium joining under the influence of current waveforms using advanced CMT process variants", Materials and Manufacturing Processes [IF: 4.616].
A. S. Madhvacharyula, A. V. S. Pavan, S. Gorthi, N. Venkaiah, and D.V. Kiran, "In-Situ Detection of Welding Defects - A Review", Welding in the World [IF: 2.103].
T. Kumar, D.V. Kiran, N. Arora, and C. Srihari, "Manipulating heat density to enhance the performance of Aluminium Alloy-Steel joints using arc oscillations in the GTAW process", Materials Letters 306 (2022) [IF: 3.423].
P. Gayathri, K. Uthradevi, S. Gayathri, D.V.Kiran, and S.M Maliyekkal, "A comprehensive review on antimicrobial face masks: an emerging weapon in fighting pandemics", RSC Advances 11 (2021): 6544-6576 [IF: 3.361].
T. Kumar, D.V. Kiran, and N. Arora, "Sheet metal joining and distortion measurement of aluminium alloy and steel in cold wire GTAW process", Materials Today: Proceedings 44 (2021): 1865-1869 [IF: 3.458].
T. Kumar, D.V. Kiran, J. Cheon, and N. Arora, "Probing the influence of cold wire gas tungsten arc welding current waveforms on the aluminium-steel joining", Journal of Manufacturing Processes 59 (2020): 378-388 [IF: 5.01].
P. Shukla, B. Dash, D.V. Kiran, and S. Bukkapatnam, "Arc Behavior in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Process." Procedia Manufacturing 48 (2020): 725-729 [IF: 1.794].
D. W. Cho, D.V. Kiran and S.J. Na, "Analysis of molten pool behavior by flux-wall guided metal transfer in low current submerged arc welding", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 110 (2017): 104-112 [IF: 5.584].
W. Ligang, J. Cheon, D. V. Kiran and S. J. Na, "CFD simulations of GMA welding of horizontal fillet joint based on coordinate rotation of arc models", Journal of Materials Processing Technology 231 (2016): 221-238 [IF: 5.551].
J. Cheon, D. V. Kiran and S. J. Na, "CFD based visualization of finger shaped evolution in gas metal arc welding process", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 97 (2016): 1-14 [IF: 5.584].
D. V. Kiran and A. De, "Reliable estimation of volumetric heat source in numerical simulation of fusion arc welding process", Indian Welding Journal, 45 (4), 2012, pp. 1-11.
S. J. Na, D. V. Kiran, D. W. Cho, J. H. Cheon, "Visualization of multi-wire SAW process by CFD simulations", Visual-JW 2014, Osaka, Japan.
D. W. Cho, D. V. Kiran and S. J. Na, "Molten pool behaviour in the tandem submerged arc welding process", 67th Annual Assembly of IIW, Seoul, South Korea, 2014.
J. Cheon, D. V. Kiran, S. W. Han, L. Wu and S. J. Na, "Estimation of welding distortion based on CFD process simulation", 67th Annual Assembly of IIW, Seoul, South Korea, 2014.
D. V. Kiran, D. W. Cho, W. H. Song and S. J. Na, "Molten pool behavior in three wire tandem submerged arc welding of X-groove joint", 67th Annual Assembly of IIW, Seoul, South Korea, 2014.
D. V. Kiran, D. W. Cho, W. H. Song and S. J. Na, "Three-dimensional heat transfer and fluid flow modeling of two wire tandem submerged arc welding processes", Autumn Annual Conference of KWJS, South Korea, 2013.
D. W. Cho, D. V. Kiran, W. H. Song and S. J. Na, "CFD simulation of submerged tandem arc welding process", 66th Annual Assembly of IIW, Essen, Germany, 2013.
S. Bag, D. V. Kiran and A. De, "Efficient estimation of volumetric heat source in fusion welding process simulation", 64th Annual Assembly of IIW, Chennai, India, 2011.
D. V. Kiran, V. D. Manvatkar and A. De, "Development of process maps for two tandem submerged arc welding process of HSLA steel using numerical process model and artificial neural network based prediction model", 1st Interquadrennial ICF Conference, Luxor, Egypt, 2011.