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Dr R Rajendran
Date of birth:04 June 1961
Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Bangalore, India Phone:+91 9611688885 (C)
+91 80 25605067 (R)
E-mail: raju.rajendran@ymail.comᄃ
Education
PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 30 Jangjeon-Dong, Gumjeong-Gu, Busan 609-735, Korea
September2005-August 2006
Post Dctoral Research at department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
 Carried out creep life prediction of blast furnace shell
 Established design guidelines for warship plates undergoing underwater explosion
 Brought out a comparative underwater explosion damage study between air- and
water-backed plane plates
 Brought out a detailed review on the response of plates to air blast and underwater explosion
 Outlined the detailed procedure for carrying out underwater explosion experiments on plane
plates
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY Mumbai 430 076, India
January 1995-May 20001
Doctor of philosophy at Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
 Thesis title Response of thin HSLA steel plates to underwater explosive shock loading
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY Mumbai 430 076, India
July 1989-January 1991
Master of Technology in Materials Science
 Overall coursework credit 8.34/10
 Thesis title Surface Modification of plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings
 For the first time densification of plasma sprayed yttria stablized zirconia coating was was carried
out through chemical vapour deposition route
 Thesis credit 9.83/10
 Thesis presented as invited paper at sixth international conference on metallurgical coating and
thin films, San Diago, USA in 1991.
 Improved corrosion resistance of the modified surface was published in surface and coatings
technology, 1995
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS Coimbatore 641013, India
July 1979-May 1984
 Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
 Passed in first class
Research experience
Gas Turbine Research Establishment Bangalore
1. Scientist ‘G’ July 2016-till date
 TGO growth and TBC degradation
 Life estimation of platinum aluminide coating
 Aerofoil temperature estimation
 Erosion resistant coating for compressor aerofoils
2. Scientist ‘F’ May 2009- June 2016
 Development and characterization of gas turbine coatings
 Rootcause analysis of degradation of gas turbine components
 Dynamic elastic properties of aeroengine materials
 Metal joining characterization
 Constitutive equations for aeroengine materials
 Weld certification and welder qualification
 Laser cladding of compressor blades
 Reverse engineering of material processing
 Dissimilar metal joints
 Specifications for single crystal aerofoils
BARC Facilities (Landbased nuclear submarine programme) Kalpakkam
3. Scientist-‘F’ September 2006-April 2009
 Numerical simulation of non-contact underwater explosion damage
 Numerical simulation of axial impact of shut off rods
 Effective shock factors for the inelastic damage prediction of plane
plates subjected to non-contact underwater explosion
 Reloading effects on plane plates subjected to non-contact
underwater explosion
 Impact experiments on aluminium foam and foam fitted stainless steel tube
energy absorbers for nuclear trasortation cask
 Numerical simulationof aluminium foam undergoing dropweight impact
 Numerical simulation of underwater explosion bulge test
4. Scientist-‘E’ July 2000-August 2006
 Experimental stress analysis of biological shield tank tank
 Nuclear transportation cask drop test
 Shock qualification of mechanical systems using a free-flight drop tower
 Evaluation of residual stress in mechanical structures using blind hole drilling technique
 One-dimensional stress wave propagation in tubes and rods
 Predictive maintenance of rotating and reciprocating machineries
using vibration monitoring
5. Scientist-‘D’ February 2000-June 2001
 Design, development, testing and evaluation of small impact
testing machine for the calibration of shock accelerometers
Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Defence Research and Visakhapatnam 530 007, India
Development Organization July 1995-January 2000
5. Scientist-‘D’
 Design, fabrication,testing and qualification of 10 ton floating shock
platform
 Evaluation of damage to naval vessels due to contact underwater explosion
6. Scientist-‘C’ July 1990-June 1995
 Mechanical behaviour of steel under dynamic loading
 Shock wave propagation in water medium
 Development of ambient temperature explosion bulge test
 Dynamic response of weldments
7. Regular Scientist-‘B’ March1986—June 1990
 Production planning and control officer for central work shop
 Back pressure calculation for underwater thermal propulsion
 Surface modification of plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings
8.. Adhoc Scientist-‘B’ October 1984-February 1986
 Carried out ship trials to measure and analyse blast parameters on rocket launchers
Teaching experience
PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 30 Jangjeon-Dong, Gumjeong-Gu, Busan 609-735, Korea
from January 2006 to May 2006
 Taught ship structural mechanics to undergraduates for a semester
GOVERRMENT POLYTECHNIQUE Visakhapatnam
from July 1996 to November1996
 Taught Engineering Metallurgy to Post Diploma students in Metal Casting Technology for
a semester
Managerial tasks carried out
Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Defence Research and Visakhapatnam 530 007, India
Development Organization 1997
 Committee chairman for National Symposium on acoustics 1997 for Liaisoning, transport,
accommodation, press and public relations. The symposium was attended by about 70
delegates from all over India
1996
 Chairman for Annual stock verification committee in 1996. Carried out annual stock
verification of Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam, DRDO with
the assistance of 25 scientific officers
IIT Bombay, Mumbai India
1995
 Organizing committee member for National conference on metal forming 1995, held at
Bombay
Administrative positions held
Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Bangalore
Bangalore
From May 2009-till date
 Group Director (Materials Technology Group)
BARC Facilities (Landbased nuclear submarine programme)
Kalpakkam
from July 2001 to September 2005
 Engineer-in-charge stress analysis
Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Defence Research and Visakhapatnam 530 007, India
Development Organization from January 1991 to January 2000
 In-charge underwater shock studies group
Committes/panels/Boards
1.Chairman, Shot peening committee
2.Member,thermal barrier coating committee
3.Member AR&DB materials and Manufacturing panel
4.Member ER &IPR project review committees
5.Member, DRDO Scientist selection Board
6. Member, DRDS and DRTC promotion board
7. Member, VIT MS programme, General Test Committe
8. Member, International Technical Committee, 12th
Global Congress on Manufacturing and
Management (GCMM), 2014.
9. Expert member for coatings in AR&DB High temperature gas turbine materials programme
10.Chairman, Theory, modelling and simulation session in Fracture 2014 World Conference, Kottayam.
11. Chairman, Specifications and acceptance criteria for the development of single crystal high pressure
turbine blades and vanes
12. Chairman, Metal matrix composites, 12th
Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management
(GCMM), 2014.
13. Member, Doctoral Committee, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University,
India.
14. Member, Doctoral committee, VIT University, Vellore.
15. Chairman, Special process committee.
16. Chairman, KV school recruitment committee for PGT Physics,Chemistry, botany and TGT science
17. Member, Board of studies, Mechanical Engineering Department, Dr Ambedkar Institute of
Technology, Bangalore
Patetents
1Chandrasagar,L., Ramasamy,P., Rajendran,R., Arunkumar,V., Rajeshwari,R., 2014, Method to
synthesise plasma sprayable gadolinium oxide stabilized/doped power using Poly Vinyl Alcohol ( PVA)
binder for thermal barrier coating applications.
2. Chandrasagar,L., Ramasamy,P., Rajendran,R., Arunkumar,V.,Rajeshwari,R., 2014, Microwave sinteed
gadolinium oxide stabilized/doped power using PVA binder for thermal barrier coating applications.
Awards
1.INDRADANUS (INdegenous Research And Development of NUclear Submarine) award for
contribution towards the development of landbased nuclear submarine in 2008.
2. DRDO Best Iinnovation//Futurinstic Development-2013 award,, for contributions towards Aluminium
foam characterization for nuclear transportation energy absorber in 2014.
Editorial Board Member
Indian Journal of materials science, Hindawi Publishers
Journal reviewer activities
 Advances in materials science and engineering
 Experimental techniques
 Engineering failure analysis
 Engineering, science and technology, an international journal
 International journal of impact engineering
 International journal of solids and structures
 International Journal of structural integrity
 Journal of failure prevention and analysis
 Journal of engineering manufacture, IMech Part B
 Journal of materials processing technology
 Journal of materials in civil engineering, ASCE
 Journal of mechanical engineering science,IMech Part C
 Journal of strain analysis for engineering design
 Marine structures
 Materials and design
 Ships and offshore structures
 Sound and vibration journal
 Surface and coatings technology
 Wear
List of publications
Journals
International
1. Balam,S.S.K., Tamilselvi,M., Rajendran,R., 2016, Thermomechanical
fatigue and incipient melting of DS CM247LC high pressure nozzle guide
vanes, under revision for Engineering failure analysis (Impact factor:1.358).
2. Ramesh Raju, Muthukannan Duraiselvam, Vijaypetley, Shweta Verma, Rajendran,R.,
2015, Microstructuraland mechanical characterization of Ti-6Al-4V refurbished parts
obtained by laser metal deposition, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol643(3),
pp.64-71 (Impact factor:2.647)
3. Karthikeyan, S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R., 2015, Effect of
Experimental plasma spray parameters on porosity and Young’s modulus,
Metals & Materials international, Springer Publications, under revision
(Impact factor:1.815).
4. Tamilselvi,M, Balam,S.S.K, Rajendran,R., 2014, Rootcause analysis of
discoloured platinum aluminde coated DS CM247LC HPNGV, Engineering
failure analysis,vol.45, pp.387-397 (Impact factor:1.358).
5. Rajendran,R.,Venkateshwarlu,M, Vijay Petley, Shweta Verma, 2014, Strain
hardening exponents and strength coefficients for aeroengine isotropic
metallic materials - a reverse engineering approach, Journal of the
mechanical behaviour of materials, Vol.23, No. 3-4 pp.101-106.
6. Karthikeyan,S.,Balasubramanian,V. Rajendran,R., 2014, Developing empirical relationships to
estimate porosity and microhardness of plasma-sprayed YSZ coatings, Ceramics international,
vol.40, 3171-3183(Impact factor:2.758).
7. Karthikeyan,S.,Balasubramanian,V. Rajendran,R., 2014, Developing empirical relationships to
estimate porosity and Young’s modulus of plasma sprayed YSZ coatings, Applied Surface
science, vol.296, pp.31-46 (Impact factor:3.150).
8. Rajendran,R., Vijay Petley, Birgit Rehmer, 2013, Dynamic elastic properties of aero-engine
metallic isotropic materials,Proc.I Mech., Part-L, Materials for design and Applications,
vol.227(3), pp.243-249 (Impact factor:0.746).
9. Rajendran,R., 2012, Gas turbine coatings-an overview, Engineering Failure Analysis,
vol. 26 pp. 355–369 (Impact factor:1.358).
10. Rajendran,R., Ganeshachar, M.D., Jivankumar, Mohana Rao,T., 2011, Condition
assessment of gas turbine blades and coatings, Engineering failure analysis, vol.18,
pp.2104-2110 (Impact factor:1.358).
11. Rajendran,R., Moorthi,A.,Basu, S., 2010, Numerical simulation of tensile axial impact of
stainless steel tubes and zircaloy rod, Materials and Design, Vol.31, pp. 1516-1525 (Impact
factor:3.997).
12. Rajendran,R., 2009, Numerical simulation of underwater exposion bulge test, Materials and
Design, vol. 30(10), pp. 4335-4341 (Impact factor:3.997).
13. Rajendran,R., Moorthi,A., Basu,S., 2009, Numerical simulation of drop weight impact behaviour
of closed cell aluminium foam, Materials and Design, vol.30 (8), pp. 2823-2830 (Impact
factor:3.997).
14. Rajendran,R., 2009, Effective shock factors for the inelastic damage prediction of plane plates
subjected to non-contact underwater explosion, Journal of strain analysis for engineering design,
vol.44, no.3, pp.211-220 (Impact.factor 1.250)
15. Rajendran,R., Prem Sai,K., Chandrasekar,B., Gokhale,A.,Basu,S., 2009, Impact energy
absorption of aluminium foam fitted AISI 304L stainless steel tube, Materials and Design,
vol.30, no.5, pp.1777-1784 (Impact factor : 3.997) .
16. Rajendran,R., Lee,J.M.,2009, Blast loaded plates, Marine structures, vol. 22, no.2, pp.99-127
(impact factor 1.729).
17. Rajendran,R., Prem Sai,K., Basu,S., 2009, Axial impact studies on zircaloy rod and stainless
steel tubes, Experimenal Techniques, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 17-22 (Impact factor:0.545).
18. R.Rajendran, 2009, Numerical simulation of response of plane plates subjected to uniform
primary shock loading of non-contact underwater explosion, Materials and Design, vol.30, no.4,
pp.1000–1007 (Impact factor : 3.997).
19. Rajendran,R., Prem Sai,K., Chandrasekar,B., Gokhale,A.,Basu,S., 2008, Preliminary
inverstigation of aluminium foam as an energy absorber for nuclear transportation cask, Materials
and Design, vol.29, pp.1732-1739 (Impact factor : 3.997).
20. Rajendran,R., 2008, Reloading effects on plane plates subjected to non-contact underwater
explosion, Journal of materials processing and technology, vol. 206, No.1-3, pp.275-281 (Impact
factor : 2.359).
21. Rajendran,R., Lee,J.M.,2008, A comparative damage study of air- and water-backed plates
subjected to non-contact underwater explosion, International Journal of Modern Physics B , vol.
22, No. 9,10 &11, pp.1131-1138 (Impact factor : 0.850) .
22. Rajendran, R., Baksi,P.,Bhattacharya,S., Basu, S., 2008, Evaluation of nonuniform residual
stress through blind hole drilling technique, Experimental Techniques, vol. 32, No.3, page. 58-
61(Impact factor 0.545).
23. Rajendran,R.Paik,J.K.,Lee,J.M., Chae,Y.H., Lee,M.S., 2008, Creep life prediction of a high
strength steel plate, Materials and Design, vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 427-435 (Impact factor:3.997).
24. Rajendran,R.Paik,J.K.,Lee,J.M.,2007, Of Underwater Explosion Experiments on Plane Plates,
Experimental Techniques, vol. 31. No.1. pp. 18-24 (Impact factor : 0.545)
25. Rajendran,R., Narasimhan,K., 2006, Deformation and fracture behaviour of plate specimens
subjected to underwater explosion- a review, International Journal of Impact Engineering, vol.
32, pp. 945–1963 (Impact factor : 2.646).
26. Rajendran,R.Paik,J.K.,Kim,B.J.,2006, Design of warship plates against underwater explosions,
Ships and Offshore Structures, vol.1, No.4, pp.347-356 (Impact factor : 0.790).
27. Rajendran, R.,Narasimhan, K., 2006,A shock factor Based approach for the damage assessmment
of plane plates subjected to underwater explosion, Jourrnal of Strain Analysis for Engineering
Design, vol.41, No.6, pp.417-425 (Impact factor : 1.250)
28. Bhattacharya, S., Krishnamurthy,K.C., Rajendran, R., Prem Sai,K., Basu, S.,2006,Impact studies
on structural compnents using a free flight drop tower, Experimental Techniques, vol.30, No.2,
pp.52-58(Impact factor : 0.545) .
29. Rajendran, R., Prem Sai, K.,Bhattacharya,S., Basu, S., 2005,Shock assessment of cylindrical
bodies impacting on a rigid unyielding surface, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC,
Chennai, India, vol.32, No.2, pp.139-142.
30. Rajendran,R., Prem Sai,K., Saju Joy, Krishnamurthy,K.C., Basu, S., 2005, Vertical impact
shock response of a cask model on a rigid unyielding surface, International Journal of Impact
Engineering,vol 31,pp.307-325 (Impact factor : 2.646).
31. Rajendran,R., Narasimhan,K., 2001,Performance evaluation of HSLA steel subjected to
underwater explosion , Journal of Materials for Engineering and Performance, ASM, vol.10,
pp.66-74 (impact factor: 1.094).
32. Rajendran,R., Narasimhan,K., 2001,Linear elastic shock response of clamped plane plates
subjected to underwater explosion, International Journal of Impact Engineering,vol.25,pp.493-
506(Impact factor : 2.646) .
33. Rajendran,R., Narasimhan, 2001,Damage prediction of clamped circular plates subjected to
contact underwater explosion, International Journal of Impact Engineering,Vol.25, pp.373-386
(Impact factor : 2.646).
34. Rajendran,R., Narasimhan,K., 2000,Underwater shock response of circular HSLA steel plates,
Shock and Vibration, vol.7, pp.251-262 (Impact factor:0.880) .
35. Rajendran,R.,Raja,V.S.,Sivakumar,R.,Srinivasa,R.S., 1995, Reduction of interconnected porosity
in zirconia based thermal barrier coating, Surface & Coatings Technology, vol.73, pp.18-20
( Impact factor: 2.139).
36.Bhujanga Rao,V., Rajendran,R., Jayjkumar,A.V., Satyanarayana, K.H.B.S., 1994, Metallurgical
ivestigation of HSLA Steel Subjected to Underwater Explosion,1994, Shock and vibration, vol.1,
No. 4, pp.385-394 (impact factor, 0.880).
National
1. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R.,2014, Assessment of microstructure and
mechanical properties of ZrO2 based plasma sprayed coatings, Journal of manufacturing
engineering, vol.9, Issue2, pp.92-97.
2. Rajendran,R.,Satyanarayana,K.H.B.S.,1997, Interaction of finite amplitude acoustic waves with
a plane plate, Journal of Acoustic Society of India, vol.XXV, pp.V5.1-V5-7.
3. Rajendran, R., Thermal barrier coatings for marine gas turbines, 1994, Journal of the Institution
of Engineers (India),vol.75,pp.58-60.
4. Rajendran,R.,Satyanarayana,K.H.B.S.,1996, Response of HSLA steel to underwater explosive
loading, inMaterials for Marine Applications,Edited by Dr Ramji Lal, NMRL,` Mumbai
400 023., India.
Conference International
1. Sidharth Dev, Devendranath Ramkumar,K., Arivazhagan, N., Rajendran, R., 2017, Effect
of continuous and pulsed current GTA welding on the performance of dissimilar welds
involving aerospace grade alloys, International conference on engineering trend in
materials and manufacturing, engineering, IMME17, Materials today proceedings.
2. Rajendran,R., 2014, Materials for gas turbines- Opportunities and challenges, keynote
address, 12th
Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management (GCMM 2014),
December 8-10, 2014, VIT, Vellore, India.
3. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R., Evaluation of thermal cyclic
performance of rare earth oxide based thermal barrier coatings, 6th
Aisa thermal spray
conference, November 25-26, Hyderabad, India, Proceedings,
pp.222-223.
4. Rajeshwari,R., Ramasamy,P., Rajendran,R., Chandrasagar,L., 2014, Synthesis and
characterization of 25%prasiodymia doped zirconia thermal barrier coating, 6th
Aisa thermal
spray conference, November 25-26, Hyderabad, India,Proceedings, pp.65-66.
5. Balam,S.S.K., Tamilselvi,M., Chitra,J., Bagade,U.V., Rajendran,R., 2014, Deformation and
fracture behaviour of chromium carbide-nickel chromium wear resistant coating, 6th
Aisa thermal
spray conference, November 25-26, Hyderabad,India, Proceedings, pp.71-72.
6. Raju, R., Duraiselvam,M., Arun,G.K., Vijay,P., Shweta, Rajendran,R., 2014, Mechanical and
metallurgical characterization of laser clad aero-engine blade materials, 28th
international
conference on surface modification technologies, June 16-18, 2014, Tempere University of
Technology, Tempere, Finland,
7. Rajendran, R., Tamilselvi, M., Balam,S.S.K., 2014, Degradation mechanisms of hot section
components of an aero-engine, invited paper, First world conference on damage mechanics,
metals, glass, ceramics, semi-conductors, polymers, alloys, composites, nanocomposites, gels and
adhesives, 09-11 August, Kottayam, India.
8. Rajendran, R., Tamilselvi, M., Balam,S.S.K., 2013, Surface engineering for aeroengines, invited
paper, International Conference on surface engineering and industrial applications
(INTERFINISH-SERIA-2013), 07-09 August, Chennai, India.
9. Vijay Petley, Shweta Verma, Ashique, Purushothama, Rajendran,R., 2013, Weld ductility
evaluation of aero engine materials by performing bend tests, Proceedings of the ASME2013 Gas
Turbine India Conference,December5-7, Bengaluru, India
10. Prem Sai, K.,Rajendran, R., Sinha,V.K., Basu, S., 2004, Axial impact studies on boron carbide
filled SS304 tubes, Fifth International Symposium on Impact Engineering (ISIE-5), Cambridge,
UK.
11. Rajendran,R., Prem Sai,K., Saju Joy, Krishnamurthy,K.C., Basu, S, 2003, Experimental
investigation of vertical impact shock response of a cylindrical body on a rigid unyielding
surface, Proceedings of 8th
international symposium on Plasticity and impact mechanics,
IMPLAST 2003, Ed: N.K. Gupta, Pheonix publishing house private limited, New Delhi, India pp.
759-768.
12. Rajendran,R.,Bhujanga Rao,V.,Narasimhan,K.,2000, "Dynamic deformation and fracture
behavior of circular HSLA steel plates subjected to underwater explosion",International
Seminar on Materials Assessment and Life Management (ISOMALM 2000), IGCAR,
Kalpakkam,India.
13. Goel, A.,K., Rajendran,R., Raja,V.S., Srinivasa,R.S., 1993, Surface densification of cubic YSZ
by vapour phase processing, American Ceramic Society 95th
AGM.
14. Rajendran,R.,Bhujanga Rao,V.,1993, "Dynamic response of HSLA steel weldments", 64th
Symposium of Shock & Vibration, Florida, USA, Bulletin of shock and Vibration.
15. Rajendran,R.,Raja,V.S.,Sivakumar,R.,Srinivasa,R.S., 1991," Surface nodification of plasma
sprayed thermal barrier coatings", invited paper, International Conference on Metallurgical
Coatings and Thin Films, (ICMCTF 91) San Diego, USA.
National
1. Rajendran,R., 2017, Gas turbine engine development-Materials and processes, National seminar
on aerospace structures, invited talk, 24th February 2017, VIT University, Vellore.
2. Rajendran, R., 2017, Requirements of composites in aero engines, invited talk, National
Composite Summit, 18 Feb2017, Bangalore
3. Rajendran,R., 2015, Materials technology for aero engines, Plenary talk, 7th
National Symposium
for Materials Research Scolars, 20th
-22nd
May 2015, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
4. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R.,2014, Phase structure and thermophysical
properties of TAP melted La2Zr2O7 ceramics for thermal barrier coatings, 3rd
PSSI- Plasma
scholars colloquium & National workshop on exploring plasma technology for materials
processing, VIT University, Chennai.
5. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R.,2014, An assessment of microstructure and
mechanical properties of plasma sprayed ZrO2 based coatings, UGC sponsored national
conference on recent advances in welding and surface engineering, (RAWSE-14), Annamalai
University, Tamilnadu, India.
6. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R.,2013, Applications of response surface
methodology to predict porosity and Young’s modulus of plasma sprayed YSZ coating for TBC
application, Heat treatment and surface engineering (HTSC-13), ASM, Chennai Chapter, India.
7. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R.,2013, Acoustic emission response of thermally
sprayed NiCrAlY bond coat during bend test, National welding seminar-13 (NWS-13),Indian
Institute of welding, Bangalore, India.
8. Rajendran,R., 2013, Tribological coatings for aeroengines, Workshop on Industrial Tribology,
Keynote address, 21 August 2013, Tumkur, Karnataka. Siddha Ganga Institute of Technology,
Tumkur, Karnataka.
9. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R.,2012, Evaluation of thermomechanical
properties of HVOF sprayed bond coatmaterial for TBC applications, UGC sponsored National
level workshop on Surface engineering (Sure’12), India.
10. Neeta Paulose, Swati Biswas, Rajendran,R., Narendra Babu,S.N., Ramachandra,S., 2010,
Characterization of power turbine aerofoil coating, NMD, IISc, Bangalore, Session G4, pp.99.
11.Tamil Selvi, M., Neeta Paulose, Rajendran,R., 2010, Degradation mechanisms of corrosion and
oxidation resistant coatings for marine gas turbines – An Overview, NMD, IISc, Bangalore,
Session F3, pp.84.
12. Rajendran, R., Paik, J.K., Lee,J.M.,Chae, Y.H., 2005,Numerical simulation of creep life of
an SM490 steel plate, Proceedings of the Annual Autumn Meeting, SNAK, Yongin, South
Korea, November2005, pp.421-423.
13.Chandrasekar, B., Rajendran,R., Basu,S., 2003, Development of R-Stress software for the
prediction of residual stress by blind hole-drilling strain -gauge method, Proceeding of the
Conference on Materials Technology for Nuclear Fuel Cycle, (Eds:) Baldev Raj, Bhanu Sankara
Rao, P. Sankar, N.Murali, Chennai.
14. Rajendran,R.,Bhujanga Rao,V., Narasimhan,K.,1998, Dynamic plastic deformation of
rectangular HSLA steel plates subjected to underwater explosion, Indian Institute of
Metals, 52nd AGM, Bangalore, India.
15. Rajendran,R.,Satyanarayana,K.H.B.S., Bhujanga Rao,V., 1994, Response of 10XSND steel to
underwater explosive loading, MRSI 5th
AGM, Hyderabad.

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Dr R Rajendran

  • 1. Dr R Rajendran Date of birth:04 June 1961 Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Bangalore, India Phone:+91 9611688885 (C) +91 80 25605067 (R) E-mail: raju.rajendran@ymail.comᄃ Education PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 30 Jangjeon-Dong, Gumjeong-Gu, Busan 609-735, Korea September2005-August 2006 Post Dctoral Research at department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering  Carried out creep life prediction of blast furnace shell  Established design guidelines for warship plates undergoing underwater explosion  Brought out a comparative underwater explosion damage study between air- and water-backed plane plates  Brought out a detailed review on the response of plates to air blast and underwater explosion  Outlined the detailed procedure for carrying out underwater explosion experiments on plane plates INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY Mumbai 430 076, India January 1995-May 20001 Doctor of philosophy at Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science  Thesis title Response of thin HSLA steel plates to underwater explosive shock loading INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY Mumbai 430 076, India July 1989-January 1991 Master of Technology in Materials Science  Overall coursework credit 8.34/10  Thesis title Surface Modification of plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings  For the first time densification of plasma sprayed yttria stablized zirconia coating was was carried out through chemical vapour deposition route  Thesis credit 9.83/10  Thesis presented as invited paper at sixth international conference on metallurgical coating and thin films, San Diago, USA in 1991.
  • 2.  Improved corrosion resistance of the modified surface was published in surface and coatings technology, 1995 UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS Coimbatore 641013, India July 1979-May 1984  Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering  Passed in first class Research experience Gas Turbine Research Establishment Bangalore 1. Scientist ‘G’ July 2016-till date  TGO growth and TBC degradation  Life estimation of platinum aluminide coating  Aerofoil temperature estimation  Erosion resistant coating for compressor aerofoils 2. Scientist ‘F’ May 2009- June 2016  Development and characterization of gas turbine coatings  Rootcause analysis of degradation of gas turbine components  Dynamic elastic properties of aeroengine materials  Metal joining characterization  Constitutive equations for aeroengine materials  Weld certification and welder qualification  Laser cladding of compressor blades  Reverse engineering of material processing  Dissimilar metal joints  Specifications for single crystal aerofoils BARC Facilities (Landbased nuclear submarine programme) Kalpakkam 3. Scientist-‘F’ September 2006-April 2009  Numerical simulation of non-contact underwater explosion damage  Numerical simulation of axial impact of shut off rods  Effective shock factors for the inelastic damage prediction of plane plates subjected to non-contact underwater explosion  Reloading effects on plane plates subjected to non-contact
  • 3. underwater explosion  Impact experiments on aluminium foam and foam fitted stainless steel tube energy absorbers for nuclear trasortation cask  Numerical simulationof aluminium foam undergoing dropweight impact  Numerical simulation of underwater explosion bulge test 4. Scientist-‘E’ July 2000-August 2006  Experimental stress analysis of biological shield tank tank  Nuclear transportation cask drop test  Shock qualification of mechanical systems using a free-flight drop tower  Evaluation of residual stress in mechanical structures using blind hole drilling technique  One-dimensional stress wave propagation in tubes and rods  Predictive maintenance of rotating and reciprocating machineries using vibration monitoring 5. Scientist-‘D’ February 2000-June 2001  Design, development, testing and evaluation of small impact testing machine for the calibration of shock accelerometers Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Defence Research and Visakhapatnam 530 007, India Development Organization July 1995-January 2000 5. Scientist-‘D’  Design, fabrication,testing and qualification of 10 ton floating shock platform  Evaluation of damage to naval vessels due to contact underwater explosion 6. Scientist-‘C’ July 1990-June 1995  Mechanical behaviour of steel under dynamic loading  Shock wave propagation in water medium  Development of ambient temperature explosion bulge test  Dynamic response of weldments 7. Regular Scientist-‘B’ March1986—June 1990  Production planning and control officer for central work shop  Back pressure calculation for underwater thermal propulsion
  • 4.  Surface modification of plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings 8.. Adhoc Scientist-‘B’ October 1984-February 1986  Carried out ship trials to measure and analyse blast parameters on rocket launchers Teaching experience PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 30 Jangjeon-Dong, Gumjeong-Gu, Busan 609-735, Korea from January 2006 to May 2006  Taught ship structural mechanics to undergraduates for a semester GOVERRMENT POLYTECHNIQUE Visakhapatnam from July 1996 to November1996  Taught Engineering Metallurgy to Post Diploma students in Metal Casting Technology for a semester Managerial tasks carried out Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Defence Research and Visakhapatnam 530 007, India Development Organization 1997  Committee chairman for National Symposium on acoustics 1997 for Liaisoning, transport, accommodation, press and public relations. The symposium was attended by about 70 delegates from all over India 1996  Chairman for Annual stock verification committee in 1996. Carried out annual stock verification of Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam, DRDO with the assistance of 25 scientific officers IIT Bombay, Mumbai India 1995  Organizing committee member for National conference on metal forming 1995, held at Bombay
  • 5. Administrative positions held Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Bangalore Bangalore From May 2009-till date  Group Director (Materials Technology Group) BARC Facilities (Landbased nuclear submarine programme) Kalpakkam from July 2001 to September 2005  Engineer-in-charge stress analysis Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Defence Research and Visakhapatnam 530 007, India Development Organization from January 1991 to January 2000  In-charge underwater shock studies group Committes/panels/Boards 1.Chairman, Shot peening committee 2.Member,thermal barrier coating committee 3.Member AR&DB materials and Manufacturing panel 4.Member ER &IPR project review committees 5.Member, DRDO Scientist selection Board 6. Member, DRDS and DRTC promotion board 7. Member, VIT MS programme, General Test Committe 8. Member, International Technical Committee, 12th Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management (GCMM), 2014. 9. Expert member for coatings in AR&DB High temperature gas turbine materials programme 10.Chairman, Theory, modelling and simulation session in Fracture 2014 World Conference, Kottayam. 11. Chairman, Specifications and acceptance criteria for the development of single crystal high pressure turbine blades and vanes 12. Chairman, Metal matrix composites, 12th Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management (GCMM), 2014. 13. Member, Doctoral Committee, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University, India. 14. Member, Doctoral committee, VIT University, Vellore.
  • 6. 15. Chairman, Special process committee. 16. Chairman, KV school recruitment committee for PGT Physics,Chemistry, botany and TGT science 17. Member, Board of studies, Mechanical Engineering Department, Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore Patetents 1Chandrasagar,L., Ramasamy,P., Rajendran,R., Arunkumar,V., Rajeshwari,R., 2014, Method to synthesise plasma sprayable gadolinium oxide stabilized/doped power using Poly Vinyl Alcohol ( PVA) binder for thermal barrier coating applications. 2. Chandrasagar,L., Ramasamy,P., Rajendran,R., Arunkumar,V.,Rajeshwari,R., 2014, Microwave sinteed gadolinium oxide stabilized/doped power using PVA binder for thermal barrier coating applications. Awards 1.INDRADANUS (INdegenous Research And Development of NUclear Submarine) award for contribution towards the development of landbased nuclear submarine in 2008. 2. DRDO Best Iinnovation//Futurinstic Development-2013 award,, for contributions towards Aluminium foam characterization for nuclear transportation energy absorber in 2014. Editorial Board Member Indian Journal of materials science, Hindawi Publishers Journal reviewer activities  Advances in materials science and engineering  Experimental techniques  Engineering failure analysis  Engineering, science and technology, an international journal  International journal of impact engineering  International journal of solids and structures  International Journal of structural integrity  Journal of failure prevention and analysis  Journal of engineering manufacture, IMech Part B  Journal of materials processing technology  Journal of materials in civil engineering, ASCE  Journal of mechanical engineering science,IMech Part C
  • 7.  Journal of strain analysis for engineering design  Marine structures  Materials and design  Ships and offshore structures  Sound and vibration journal  Surface and coatings technology  Wear List of publications Journals International 1. Balam,S.S.K., Tamilselvi,M., Rajendran,R., 2016, Thermomechanical fatigue and incipient melting of DS CM247LC high pressure nozzle guide vanes, under revision for Engineering failure analysis (Impact factor:1.358). 2. Ramesh Raju, Muthukannan Duraiselvam, Vijaypetley, Shweta Verma, Rajendran,R., 2015, Microstructuraland mechanical characterization of Ti-6Al-4V refurbished parts obtained by laser metal deposition, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol643(3), pp.64-71 (Impact factor:2.647) 3. Karthikeyan, S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R., 2015, Effect of Experimental plasma spray parameters on porosity and Young’s modulus, Metals & Materials international, Springer Publications, under revision (Impact factor:1.815). 4. Tamilselvi,M, Balam,S.S.K, Rajendran,R., 2014, Rootcause analysis of discoloured platinum aluminde coated DS CM247LC HPNGV, Engineering failure analysis,vol.45, pp.387-397 (Impact factor:1.358). 5. Rajendran,R.,Venkateshwarlu,M, Vijay Petley, Shweta Verma, 2014, Strain hardening exponents and strength coefficients for aeroengine isotropic metallic materials - a reverse engineering approach, Journal of the mechanical behaviour of materials, Vol.23, No. 3-4 pp.101-106.
  • 8. 6. Karthikeyan,S.,Balasubramanian,V. Rajendran,R., 2014, Developing empirical relationships to estimate porosity and microhardness of plasma-sprayed YSZ coatings, Ceramics international, vol.40, 3171-3183(Impact factor:2.758). 7. Karthikeyan,S.,Balasubramanian,V. Rajendran,R., 2014, Developing empirical relationships to estimate porosity and Young’s modulus of plasma sprayed YSZ coatings, Applied Surface science, vol.296, pp.31-46 (Impact factor:3.150). 8. Rajendran,R., Vijay Petley, Birgit Rehmer, 2013, Dynamic elastic properties of aero-engine metallic isotropic materials,Proc.I Mech., Part-L, Materials for design and Applications, vol.227(3), pp.243-249 (Impact factor:0.746). 9. Rajendran,R., 2012, Gas turbine coatings-an overview, Engineering Failure Analysis, vol. 26 pp. 355–369 (Impact factor:1.358). 10. Rajendran,R., Ganeshachar, M.D., Jivankumar, Mohana Rao,T., 2011, Condition assessment of gas turbine blades and coatings, Engineering failure analysis, vol.18, pp.2104-2110 (Impact factor:1.358). 11. Rajendran,R., Moorthi,A.,Basu, S., 2010, Numerical simulation of tensile axial impact of stainless steel tubes and zircaloy rod, Materials and Design, Vol.31, pp. 1516-1525 (Impact factor:3.997). 12. Rajendran,R., 2009, Numerical simulation of underwater exposion bulge test, Materials and Design, vol. 30(10), pp. 4335-4341 (Impact factor:3.997). 13. Rajendran,R., Moorthi,A., Basu,S., 2009, Numerical simulation of drop weight impact behaviour of closed cell aluminium foam, Materials and Design, vol.30 (8), pp. 2823-2830 (Impact factor:3.997). 14. Rajendran,R., 2009, Effective shock factors for the inelastic damage prediction of plane plates subjected to non-contact underwater explosion, Journal of strain analysis for engineering design, vol.44, no.3, pp.211-220 (Impact.factor 1.250) 15. Rajendran,R., Prem Sai,K., Chandrasekar,B., Gokhale,A.,Basu,S., 2009, Impact energy absorption of aluminium foam fitted AISI 304L stainless steel tube, Materials and Design, vol.30, no.5, pp.1777-1784 (Impact factor : 3.997) . 16. Rajendran,R., Lee,J.M.,2009, Blast loaded plates, Marine structures, vol. 22, no.2, pp.99-127 (impact factor 1.729). 17. Rajendran,R., Prem Sai,K., Basu,S., 2009, Axial impact studies on zircaloy rod and stainless steel tubes, Experimenal Techniques, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 17-22 (Impact factor:0.545).
  • 9. 18. R.Rajendran, 2009, Numerical simulation of response of plane plates subjected to uniform primary shock loading of non-contact underwater explosion, Materials and Design, vol.30, no.4, pp.1000–1007 (Impact factor : 3.997). 19. Rajendran,R., Prem Sai,K., Chandrasekar,B., Gokhale,A.,Basu,S., 2008, Preliminary inverstigation of aluminium foam as an energy absorber for nuclear transportation cask, Materials and Design, vol.29, pp.1732-1739 (Impact factor : 3.997). 20. Rajendran,R., 2008, Reloading effects on plane plates subjected to non-contact underwater explosion, Journal of materials processing and technology, vol. 206, No.1-3, pp.275-281 (Impact factor : 2.359). 21. Rajendran,R., Lee,J.M.,2008, A comparative damage study of air- and water-backed plates subjected to non-contact underwater explosion, International Journal of Modern Physics B , vol. 22, No. 9,10 &11, pp.1131-1138 (Impact factor : 0.850) . 22. Rajendran, R., Baksi,P.,Bhattacharya,S., Basu, S., 2008, Evaluation of nonuniform residual stress through blind hole drilling technique, Experimental Techniques, vol. 32, No.3, page. 58- 61(Impact factor 0.545). 23. Rajendran,R.Paik,J.K.,Lee,J.M., Chae,Y.H., Lee,M.S., 2008, Creep life prediction of a high strength steel plate, Materials and Design, vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 427-435 (Impact factor:3.997). 24. Rajendran,R.Paik,J.K.,Lee,J.M.,2007, Of Underwater Explosion Experiments on Plane Plates, Experimental Techniques, vol. 31. No.1. pp. 18-24 (Impact factor : 0.545) 25. Rajendran,R., Narasimhan,K., 2006, Deformation and fracture behaviour of plate specimens subjected to underwater explosion- a review, International Journal of Impact Engineering, vol. 32, pp. 945–1963 (Impact factor : 2.646). 26. Rajendran,R.Paik,J.K.,Kim,B.J.,2006, Design of warship plates against underwater explosions, Ships and Offshore Structures, vol.1, No.4, pp.347-356 (Impact factor : 0.790). 27. Rajendran, R.,Narasimhan, K., 2006,A shock factor Based approach for the damage assessmment of plane plates subjected to underwater explosion, Jourrnal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, vol.41, No.6, pp.417-425 (Impact factor : 1.250) 28. Bhattacharya, S., Krishnamurthy,K.C., Rajendran, R., Prem Sai,K., Basu, S.,2006,Impact studies on structural compnents using a free flight drop tower, Experimental Techniques, vol.30, No.2, pp.52-58(Impact factor : 0.545) . 29. Rajendran, R., Prem Sai, K.,Bhattacharya,S., Basu, S., 2005,Shock assessment of cylindrical bodies impacting on a rigid unyielding surface, Journal of Structural Engineering, SERC, Chennai, India, vol.32, No.2, pp.139-142.
  • 10. 30. Rajendran,R., Prem Sai,K., Saju Joy, Krishnamurthy,K.C., Basu, S., 2005, Vertical impact shock response of a cask model on a rigid unyielding surface, International Journal of Impact Engineering,vol 31,pp.307-325 (Impact factor : 2.646). 31. Rajendran,R., Narasimhan,K., 2001,Performance evaluation of HSLA steel subjected to underwater explosion , Journal of Materials for Engineering and Performance, ASM, vol.10, pp.66-74 (impact factor: 1.094). 32. Rajendran,R., Narasimhan,K., 2001,Linear elastic shock response of clamped plane plates subjected to underwater explosion, International Journal of Impact Engineering,vol.25,pp.493- 506(Impact factor : 2.646) . 33. Rajendran,R., Narasimhan, 2001,Damage prediction of clamped circular plates subjected to contact underwater explosion, International Journal of Impact Engineering,Vol.25, pp.373-386 (Impact factor : 2.646). 34. Rajendran,R., Narasimhan,K., 2000,Underwater shock response of circular HSLA steel plates, Shock and Vibration, vol.7, pp.251-262 (Impact factor:0.880) . 35. Rajendran,R.,Raja,V.S.,Sivakumar,R.,Srinivasa,R.S., 1995, Reduction of interconnected porosity in zirconia based thermal barrier coating, Surface & Coatings Technology, vol.73, pp.18-20 ( Impact factor: 2.139). 36.Bhujanga Rao,V., Rajendran,R., Jayjkumar,A.V., Satyanarayana, K.H.B.S., 1994, Metallurgical ivestigation of HSLA Steel Subjected to Underwater Explosion,1994, Shock and vibration, vol.1, No. 4, pp.385-394 (impact factor, 0.880). National 1. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R.,2014, Assessment of microstructure and mechanical properties of ZrO2 based plasma sprayed coatings, Journal of manufacturing engineering, vol.9, Issue2, pp.92-97. 2. Rajendran,R.,Satyanarayana,K.H.B.S.,1997, Interaction of finite amplitude acoustic waves with a plane plate, Journal of Acoustic Society of India, vol.XXV, pp.V5.1-V5-7. 3. Rajendran, R., Thermal barrier coatings for marine gas turbines, 1994, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India),vol.75,pp.58-60. 4. Rajendran,R.,Satyanarayana,K.H.B.S.,1996, Response of HSLA steel to underwater explosive loading, inMaterials for Marine Applications,Edited by Dr Ramji Lal, NMRL,` Mumbai 400 023., India. Conference International 1. Sidharth Dev, Devendranath Ramkumar,K., Arivazhagan, N., Rajendran, R., 2017, Effect
  • 11. of continuous and pulsed current GTA welding on the performance of dissimilar welds involving aerospace grade alloys, International conference on engineering trend in materials and manufacturing, engineering, IMME17, Materials today proceedings. 2. Rajendran,R., 2014, Materials for gas turbines- Opportunities and challenges, keynote address, 12th Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management (GCMM 2014), December 8-10, 2014, VIT, Vellore, India. 3. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R., Evaluation of thermal cyclic performance of rare earth oxide based thermal barrier coatings, 6th Aisa thermal spray conference, November 25-26, Hyderabad, India, Proceedings, pp.222-223. 4. Rajeshwari,R., Ramasamy,P., Rajendran,R., Chandrasagar,L., 2014, Synthesis and characterization of 25%prasiodymia doped zirconia thermal barrier coating, 6th Aisa thermal spray conference, November 25-26, Hyderabad, India,Proceedings, pp.65-66. 5. Balam,S.S.K., Tamilselvi,M., Chitra,J., Bagade,U.V., Rajendran,R., 2014, Deformation and fracture behaviour of chromium carbide-nickel chromium wear resistant coating, 6th Aisa thermal spray conference, November 25-26, Hyderabad,India, Proceedings, pp.71-72. 6. Raju, R., Duraiselvam,M., Arun,G.K., Vijay,P., Shweta, Rajendran,R., 2014, Mechanical and metallurgical characterization of laser clad aero-engine blade materials, 28th international conference on surface modification technologies, June 16-18, 2014, Tempere University of Technology, Tempere, Finland, 7. Rajendran, R., Tamilselvi, M., Balam,S.S.K., 2014, Degradation mechanisms of hot section components of an aero-engine, invited paper, First world conference on damage mechanics, metals, glass, ceramics, semi-conductors, polymers, alloys, composites, nanocomposites, gels and adhesives, 09-11 August, Kottayam, India. 8. Rajendran, R., Tamilselvi, M., Balam,S.S.K., 2013, Surface engineering for aeroengines, invited paper, International Conference on surface engineering and industrial applications (INTERFINISH-SERIA-2013), 07-09 August, Chennai, India. 9. Vijay Petley, Shweta Verma, Ashique, Purushothama, Rajendran,R., 2013, Weld ductility evaluation of aero engine materials by performing bend tests, Proceedings of the ASME2013 Gas Turbine India Conference,December5-7, Bengaluru, India 10. Prem Sai, K.,Rajendran, R., Sinha,V.K., Basu, S., 2004, Axial impact studies on boron carbide filled SS304 tubes, Fifth International Symposium on Impact Engineering (ISIE-5), Cambridge, UK.
  • 12. 11. Rajendran,R., Prem Sai,K., Saju Joy, Krishnamurthy,K.C., Basu, S, 2003, Experimental investigation of vertical impact shock response of a cylindrical body on a rigid unyielding surface, Proceedings of 8th international symposium on Plasticity and impact mechanics, IMPLAST 2003, Ed: N.K. Gupta, Pheonix publishing house private limited, New Delhi, India pp. 759-768. 12. Rajendran,R.,Bhujanga Rao,V.,Narasimhan,K.,2000, "Dynamic deformation and fracture behavior of circular HSLA steel plates subjected to underwater explosion",International Seminar on Materials Assessment and Life Management (ISOMALM 2000), IGCAR, Kalpakkam,India. 13. Goel, A.,K., Rajendran,R., Raja,V.S., Srinivasa,R.S., 1993, Surface densification of cubic YSZ by vapour phase processing, American Ceramic Society 95th AGM. 14. Rajendran,R.,Bhujanga Rao,V.,1993, "Dynamic response of HSLA steel weldments", 64th Symposium of Shock & Vibration, Florida, USA, Bulletin of shock and Vibration. 15. Rajendran,R.,Raja,V.S.,Sivakumar,R.,Srinivasa,R.S., 1991," Surface nodification of plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings", invited paper, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, (ICMCTF 91) San Diego, USA. National 1. Rajendran,R., 2017, Gas turbine engine development-Materials and processes, National seminar on aerospace structures, invited talk, 24th February 2017, VIT University, Vellore. 2. Rajendran, R., 2017, Requirements of composites in aero engines, invited talk, National Composite Summit, 18 Feb2017, Bangalore 3. Rajendran,R., 2015, Materials technology for aero engines, Plenary talk, 7th National Symposium for Materials Research Scolars, 20th -22nd May 2015, IIT Bombay, Mumbai. 4. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R.,2014, Phase structure and thermophysical properties of TAP melted La2Zr2O7 ceramics for thermal barrier coatings, 3rd PSSI- Plasma scholars colloquium & National workshop on exploring plasma technology for materials processing, VIT University, Chennai. 5. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R.,2014, An assessment of microstructure and mechanical properties of plasma sprayed ZrO2 based coatings, UGC sponsored national conference on recent advances in welding and surface engineering, (RAWSE-14), Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India. 6. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R.,2013, Applications of response surface methodology to predict porosity and Young’s modulus of plasma sprayed YSZ coating for TBC
  • 13. application, Heat treatment and surface engineering (HTSC-13), ASM, Chennai Chapter, India. 7. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R.,2013, Acoustic emission response of thermally sprayed NiCrAlY bond coat during bend test, National welding seminar-13 (NWS-13),Indian Institute of welding, Bangalore, India. 8. Rajendran,R., 2013, Tribological coatings for aeroengines, Workshop on Industrial Tribology, Keynote address, 21 August 2013, Tumkur, Karnataka. Siddha Ganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka. 9. Karthikeyan,S., Balasubramanian,V., Rajendran,R.,2012, Evaluation of thermomechanical properties of HVOF sprayed bond coatmaterial for TBC applications, UGC sponsored National level workshop on Surface engineering (Sure’12), India. 10. Neeta Paulose, Swati Biswas, Rajendran,R., Narendra Babu,S.N., Ramachandra,S., 2010, Characterization of power turbine aerofoil coating, NMD, IISc, Bangalore, Session G4, pp.99. 11.Tamil Selvi, M., Neeta Paulose, Rajendran,R., 2010, Degradation mechanisms of corrosion and oxidation resistant coatings for marine gas turbines – An Overview, NMD, IISc, Bangalore, Session F3, pp.84. 12. Rajendran, R., Paik, J.K., Lee,J.M.,Chae, Y.H., 2005,Numerical simulation of creep life of an SM490 steel plate, Proceedings of the Annual Autumn Meeting, SNAK, Yongin, South Korea, November2005, pp.421-423. 13.Chandrasekar, B., Rajendran,R., Basu,S., 2003, Development of R-Stress software for the prediction of residual stress by blind hole-drilling strain -gauge method, Proceeding of the Conference on Materials Technology for Nuclear Fuel Cycle, (Eds:) Baldev Raj, Bhanu Sankara Rao, P. Sankar, N.Murali, Chennai. 14. Rajendran,R.,Bhujanga Rao,V., Narasimhan,K.,1998, Dynamic plastic deformation of rectangular HSLA steel plates subjected to underwater explosion, Indian Institute of Metals, 52nd AGM, Bangalore, India. 15. Rajendran,R.,Satyanarayana,K.H.B.S., Bhujanga Rao,V., 1994, Response of 10XSND steel to underwater explosive loading, MRSI 5th AGM, Hyderabad.