This book includes selected conference proceedings of Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials (CPCM-2020). The content of the book includes processing of and characterization of materials, sustainable energy materials, defense materials, functionally graded materials, and composites which has significant impact on cutting-edge applications. The book also includes surface engineering, computational methods and materials, waste utilization, and corrosion and environmental degradation of materials. Design, research, and development studies, experimental investigations, theoretical analysis, and fabrication techniques relevant to the application of materials in various assemblies, ranging from individual components to complete structure are presented in the book. The book is useful for graduate students, researchers, and industry professionals alike.
Induration of Indian Low Grade Iron Ore Pellets in a Pilot Heat Hardening System.- On the relationship between surface microhardness and roughness produced by MAF process.- Heat Treatment Effect on the Corrosion Behaviour of Plasma Processed LM6 Alloy.- Failures Investigation of Marine Propellers in Corrosive Environments.- Microstructural Evolution and Failure Behavior of Resistance Spot-Welded Dual Phase Steel
Dr. Snehanshu Pal is currently working as an assistant professor at the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela. He has served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, USA. He has done Ph.D. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. His research focuses on the study of deformation behavior of nanostructured material using MD simulation and modeling of metallurgical processes. He is leading the Computational Materialsl³1