Advanced Joining Laboratory

Faculty Incharge

Dr. Bipul Das

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

National Institute of Technology Silchar

Silchar – 788010

Email: bipul@mech.nits.ac.in

Year of Establishment

The laboratory was established in the year 2021.

Facilities Available

1. Induction welding machine

2. Real-time temperature monitoring system

3. Friction Stir Welding Machine

Scholars Associated with the Laboratory

  1. Gourav Deb, M. Tech. Scholar (2023-)
  2. Ashim Chutiya, M. Tech. Scholar (2023-)
  3. Jasper Ramon, JRF (2021-23)
  4. Mr. Pohor Patric Debbarma, Research Scholar (2019-)
  5. Vishak AP, M. Tech. Scholar (2021-23)
  6. Aman Dwivedi, M. Tech. Scholar (2018-20)

Sponsored Research Projects

  1. Design and development of induction welding system for in situ repair of exit hole defect in friction stir welded sample, DST-SERB (SRG), 2020-23, 28.48 Lakh, PI: Dr. Bipul Das (Completed)
  2. Development of bamboo bottles and containers using processed bamboo dust on micro and medium scale, Ministry of MSME, Government of India, 2021-22, 8.625 Lakh, PI: Dr. Bipul Das (Completed)
  3. Design and Development of portable low-cost induction heating furnace for bell metal industry of Assam, DST, Government of India and Assam Science Technology and Environment         Council, 2021-23, Rs. 8.00 Lakh, PI: Dr. Bipul Das, Co-PI: Dr. L. C. Saikia, EE Department, NIT Silchar (Ongoing)

Research Output

  1. Pohor Patric Debbarma, Bipul Das, State of the art survey of literature for finding an effective solution to mitigate the exit hole defect in friction stir welded samples, IMechE Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering 2024 (Accepted)
  2. Dhiraj Raj, Saikat Ranjan Maity, Bipul Das, Optimization of process parameters of laser cladding on AISI 410 using MEREC integrated MABAC method, Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, 2023 (Accepted)
  3. Angita Kar, Sarfaraz Hussain, Ashad Seikh, Aatish Kumar, Bipul Das (2023), Effect of plate placement on nugget shape in joining dissimilar thickness automotive steel thin sheets using resistance spot welding, Manufacturing Technology Today, 2023, 22(1), DOI: https://doi.org/10.58368/MTT.22.1.2023.13-19.
  4. Jasper Ramon, Manish Pal, Bipul Das (2023), Investigation of induction heating process for selective melting of aluminum alloy for the repair of exit hole defect in friction stir welding process, Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, (Accepted, in press)
  5. Bipul Das, Jasper Ramon (2022) Sensor fusion model for weld quality monitoring in friction stir welding process using machine learning technique, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering (Accepted)
  6. Bipul Das, Aman Dwivedi, Mehdi Mehtab Mirad, (2022), “Identification of defective weld and quality monitoring in manual metal arc welding process using surface level image features”. Welding International, 36(3), 144-157.
  7. Bipul Das, Jasper Ramon, Machine learning and real time signal features integration for strength modelling in friction stir welding process, International Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing (RAM 2021), SVNIT Surat, June 10-12, 2021, 193-202, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9952-8_19
  8. Bipul Das, Manebendra Das, Ashish Meena, Mehdi Mehtab Mirad, Artificial intelligence based defect formation tendency prediction in friction stir welding, International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN 2019), IIT Indore, Deccember 12-14, 2019. (Received Best Paper Award)
  9. Manabendra Das, Ashish Meena, Bipul Das, Sensor fusion model for defect identification in friction stir welding process, 2nd International Conference on New Frontiers in Engineering Science & Technology (NFEST 2019), February 18-22, 2019, NIT Kurukshetra.

Patent

1. Tool for the solid-state material deposition (Granted 29/02/2024, Grant No.: 403526-001), Indian Design Patent, International, Inventors: Bipul Das, Bratin Biswas, Deepjyoti Medhi, Praveen Kumar, Ashim Jyoti Chutia, Sonali Nag

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