Dr. Rajiv Shivpuri
Professor

AREAS OF INTEREST

  • Modeling manufacturing processes
  • Design and analysis of machine tools
  • Metal forming processes
  • Fatigue and fracture
  • Finite element simulation

Education

Courses

Collaborators

Grants

Publications

LINKS

CeFt (Center for Excellence in Forging Technology)

 

 

 

 

 
ADDRESS
210 Baker Systems
Department of IWSE
1971 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210

OFFICE
Room 288 Baker Systems

PHONE
(614) 292-7874

FAX
(614) 292-7852

E-MAIL
shivpuri.1@osu.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D: Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University, 1986
M.S.: Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University, 1982
B.S.: Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1972

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COURSES TAUGHT

Manufacturing Issues in the Precision Forming of Automotive Parts; Manufacturing Engineering; Introduction to Manufacturing Processes; Manufacturing Processes and Simulation; Introduction to Metal Forming; Advanced Metal Forming for Production; Failure of Tools and Dies in Net Shape Forming; Advanced Methods in Process Modeling; Manufacturing Issues in the Precision Forming of Automotive Parts

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INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATORS

  • ALCOA
  • Battelle Columbus Chaparral Steel
  • Contech
  • Cummins Engine Company
  • Edison Welding Institute
  • Forging Industry Association
  • GM/ Delphi, GM Powertrain
  • Hydro Boehm
  • Inland Steel
  • Ladish
  • Masco Tech
  • Multi Arc Inc.
  • Plymouth Tube
  • Timken Steel

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UNIVERSITY COLLABORATORS

  • Dr. S. L. Semiatin, AFML
  • Prof. S. Sampath (Colorado State)
  • Prof. J. Conrad (U of W-M)
  • Prof. C. VanTyne, Colorado School of Mines

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AREAS OF RESEARCH

  • Modeling manufacturing processes
  • Design and analysis of machine tools
  • Metal forming processes
  • Fatigue and fracture
  • Finite element simulation

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GRANTS

Consortium for Advancement of Rolling Technology ($135,000, Various Industries, 1997-99)

Precision Forging Consortium ($40,000, NCMS/ Department of Energy, 1997-98)

A Research Program to Evaluate and Optimize Physical Vapor Deposition Coatings for Wear Resistance Applications in Die Casting Dies ($75,000, Multi-Arc Inc., 1996-98)

Roll Pass Design including Microstructural Evolution ($34,500, The Timken Company, 1996- 98)

Evaluation of Chromium Carbide and other CVD Coatings to improve the Wear Resistance of Aluminum Die Casting Dies ($41,400, Center for Die Casting, Department of Energy, 1995- 97)

Development of An Advanced Analysis Tool for Characterization, Simulation and Remedy of Molding Induced Defects in Liquid Composite Molding ($458,529, Co-PIs Jim Lee, R.S. Brodkey, M. Mittal, National Science Foundation, 1995-9)

Investigate the Application of Neural Networks to Process Sequence Design in Cold Forging ($ 38,000), Co-Pi Prof. DeLiang Wang, Vice President of Research, OSU, 1994-1996)

Investigate the Reduction of Dimensional Variability in the Extruded Product by Computer Modeling and Controlled Experiments ($115,004, Plymouth Tube Company, Hopkinsville, KY, 1994- 98)

Practice Oriented Masters Program (POMEP) ( $72,000, Awarded support for four masters students )

Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and Solidification in a Multi-Pin Die Casting Die to Investigate the Wear Characteristics of the Cavity Surfaces (200 resource units on Supercomputer YMP, Ohio Supercomputer Center, 1993- present)

Effect of Voids on the Mechanical Properties of Polymer Composites (400 resource units on Supercomputer YMP, Ohio Supercomputer Center, 1995- present)

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PUBLICATIONS

Shivpuri, R. and Damodaran, D., " Effect of Glass Lubricant Behavior on the Surface Quality of Extrudates in Glass Lubricated Hot Extrusion," Accepted for publication in CIRP Annals, Vol 46/1, 1997.

Esche, S. K., and Shivpuri, R., " A Consistent Criterion for Diffuse Necking in Sheet Metals Using Hills 1979 Yield Surface," submitted to transactions of the ASME, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 1997.

Damodaran, D. and Shivpuri, R., " A Simple Numerical Model for Real Time Determination of Temperatures and Pressures during Glass Lubricated Hot Extrusion," Accepted for publication in the Transactions of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, NAMRC XXV, 1997.

Damodaran, D. and Shivpuri, R., "The Application of Sensitivity Analysis and Robust Design Concepts to Titanium Alloy Extrusion," Accepted for publication in the Transactions of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, NAMRC XXV, 1997.

Pauskar, P., Shivpuri, R., Cho, H. and Kim, N.," An FEM Based Model of Metal Flow and Microstructure Evolution in Continuous Hot Rolling," Accepted for publication in the Transactions of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, NAMRC XXV, 1997

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