Publications/Invited lectures
Books /Journal issues (edited)
1. (Edited Book) R. Ganesh Narayanan, U.S. Dixit (Eds.), Advances in Material Forming and Joining, Extended papers from 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference, AIMTDR 2014, Series: Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Springer India, 2015, pp. 1-382, e-book ISBN: 978-81-322-2355-9
2. (Conference proceedings) U.S. Dixit, R. Ganesh Narayanan, M. Ravi Sankar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India, Dec 12-14, 2014, ISBN: 978-8-19274-612-8
3. (Journal issue) R. Ganesh Narayanan, U.S. Dixit (Eds.), Special issue on 'Advances in Computational Methods in Manufacturing', Vol. 6 (4), International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (IJMMS), Inderscience publishers, pp. 285-395, ISSN online: 1753-1047
4. (Journal issue) U.S. Dixit, R. Ganesh Narayanan (Eds.), Special issue on 'Numerical Simulations in Manufacturing', Vol. 5 (3-4), Journal of Machining and Forming Technologies (JoMFT), Nova Publishers, USA, pp. 135-226, ISSN: 1947-4369
5. (Edited Book) U.S. Dixit, R. Ganesh Narayanan (Eds.), Metal Forming Technology and Process Modeling, McGrawHill Education, India, April 2013, pp. 1-568, ISBN: 9781259007347
6. (Conference proceedings) U.S. Dixit, R. Ganesh Narayanan (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods in Manufacturing (ICCMM 2011), Dept of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India 781039, Dec 15-16, 2011, pp. 1-670, ISBN 9789350590515
Contributory Book chapters
1. V. Satheeshkumar, Avinash Kumar Yadav, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Chapter 4, Formability Prediction and Springback Evaluation of Adhesive-Bonded Steel Sheets, Advances in Material Forming and Joining, Springer India, 2015, pp. 61-80, e-book ISBN: 978-81-322-2355-9
2. Sudhindra Katre, Siddhartha Karidi, B. Durga Rao, P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Chapter 7, Springback and Formability Studies on Friction Stir Welded Sheets, Advances in Material Forming and Joining, Springer India, 2015, pp. 141-166, e-book ISBN: 978-81-322-2355-9
3. R. Ganesh Narayanan, U.S. Dixit, Chapter 1, Metal forming process, Metal Forming Technology and Process Modeling, McGrawHill Education, India, April 2013, pp. 1-54, ISBN: 9781259007347
4. U.S. Dixit, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Chapter 2, Modeling of metal forming process, Metal Forming Technology and Process Modeling, McGrawHill Education, India, April 2013, pp. 86-123, ISBN: 9781259007347
5. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Chapter 10, Formability of tailor welded blanks, Metal Forming Technology and Process Modeling, McGrawHill Education, India, April 2013, pp. 440-481, ISBN: 9781259007347
6. Vinayak R. Malik, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Satish V. Kailas, Chapter 11, Forming of Friction Stir Welded Blanks, Metal Forming Technology and Process Modeling, McGrawHill Education, India, April 2013, pp. 482-510, ISBN: 9781259007347
7. K Narasimhan, R Ganesh Narayanan, Deformation of tailor welded blanks during forming, Tailor welded blanks for advanced manufacturing, Brad Kinsey and X. Wu (Ed.), Woodhead publishing limited, July 2011, pp. 24-47, ISBN-13: 9781845697044
8. R. Ganesh Narayanan, G Saravana Kumar, Prediction of Tensile and Deep Drawing Behaviour of Aluminium Tailor-Welded Blanks, Recent Trends in Processing and Degradation of Aluminium Alloys, Zaki Ahmad (Ed.), INTECH, November 2011, pp. 87-112, ISBN 9789533077345 (Downloaded 4730 times till December 2016)
9. R. Ganesh Narayanan, Expert System Applications in Sheet Metal Forming, Expert Systems, Petrica Vizureanu (Ed.), INTECH, 2010, pp. 91-116, ISBN: 9789533070322 (Downloaded 7640 times till December 2016)
Invited lectures
1. R. Ganesh Narayanan, Micro deep drawing, QIP Short Term Course on Micro-Manufacturing Technologies, March 24, 2015, IIT Guwahati, India
2. R. Ganesh Narayanan, Forming of Tailor made blanks, QIP Short Term Course on Modern Scenario in Welding Technology, March 16, 2015, IIT Guwahati, India
3. R. Ganesh Narayanan, Formability studies on Sandwich Steel sheets & Investigation on Self-Pierced Riveting of sheets, Concluding workshop UKIERI Thematic Partnership in Low Carbon Materials Technologies, Innovation and Applications, Feb 5, 2015, IIT Kharagpur, India
4. R. Ganesh Narayanan, Formability studies on Sandwich Steel sheets, Summer workshop UKIERI Thematic Partnership in Low Carbon Materials Technologies, Innovation and Applications, June 25-July 2, 2014, WMG, University of Warwick, UK
5. R. Ganesh Narayanan, Formability of laser welded tailored-blanks, QIP Short-term course on Applications of Lasers in Manufacturing, June 24-28, 2013, IIT Guwahati, India
6. R. Ganesh Narayanan, Introduction about my research activities at IITG, Summer workshop UKIERI Thematic Partnership in Low Carbon Materials Technologies, Innovation and Applications, July 7-14, 2012, WMG, University of Warwick, UK
7. R. Ganesh Narayanan, Fundamentals on Welding technology, Summer Workshop on Welding Technology, Conducted by IGNOU (IIVET), Shillong and IWS, May 28-June 2, 2012, Lady Keane Girls College, Shillong, India
8. R. Ganesh Narayanan, Introduction about my research activities at IITG, Workshop on Academia-Industry Collaborative Program Evaluation for Automobiles, February 22, 2011, Tata Center, Kolkata, India
9. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Veera Babu, K. Siva Krishna, Expert system based on ANN for predicting the tensile and forming behavior of tailor welded blanks, Soft Computing in Engineering Applications, AICTE sponsored staff development programme, Jan 25-Feb 5, 2010, Mechanical Engg. dept., NERIST, Itanagar, pp. 1-14
10. R. Ganesh Narayanan, Education in Manufacturing Engineering: Casting, Forming, Welding, QIP Short-term course on Mechanical Engineering Education, December 7-11, 2009, IIT Guwahati, India
11. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Veera Babu, K. Siva Krishna, Simulation assisted expert system for TWB forming, National conference on Sheet metal forming (SMF 2009), November 19-20, 2009, Bombay exhibition centre, Mumbai, pp. 117-127
International Journal
1. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Predicting the tensile behaviour of adhesively bonded sheets using equivalent geometrical heterogeneities, International Journal of Material Forming, Vol. 9 (5), pp. 663-675, 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s12289-015-1253-8
2. Sharad R. Valvi, Arun Krishnan, Sumitesh Das, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Prediction of microstructural features and forming of Friction Stir Welded sheets using Cellular Automata Finite Element (CAFE) approach, International Journal of Material Forming, Vol. 9 (1), pp 115-129, 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s12289-015-1216-0
3. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Experimental evaluation and prediction of formability of adhesive bonded steel sheets at different adhesive properties, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 44 (3), 2016, pp. 1-13, DOI: 10.1520/JTE20140239
4. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Forming performance of adhesive bonded steel sheets reinforced with metallic wires, Welding in the World: The International Journal of Materials Joining, Vol. 59 (6), pp 883-900, 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s40194-015-0264-x
5. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Experimental evaluation and prediction of deep drawability of adhesive bonded steel sheets, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, Vol. 46 (7), 2015, pp. 713-735, DOI: 10.1002/mawe.201500435
6. Perumalla Janaki Ramulu, Satish V. Kailas, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Formability of friction stir welded sheets made of AA 6061-T6 at different weld orientations and weld locations, International Journal Materials and Product Technology, Vol. 50 (2), 2015, pp. 147-160, DOI 10.1504/IJMPT.2015.067833
7. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Prediction of formability of adhesive bonded steel sheets and experimental validation, Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 15 (1), 2015, pp. 31-40, DOI: 10.1016/j.acme.2014.09.002
8. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, In-plane plane-strain formability of adhesive bonded steel sheets: Influence of adhesive properties, International Journal Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 76 (5), 2015, pp. 993-1009, DOI: 10.1007/s00170-014-6335-0
9. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Influence of pre-generated infinite adhesive defects on the forming behaviour of adhesive bonded steel sheets, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 939, 2014, pp. 328-335, DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.939.328
10. D. Doley, V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Influence of wire reinforcement on the forming behaviour of adhesive bonded steel sheets, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 939, 2014, pp. 336-341, DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.939.336
11. B. Durga Rao, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Springback of Friction Stir Welded Sheets Made of Aluminium Grades during V-Bending: An Experimental Study, ISRN Mechanical Engineering, Volume 2014, 2014, Article ID 681910, 15 pages, DOI:10.1155/2014/681910
12. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Formability of adhesive bonded steel sheets with artificial finite adhesive defects, Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, Vol. 49 (5), 2014, pp. 286-300, DOI: 10.1177/0309324713517380
13. Mukesh Kumar, Satish V. Kailas, R. Ganesh Narayanan, In-Plane Plane-Strain formability investigation of friction stir welded sheets made of dissimilar Aluminium alloys, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vols. 446-447, 2014, pp. 301-305, DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.446-447.301
14. Perumalla Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Influence of shoulder diameter, plunge depth, welding speed, rotational speed on the tensile behavior of friction stir welded AA 6061-T6 sheets, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 42 (3), 2014, pp. 1-13, DOI: 10.1520/JTE20120236
15. R. Ganesh Narayanan, Sumitesh Das, Sustainable and Green Manufacturing and Materials Design through Computations, Proc. of the IMecheE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 228 (9), 2014, pp. 1581-1605, DOI: 10.1177/0954406213508754
16. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Sensitivity Analysis of Mechanical and Geometric Properties during Formability Prediction of Friction Stir Welded Blanks, Journal of Machining and Forming Technologies (JoMFT), Vol. 5 (3-4), 2013, pp. 168-182
17. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Satish V. Kailas, Forming limit investigation of friction stir welded sheets: Influence of shoulder diameter and plunge depth, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 69 (9-12), 2013, pp. 2757-2772, DOI: 10.1007/s00170-013-5245-x
18. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Experimental evaluation and prediction of forming limit of FSW blanks made of AA 6061 T6 sheets at different weld orientations and weld locations, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, Vol. 44 (6), 2013, pp. 527-540, DOI: 10.1002/mawe.201300078
19. Mukesh Kumar, Satish V. Kailas, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Influence of external weld flash on the in-plane plane-strain formability of friction stir welded sheets, Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, Vol. 48, 2013, pp. 376-385, DOI: 10.1177/0309324713488884
20. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Investigation on the influence of adhesive properties on the formability of adhesive bonded steel sheets, Proc. of the IMecheE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 228 (3), pp. 405-425, Published online, DOI: 10.1177/0954406213488727
21. C. Patel, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Sumitesh Das, Predicting the grain size and strength during friction stir welding by Cellular automata based finite element (CAFE) analysis, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 14 (2), 2012, pp. 27-34
22. Perumalla Janaki Ramulu, Satish V. Kailas, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Influence of tool rotation speed and feed rate on forming limit of friction stir welded AA6061-T6 sheets, Proc. of the IMecheE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 227 (3), 2013, pp. 520-541, DOI:10.1177/0954406212463996
23. C. Patel, Sumitesh Das, R. Ganesh Narayanan, CAFE modeling, neural network modeling, and experimental investigation of friction stir welding, Proc. of the IMecheE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 227 (6), 2013, pp. 1164-1176, DOI: 10.1177/0954406212459150
24. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Satish V. Kailas, Jayachandra Reddy, Internal defect and process parameter analysis during friction stir welding of Al 6061 sheets, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 65 (9-12), pp 1515-1528, DOI: 10.1007/s00170-012-4276-z.
25. Ravindra S. Saluja, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Sumitesh Das, Cellular automata finite element (CAFE) model to predict the forming of friction stir welded blanks, Computational Materials Science, Vol. 58, 2012, pp. 87-100, DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.01.036
26. Abhishek T. Dhumal, R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Saravana Kumar, Simulation based expert system to predict the tensile and deep drawing behavior of tailor welded blanks, International Journal of Modeling, Identification and Control, Vol. 15 (3), 2012, pp. 164-172, DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2012.045689
27. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Satish V. Kailas, Jayachandra Reddy, Formability evaluation of FSW blanks made of aluminum sheet: Influence of welding speed and tool rotation speed, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 410, 2012, pp. 287-290, DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.410.287
28. Susanta Kumar Dey, R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Saravana Kumar, Prediction of tensile behavior of DP 590 Steel Tailor Welded Blanks by ANN, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 383-390, 2012, pp. 1019-1026, DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.383-390.1019
29. Ravi Kant, R. Ganesh Narayanan, In-plane testing behavior of adhesive-bonded steel sheets: Influence of sheet surface roughness, adhesive thickness, and bonding width, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 40 (2), 2012, pp. 97-106, DOI: 10.1520/JTE103801
30. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Weld zone representation methods during the stretching of friction stir welded blanks with dissimilar sheet thickness: A study using numerical simulations, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, Vol. 43 (3), 2012, pp. 241-252, DOI: 10.1002/mawe.201200826
31. Susanta Kumar Dey, R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Saravana Kumar, Computing the tensile behavior of tailor welded blanks made of DP steel by neural network based expert system, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 25 (2), 2012, pp. 158-176, DOI: 10.1080/0951192X.2011.627947
32. Abhishek T. Dhumal, R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Saravana Kumar, Simulation Based Expert System to Predict the Tensile Behaviour of Tailor Welded Blanks, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems (IJAMS), Vol. 13 (1), 2011, pp. 159-171
33. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Weld zone representation during the formability prediction of friction stir welded blanks with similar thickness sheets, Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, Vol. 46 (6), 2011, pp. 456-477, DOI: 10.1177/0309324711404473
34. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Veerababu, K. Siva Krishna, G. Saravanakumar, Determining the forming behavior of tailor welded blanks Expert systems predict results, Stamping Journal (An FMA publication), Jan-Feb 2011, pp. 14-17
35. R. Ganesh Narayanan; B. S. Naik, Assessing the validity of original and modified failure criteria to predict the forming limit of un-welded and tailor welded blanks with longitudinal weld, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol 25 (11), 2010, pp. 1351-1358, DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2010.529588
36. K. Veerababu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Saravanakumar, An expert system for predicting the deep drawing behavior of tailor welded blanks, Expert system with applications, Vol. 37 (12), 2010, pp. 7802-7812, DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.04.059
37. (Invited Paper) B. Srinivas Naik, P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Application of a few necking criteria in predicting the forming limit of un-welded and tailor welded blanks, Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, Vol. 45 (2), 2010, pp. 79-96, DOI: 10.1243/03093247JSA562
38. K. Veerababu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Saravanakumar, An expert system based on artificial neural network for predicting the tensile behavior of tailor welded blanks, Expert system with applications, Vol. 36, 2009, pp. 10683-10695, DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.02.044
39. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Computer Simulation and Validation of Tensile behavior of Tailor welded Blanks (TWB), International Journal: Computer and Experimental Simulations in Engineering and Science (CESES), Issue No. 3, Dec 2008, pp. 79-86
40. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Predicting the forming limit strains of tailor welded blanks, Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, Vol. 43 (7), 2008, pp. 551-563, DOI: 10.1243/03093247JSA445
41. R. Ganesh Narayanan, M. Gopal, A. Rajadurai, Influence of friction in simple upsetting and prediction of hardness distribution in cold forged product, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 36 (4), 2008, pp. 371-383, DOI: 10.1520/JTE101443
42. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Influence of weld conditions on the forming limit strains of welded blanks, Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, Vol. 43 (4), 2008, pp. 217-227, DOI: 10.1243/03093247JSA344
43. S. T. Vagge, V. S. Raja, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Effect of deformation on the electrochemical behavior of hot-dip galvanized steel sheets, Applied Surface Science, Vol. 253 (20), 2007, pp. 8415-8421, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2007.04.045
44. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Relative effect of material and geometric parameters on the forming behavior of Tailor Welded Blanks (TWB), International Journal of Forming Processes, Vol. 10 (2), 2007, pp. 145-178, DOI:10.3166/IJFP.10.145-178
45. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Weld region representation during the simulation of TWB forming behavior, International Journal of Forming Processes, Vol. 9 (4), 2006, pp. 491-518, DOI: 10.3166/ijfp.9.491-518
International and National Conferences
1. Yogendra Singh Rajpoot, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Sumitesh Das, Selection of pin profile in friction stir welding based on cellular automata finite element modelling, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Aided Engineering (CAE 2015), GITAM University, Hyderabad, December 10-12, 2015, pp. 390-395
2. Premananda Ekka, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Finite element simulation and experimental validation of end forming of single tube, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Aided Engineering (CAE 2015), GITAM University, Hyderabad, December 10-12, 2015, pp. 13-17
3. Arvind K. Agrawal, R. Ganesh Narayanan, A novel method of joining sheet with tube: Modelling and Analyses, Proceedings of the 17th ISME Conference, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, October 3-4, 2015, ISME-M-019
4. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Experimental evaluation of deep drawability of adhesive bonded steel sheets, Proceedings of Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM) XXIII Vol. 2, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India, Dec 5-7, 2014, ISBN: 978-93-84588-18-2, PFAM 139, pp. 1026-1034
5. Avinash Kumar Yadav, Ram Nivas, Ravi Kumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Influence of adhesive on the spring-back of adhesive bonded sheets, Proceedings of the 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India, Dec 12-14, 2014, ISBN: 978-8-19274-612-8, pp. 300-1-300-5
6. Sudhindra Katre, Siddhartha Karidi, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Springback of friction stir welded sheets: Experimental and Prediction, Proceedings of the 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India, Dec 12-14, 2014, ISBN: 978-8-19274-612-8, pp. 318-1-318-5
7. Sharad Valvi, Sumitesh Das, R. Ganesh Narayanan, CAFE modelling to predict the grain size during friction stir welding of aluminium grades, Proceedings of the 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India, Dec 12-14, 2014, ISBN: 978-8-19274-612-8, pp. 301-1-301-5
8. Perumalla Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Experimental study on temperature evolution during friction stir welding of 6061-T6 Aluminum alloy, Proceedings of the 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India, Dec 12-14, 2014, ISBN: 978-8-19274-612-8, pp. 379-1-379-5
9. Vishnu Ganesh, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Richard Dashwood, Formability and Deep Drawability Studies on Sandwich Steel Sheets with Different Core Materials, Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Materials, Manufacturing and Metrology (ICMMM 2014), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, August 8-9, 2014, pp. 533-536.
10. Perumalla Janaki Ramulu, A. Satish Babu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, S. Deva Prasad, P. Srinivasa Rao, The behavior of friction stir welded (FSW) sheets of AA6061-T6 during in-plane stretching test, International Conference on Design & Manufacturing, IConDM 2013, Procedia Engineering, Vol. 64, 2013, pp. 862-867, ISSN 1877-7058.
11. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Forming behavior of adhesive bonded steel sheets: Influence of finite defects in the adhesive layer, 16th International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT 2013), Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, September 22-26, 2013, Paper ID 257.
12. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Influence of pre-generated infinite adhesive defects on the forming behavior of adhesive bonded steel sheets, 16th International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT 2013), Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, September 22-26, 2013, Paper ID 258.
13. D. Doley, V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Influence of wire reinforcement on the forming behavior of adhesive bonded steel sheets, 16th International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT 2013), Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, September 22-26, 2013, Paper ID 359.
14. Mukesh Kumar, Satish V. Kailas, R. Ganesh Narayanan, In-Plane Plane-Strain formability investigation of friction stir welded sheets made of dissimilar Aluminium alloys, International Conference on Manufacturing and Optimization (ICMO 2013), New Delhi, India, September 16-17, 2013.
15. Mukesh Kumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, In-Plane Plane-strain forming limit prediction of friction stir welded sheets made of dissimilar Aluminium sheets, International conference on Agile Manufacturing Systems (ICAM), IIT BHU, Varanasi, India, December 16-19, 2012, pp. 81-84. (Received the best paper award)
16. V. Satheeshkumar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Experimental investigation on the influecne of adhesive properties on the forming behavior of adhesive bonded steel sheets, IDDRG 2012, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, November 25-29, 2012, pp. 508-513
17. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Satish. V. Kailas, Influecne of weld location and orientation on the formability of friction stir welded sheets made of Al 6061 Alloy, IDDRG 2012, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, November 25-29, 2012, pp. 668-672
18. C. Patel, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Sumitesh Das, Predicting the grain size and strength during friction stir welding by Cellular Automata based Finite Element (CAFE) analysis, International conference on Agile Manufacturing Systems (ICAM), Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India, December 18-21, 2011, pp. 763-768 (Awarded the best paper in Advanced Manufacturing Systems session)
19. Ravindra S. Saluja, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Sumitesh Das, Modeling material inhomogeneities and predicting forming behavior in friction stir welding using CAFE model, Proc. of International conference on Computational Methods in Manufacturing (ICCMM2011), Dept. of Mechanical Engg., IIT guwahati, India, December 15-16, 2011, pp. 43-50
20. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Sensitivity analysis of mechanical and geometric properties for weld zone representation of friction stir welded blanks during formability prediction, Proc. of International conference on Computational Methods in Manufacturing (ICCMM2011), Dept. of Mechanical Engg., IIT guwahati, India, December 15-16, 2011, pp. 19-26
21. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, S. V. Kailas, Jayachandra Reddy, Tensile behavior of FSW blanks made of aluminum sheet: Influence of welding speed and rotation speed, Proceedings International Conference on Advances in Materials and Materials Processing (ICAMMP-2011) , Dec 9-12, 2011, p. 193.
22. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Satish V. Kailas, Jayachandra Reddy, Forming limit evaluation of FSW blanks made of aluminum sheet: Influence of shoulder diameter and plunge depth, 49th National Metallurgists Day and 65th Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals, Leonia International Centre for Exhibitors and Conventions, Hyderabad, November 13-16, 2011 (poster presentation).
23. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Application of Thickness Gradient Based Necking Criterion to Investigate the Influence of Weld Configuration on the Forming Limit of Tailor Welded Blanks, The 8th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes (Numisheet 2011), DOI:10.1063/1.3623641, AIP Conf. Proc., Volume 1383, August 2011, pp. 431-438
24. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Satish V. Kailas, Jayachandra Reddy, Formability evaluation of FSW blanks made of aluminum sheet: Influence of welding speed and tool rotation speed, 20th International Symposium on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM XX), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China, December 15-18, 2011. (Awarded the best student paper bronze award with cash prize)
25. Perumalla Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Predicting the forming limit of friction stir welded blanks, The 14th International ESAFORM conference on Material Forming, Queens university, Belfast, April 27-29, 2011, pp. 219-223
26. Perumalla Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Comparing the weld zone representation methods during the formability prediction of friction stir welded blanks, The 14th International ESAFORM conference on Material Forming, Queens university, Belfast, April 27-29, 2011, pp. 213-218
27. Susanta Kumar Dey, R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Saravana Kumar, Computing the tensile behavior of tailor welded blanks by ANN based expert system, Proc. of AIMTDR 2010, Andhra University college of engineering, Visakhapatnam, India, December, 13-15, 2010, pp. 921-927
28. Ravi Kant, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Investigation on the forming of adhesive bonded blanks, Proc. of AIMTDR 2010, Andhra University college of engineering, Visakhapatnam, India, December, 13-15, 2010, pp. 977-982
29. P. Janaki Ramulu, Nilesh Bondre, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Weld zone representation during friction stir welded blank formability prediction with equal thickness, Proc. of AIMTDR 2010, Andhra University college of engineering, Visakhapatnam, India, December, 13-15, 2010, pp. 989-994
30. Susanta Kumar Dey, R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Saravana Kumar, Prediction of tensile behavior of DP 590 steel tailor welded blanks by ANN, International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Technology (ICMST 2011), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 16-18, 2011, pp. 11-15
31. Abhishek T. Dhumal, R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Saravana Kumar, Estimation of tailor-Welded blank parameters for acceptable tensile behavior using ANN, Third International conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (PReMI, 2009), IIT Delhi, Dec 16-20th, 2009, pp. 140-145
32. K. Siva Krishna, R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Saravana Kumar, Simulation based expert system to predict the forming limit of tailor welded blanks, 3rd International congress on Computational mechanics and simulation (ICCMS-09), IIT Bombay, December 1-5th, 2009, pp. 227-228
33. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Representing weld zone during friction stir welded blanks formability prediction, 3rd International congress on Computational mechanics and simulation (ICCMS-09), IIT Bombay, December 1-5th, 2009, pp. 231-232
34. P. Janaki Ramulu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Forming limit prediction of friction stir welded blanks, 3rd International congress on Computational mechanics and simulation (ICCMS-09), IIT Bombay, December 1-5th, 2009, pp. 233-234
35. (Invited) R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Veera Babu, K. Siva Krishna, Simulation assisted expert system for TWB forming, National conference on Sheet metal forming (SMF 2009), Bombay exhibition centre, Mumbai, November 19-20th, 2009, pp. 117-127
36. K. Veerababu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Saravana Kumar, Prediction of deep drawing behavior of Tailor Welded Blanks by Artificial Neural Network, Proceedings of 2nd international and 23rd AIMTDR conference 2008, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, December 2008, pp. 97-103
37. K. Veerababu, R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Saravana Kumar, Prediction of Tensile behavior of Tailor Welded Blanks using ANN, IISc Centenary-International Conference on advances in Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore, July 2-4, 2008
38. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Evaluating the weld zone tensile properties of laser welded blanks, IISc Centenary - International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore, July 2-4, 2008
39. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Prediction of forming limit strains of Steel laser welded blanks, IISc Centenary - International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore, July 2-4, 2008
40. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Effect of Weld Conditions on the FLC of TWB, International symposium on automotive sheet metal forming, TATA steel, Jamshedpur, December 17-18, 2007, p. 59-64
41. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Effect of Weld Conditions on the Forming Limit Curve of Tailor Welded Blanks, Diamond jubilee symposium of Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, July 4-6, 2007 (Poster presentation)
42. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Influence of Weld Conditions on the Forming Limit Strains of Tailor Welded Blanks (TWB), International Symposium on Advances In Stainless Steels (ISAS 2007), Chennai, April 9-11, 2007 (Abstract No.: 212)
43. S. T. Vagge, V. S. Raja, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Comparative electrochemical study of deformed hot dip galvanized and galvanneal steel sheets, 14th Asian-Pacific corrosion control conference, Shanghai, China, Oct 21-24 , 2006
44. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Effect of weld conditions on the forming limit strains of Tailor Welded Blanks (TWB) -Part I, Proc. of the 8th ESAFORM conference on material forming, ESAFORM 2005, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, April 27-29, 2005, p 435
45. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Effect of weld conditions on the forming limit strains of Tailor Welded Blanks (TWB) -Part II, Proc. of the 8th ESAFORM conference on material forming, ESAFORM 2005, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, April 27-29, 2005, p 439
46. R. Ganesh Narayanan, Modeling Tailor Welded Blanks-A critical issue, OR-PMS-1, International Symposium of Research Students on Material Science and Engineering, ISRS 2004, IIT Madras, Chennai, December 20-22, 2004
47. R. Ganesh Narayanan, V. Vijay Bhaskar, K. Narasimhan, Effect of weld conditions on the deformation behavior of Tailor Welded Blanks (TWB), Proc. of 8th International conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes, NUMIFORM 2004, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, June 13-17, 2004, p 856
48. V. Vijay Bhaskar, R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Effect of thickness ratio on the formability of Tailor Welded Blanks (TWB), Proc. of 8th International conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes, NUMIFORM 2004, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, June 13-17, 2004, p 863
49. K. Narasimhan, R. Ganesh Narayanan, Tailoring TWB, The Machinist, Sep-Oct 2003, p 35
50. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Surface topography in sheet metal forming, Proc. of Asia Steel International Conference, Jamshedpur, India, April 9-12, 2003, p. 3.g3.1.
51. R. Ganesh Narayanan, K. Narasimhan, Surface topography in sheet metal forming, 56th annual technical meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals, ATM 2002, M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, November 14 -17, 2002, p 81
52. R. Ganesh Narayanan, M. Gopal, A. Rajadurai, S. Venkataswamy, Studies on effect of friction in cold forging and prediction of hardness distribution in a cold forged product, 56th annual technical meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals, ATM 2002, M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, November 14 -17, 2002, p 234
53. R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Magudeeshwaran, D. Vasudevan, K. Raghukandan, A. Rajadurai, Statistical modeling of process parameters in liquid column forming press, 12th ISME conference, Crescent Engg. College, Chennai, January 10 -12, 2001
54. R. Ganesh Narayanan, G. Magudeeshwaran, D. Vasudevan, K. Raghukandan, A. Rajadurai, Effect of process parameters in metal forming by impact loading through liquid column, 16th National Convention of Mechanical Engineers and National Seminar on Future Trends in Mechanical Engineering, Dept. of Mech. and Ind. Engg., University of Roorkee, Roorkee, September 29-30, 2000, p 376
55. R. Ramadoss, R. Ganesh Narayanan, A. Rajadurai, Physical simulation of extrusion process using wax with ZnO additive, Proceedings of the National seminar on Advances in Metal Forming, Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai, March 15-16, 2000, p. 2