Publications of Dr. Baldev Raj PAPERS IN JOURNALS ...

Publications of Dr. Baldev Raj, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies (1st September, 2014) Former Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam (2004-2011)

Past President, Indian National Academy of Engineering (2010-14)

President, International Council of Academies of Engineering &Technological Sciences (2013Onward) President- Research, PSG Institutions (July 2011-Aug.2014); Past President, International Institute of Welding (2012-2014)

(Last update: August 2015) Page 1

Publications of Dr. Baldev Raj

PAPERS IN JOURNALS/ ENCYCLOPEDIA/ HANDBOOKS/ REFEREED BOOKS

Research : 557

Development : 85

Failure Analysis : 16

Review Papers : 87

Refereed Books : 182

Encyclopedia /Handbook Articles : 39

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Books/Monographs Authored : 18

Books/Monographs Edited : 47

Popular Books : 2

Guest Editor of Special Issue of : 13

Journals/Encyclopedia ------------------- -

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS OF MERIT

Policy and Status Papers : 12

International Benchmarks : 1

Perspectives for IAEA, Vienna, Austria : 8

Standards : 5

International Institute of Welding Documents : 18

Popular Articles : 49

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Courses in Educational Institutes : 4

Patents : 29

Citation Index -Google Scholar : h-index 45

No of Articles with citations> 10

=268 (as on 2 Dec. 2015)

LECTURES ON INVITATION

(A large number of Manuscripts in edited volumes)

Honour : 127

Plenary : 83

Key note : 90

Invited : 130----------

Peer Reviewed

Papers-966

Books,

Monographs &

Edited

Publications-79

Status papers-93 Education Courses-4 Patents-29

On invitation

and as

honours-430





Citation Report of Dr. Baldev Raj

Source: Google Scholar (As on 15.05.2015)

Citation Indices

Most cited papers: Corrosion of Bio Implants U Kamachimudali, TM Sridhar, B Raj Sadhana (Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences) 28 (3-4), 601-637 (No.of Citations-178) Influence of Microstructure and Alloying Elements on Corrosion Behavior of Ti-13Nb-13Zr Alloy M Geetha, U Kamachi Mudali, AK Gogia, R Asokamani, B Raj Corrosion Science 46 (4), 877-892 (No.of Citations-136) Effects of Clustering on the Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids NR Karthikeyan, J Philip, B Raj Materials Chemistry and Physics 109 (1), 50-55 (No.of Citations-157) Physics and Chemistry of Photocatalytic Titanium Dioxide : Visualisation of Bactericidal Activity using Atomic Force Microscopy

15.08.2015

Citations 9619

h-index 45

i10-index 268

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S Banerjee, J Gopal, P Muraleedharan, AK Tyagi, B Raj Current Science 90 (10), 1378-1383 (No.of Citations-142) Enhancement of thermal conductivity in magnetite based nanofluid due to chainlike structures J Philip, PD Shima, B Raj, Applied Physics Letters 91 (20), 203108-203108-3, 2007 (No. of Citation-136) Nanofluid with Tunable Thermal Properties J Philip, PD Shima, B Raj Applied Physics Letters 92 (4), 043108-043108-3 (No.of Citations-133) Evidence for enhanced thermal conduction through percolating structures in nanofluids J Philip, PD Shima, B Raj, Nanotechnology 19 (30), 305706, 2008 (No.of Citations-125) Effect of digestion time and alkali addition rate on physical properties of magnetite nanoparticles G Gnanaprakash, J Philip, T Jayakumar, B Raj The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111 (28), 7978-7986, 2007 (No.of Citations-105) Effect of initial pH and temperature of iron salt solutions on formation of magnetite nanoparticles G Gnanaprakash, S Mahadevan, T Jayakumar, P Kalyanasundaram, John Philip, Baldev Raj Materials chemistry and Physics 103 (1), 168-175, 2007 (No.of Citations-110) Materials development and corrosion problems in nuclear fuel reprocessing plants B Raj, UK Mudali Progress in Nuclear Energy 48 (4), 283-313 (No. of Citations-101)

Pl. check whether it is already their Nanofluids: Synthesis, properties and applications

Baldev Raj, John Philip,Sohel Murshed & Carlos Nietode Nova Science Publishers ,Ltd.,(In Press)

To ADD: Yaswantn, Marcel, Baldev Wiley under preparation-BOOK Edited





LIST OF PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS

RESEARCH PAPERS

1. Materials Science and Tehcnology: Research and Challenges in Nuclear Fission Power Baldev Raj and U Kamachi Mudali In: Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy; Thematic Issue: Science Based Technologies for Sustained and Adequate Energy for India, Vol 81, No. 4, pp. 699-1075, Sep. 2015; edited by Baldev Raj, Indranil Manna, U Kamachi Mudali

2. Distributed Manufacturing: scope, challenges and opportunities Jagjit Singh Srai,Mukesh Kumar, Gary Graham, Wendy Phillips, James Tooze, Ashutosh Tiwari, Simon

Ford, Paul Beecher, Baldev Raj, Mike Gregory, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, B. Ravi, Andy Neely, Ravi

Shankar (submitted IJPR Special Issue)

3. BOOK: Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar, M. Thavasimuthu, Practical Non-Destructive Testing , Narosa

Publishing House, New Delhi, Third Edition, ISBN: 978-81-7319-797-0, 2015 – PL CHECK AND DELETE

TO CHECK AND ADD: John Philip paper on 3d-crystals of nanofludis

4. Experimental and numerical investigations on roof slab of a pool type sodium cooled fast reactor based on model studies

Prabhu Raja Venugopal, Ramu Murugan, Pudukkarai Ramaswami Thyla, Sriramachandra Aithal, V. Rajan Babu, Chellapandi Perumal, Baldev Raj Annals of Nuclear Energy 85 (2015) 1085–1095

5. Role of partially amorphous structure and alloying elements on the corrosion behavior of Mg-Zn-Ca bulk metallic glass for biomedical applications

M Ramya, Syed Ghazi Sarwat, V Udhayabanu, S Subramanian, Baldev Raj and K R Ravi (Accepted, Materials & Desing), 2015

6. Rapid Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid ZnO@Au Core-Shell Nanorods for High Performance, Low Temperature NO2 gas sensor Applications

Dinesh Veeran Ponnuvelua, Biji Pullithadathila*, Arun K Prasadb, Sandip Kumar Dharab, Anuradha Ashok a, Kamruddin Mohamedb, Ashok Kumar Tyagib and Baldev Raj Accepted Applied Surface Science

7. Plutonium reprocessing, breeder reactors, and decades of debate An Indian response B Raj, PRV Rao, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 0096340215590789, 2015

8. Shallow nitrogen ion implantation: Evolution of defect structure and chemical state in titanium Pilathodiyil Manojkumar, Varghese Anto Chirayath, Balamurugan A K, Nanda gopala Krishna, Ilang S, Kamruddin M, Amarendra G, Tyagi A K, Baldev Raj, Journal: Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B (communicated)

9. Choice of rotatable plug seals for prototype fast breeder reactor: review of historical perspectives, N K Sinha and

Baldev Raj, Nuclear Engineering and Design 291, 109-132, 2015

10. Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction Analysis on Substructure Development in Severe Plastically Deformed Aluminum, A. GOURAV Rao, Ilangovan Balasundar, Renganayagalu Ravi, R Sri Hirani, Vinay Deshmukh, T Raghu, H Ubhi, Baldev Raj, and B.P. Kashyap (communicated), The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and ASM International





11. Studies on the influence of surface morphology of ZnO nail beds on easy roll off of water droplets S Sutha, SC Vanithakumari, RP George, UK Mudali, B Raj, KR Ravi Applied Surface Science 347, 839-848, 2015

12. S.Aravindh, R.Selvakumar,J.Ravichandran, U.Kamachi Mudali, C.Anand Babu, Baldev Raj. 2015, Extremophilic Bacillus cereus MVK04 isolated from thorium ore sample possesses Self Assemblable Surface Layer Protein On Cell Wall to Resist extreme environments, Geomicrobiology Journal, 32, pp. 445-452 (@Taylor & Francis Group)

13. Extremophilic Bacillus cereus MVK04 isolated from thorium ore sample possesses Self Assembled

Surface Layer Protein On Cell Wall to Resist extreme environments Dr Selvakumar Rajendran , Mr Aravindh selvaraj , Professor Ravichandran J , U. Kamachi Mudali , Dr

Anandbabu C , Dr Baldev Raj, Geomicrobiology Journal, Taylor & Francis, Dec. 12, 2015 (forthcoming)

Manuscript ID: 957425

14. A facile and efficient single step ball milling process for synthesis of partially amorphous Mg-Zn-Ca alloy powers for dye degradation

M Ramya, Karthika, Selvakumar, Baldev Raj, K R Ravi

(under reive- Acta Materialia)

15. Role of Ultrasonic Treatment on Microstructural Evolution in A356/TiB2 in Situ composite Jayakrishnan Manpoothiri, Baldev Raj, K R Ravi Under Review- Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals

16. Synthesis of AI-MgAI2O4 master alloy and their grain refinement studies in pure aluminium R Sri Harini, Baldev Raj and K R Ravi Under Review: Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals

17. Exploring Mg-Zn-Ca based bulk metallic glasses for biomedical applications based on thermodynamic approach

DM Ramya, Ramya Ghazi Sarwat, V Udhayabanu, Baldev Raj and K R Ravi Under Review-Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A

18. Ulrasonic Assisted Synthesis of Graphite Reinforced Al Matrix Nanocomposites P. Christy Roshini, B. Nagasivamuni, Baldev Raj and K.R. Ravi Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2015, vol. 142, 1-6 (impact 0.98)

19. Defect depth quantification using lock-in thermography S Delanthabettu, M Menaka, B Venkatraman, B Raj Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal, 1-16, 2015

20. Ultrasonic assisted grain refinement of Al–Mg alloy using in-situ MgAl 2 O 4 particles

RS Harini, J Nampoothiri, B Nagasivamuni, B Raj, KR Ravi Materials Letters 145, 328-331, 2015

21. Technology development of fast reactor fuel reprocessing in India R Natarajan and Baldev Raj, Current science, Vol. 108, No. 1, 10 January 2015

22. R Natarajan and Baldev Raj, Technology development of fast reactor fuel reprocessing in India, Current Science, Vol. 108, No. 1, 10 January 2015, pp. 30-38

23. Syed Ghazi Sarwat, M Ramya, Prince Sabahut Ali, Baldev Raj and K R Ravi A new thermodynamic parameter GCE for identification of glass forming compositions





Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 627, pp.337-343, 2015

24. Developing structural, high-heat flux and plasma facing materials for a near-term DEMO fusion power plant: The EU assessment

D. Stork, P. Agostini, J.L. Boutard, D. Buckthorpe, E. Diegele, S.L. Dudarev, C. English, G. Federici, M.R. Gilbert, S. Gonzalez, A. Ibarra, Ch. Linsmeier, A. Li Puma, G. Marbach, P.F. Morris, L.W. Packer, B. Raj, M. Rieth, M.Q. Tran, D.J. Ward, S.J. Zinkle (Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials-ICFRM-16; Eds.: L K Mansur, T Muroga, R E Stoller, M Griffiths, T Ogawa, S Gin; Guest Eds: Zhangjian Zhou, Takeo Muroga, Charles H Henager, Rick Kurtz, Chung-Ho Woo, Phillip Spatig and Jim Stubbins); Journal of Nuclear Materials, 455, pp. 277-291, 2014

25. V. P. Dinesh, P. Biji, Anuradha Ashok, S. K. Dhara, M. Kamruddin, A. K. Tyagib and Baldev Raj Plasmon-mediated, highly enhanced photocatalytic degradation of industrial textile dyes using hybrid ZnO@Ag core–shell nanorods The Royal Society of Chemistry Advances, 4 (103), 58930-58940, 2014

26. R Selvakumar, S Aravindh, J.Ravichandran, U Kamachi Mudali, C Anand Babu, P Radhakrishnan, Baldev Raj

Impregnation of S-layer protein isolated from extremophilic bacillus licheniformis NARW 02 onto titanium phosphate ceramic enhances uranium removal from aqueous solution Current Science, 106(12), 1719, 2014

27. Sinha N.K., Raj Baldev Leakage limits for inflatable seals of sodium cooled fast breeder reactor Nuclear Engineering and Design, 266, 194-198, 2014

28. Baldev Raj, Wilfried Aulbur, Mahesh Kodumudi, Rajabahadur V Arcot, K Jayaraman, Arvind Goel The next growth story: Experts predict 2015 entails for Indian manufacturers Manufacturing Today 4 (12), 48-52, 2014

29. R Natarajan and baldev Raj Technology Development of Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing in India Current Science, 107, 1, 2014

30. Jayakrishnan Nampoothiri, R. Sri Harini, Susanta Kumar Nayak, Baldev Raj and K.R. Ravi Synthesis of Al - 4.4Cu/TiB2 Nanocomposites by Post in-situ Reaction Ultrasonic Treatment (under review – Materials & Design)

31. E Manikandan, Kennedy E, Panigrahi, U K Mudali and Baldev Raj Hybrid nanostructured thin films: Diamond like carbon on epitaxial ZnO grown by pulsed laser deposition Journal of Current Applied Physics(Resubmitted)

32. Sutha senthil, vanitha k, Rani, M Kamachi, Baldev Raj, K R Ravi

Analysis on easy roll off of water droplets on ZnO nail beds ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (communicated), Manuscript ID: am-2014-08397

33. V A Chirayath, N G Krishna, A K balamurugan, S Ilango, M Kamruddin, G Amarendra, A K Tyagi, Baldev Raj

Defect structure evolution during Ti nitridation by plasma immersion ion implantation Journal of Thin Solid Films( Communicated)

34. Prabhu Venugopal, P Chellapandi and Baldev Raj Experimental and numerical investigation on roof slab of a pool type sodium sooled fast reactor based on model studies Journal of Engineering Design (under review)





35. Gayathri Paul, John Philip, Baldev Raj and Prasanta K Das

Thermal and rheological properties of nano-titania dispersed nanofluids Journal of Materials Science and Engineering (communicated)

36. Rani P George, U Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj Characterising biofilms for biofouling and microbial corrosion control in cooling water systems Journal : Anti Corrosion Methods and Materials( Communicated)

37. A G Rao, I Balasundar, K R Ravi, Sri Harini, V P Deshmukh, T Raghu, H S Ubhi, Baldev Raj and B P Kashyap

Transmission kikuchi diffraction analysis on substructure development in severe plastically Deformed Aluminium Scripta Materialia Journal( communicated)

38. Q Huang, N Baluc, Y Dai, S Jitsukawa, A Kimura, J Konys, RJ Kurtz, R Lindau, T Muroga, GR Odette, B Raj, RE Stoller, L Tan, H Tanigawa, A-AF Tavassoli, T Yamamoto, F Wan, Y Wu; Recent progress of R&D activities on reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steels, Journal of Nuclear Materials 442 (1), S2-S8

39. Baldev Raj, U kamachi Mudali, M Vijayalakshmi, M D Mathew, A K Bhaduri,P Chellapandi, S

venugopal , C S Sundar, B P C Rao, B Venkatraman, 2013 Development of stainless steel in nuclear industry: with emphasis on sodium cooled fast spectrum reactors: history,technology and foresight, Journal of Advanced Materiasl & Research, Vol 794pp 3-25

40. GK Sharma, A Kumar, C Babu Rao, T Jayakumar, B Raj; Short time Fourier transform analysis for

understanding frequency dependent attenuation in austenitic stainless steel, NDT & E International 53, 1-7, 2013 (pub: Elsevier)

41. S Jagadeesh, AR Shankar, UK Mudali, A Nowicki, B Raj; Characterisation of pyrolytic graphite exposed to molten LiCl-KCl salt, Surface Engineering, 29 (1), 28-33, 2013

42. N Kumar, S Dash, AK Tyagi, B Raj; Study of dimensionless quantities to analyse front and rear wall of keyhole formed during laser beam welding; Sadhana 38 (2), 235-246, 2013 (Pub; Springer-Verlag)

43. Baldev Raj, B Venkatraman. NDE measurements for understanding of performance: A few case

studies on engineering components, human health and cultural heritage. REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION: VOLUME 32, NDT & E International, vol. 53, 1-7, Pub: Elsevier), 2013

44. R Krishnan, C David, PK Ajikumar, R Nithya, S Tripura Sundari, S Dash, BK Panigrahi, M Kamruddin,

AK Tyagi, Vikram Jayaram, Baldev Raj, Reactive Pulsed Laser Deposition of Titanium Nitride Thin Films: Effect of Reactive Gas Pressure on the Structure, Composition, and Properties. Journal of Materials, vol 2013, (2013) Pub. Hindawi Publishing Corporation

45. N K Sinha and Baldev Raj:2013, Development of inflatable seals for the rotatable plugs of sodium cooled fast breeder reactors: a review – Part II: R &D necessities and development across the world

Carl Hanser Verlag Kerntechnik 78 (2013) pp 463-476

46. Baldev Raj, Materials and manufacturing for sodium cooled breeder and fusion power reactor, Proceedings of the twenty fourth annual general meeting of Materials Research Society of India and theme symposium on advanced materials for energy applications: abstract and souvenir book, 2013

47. Andreas Ikonomopoulos, Miltiadis Alamaniotis, Stylianos Chatzidakis, etc. Baldev Raj, V Prakash,

Ramakrishna Ranga, Gaussian Processes for State Identification in Pressurized Water Reactors, Nuclear Technology 182 (1), 1-12, 2013 (Pub. American Nuclear Society)

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48. Raj, Baldev, Chellpandi, P.; Chetal, S.C. Sodium cooled fast reactors: technological challenges and opportunities. INIS Volume45, INIS Issue07, Ref. Number45016168; 2013

49. N K Sinha and Baldev Raj : 2013, Development of inflatable seals for the rotatable plugs of sodium

cooled fast breeder reactors: a review-Part I Carl Hanser Verlag Kerntechnik 78(2013) 5 ,pp 380-399

50. NG Muralidharan, CN Venkiteswaran, V Karthik, V Anandraj, J Joseph, KV Kasivswanathan, S Venugopal, T Jayakumar, B Raj, Post-Irradiation Examination of Fuel and Core Structural Materials Irradiated in Fast Breeder Test Reactors. HOT CELL POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION AND POOLSIDE INSPECTION OF NUCLEAR FUE, pp. 91, 2013

51. SatyaMurty SAV, Baldev Raj, Krishna Moorthy Sivalingam, Jemimah Ebenezer, Kalyan Rao Kuchipudi

Wireless Sensor Network in Fast Breeder Test Reactor, Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology, 3(1), 2013

52. B Raj, AK Bhaduri Manufacturing and quality assurance experiences of high temperature components,

Journal: 机械制造文摘焊接分册, 2013, Issue: 2 (to get vol. no and page no.)

53. P. Kalayanasundaram, Baldev Raj, V Prakash, Ramakrishna Ranga:2013, Detection of simulated

steam leak into sodium in steam generator of PFBR by argon injection using signal analysis techniques, Nuclear Technology, Vol 182,No.3, pp 249-258

54. ST Abraham, B Venkatraman, B Raj, SC Chetal; TOFD OF RODS Application of Time of Flight

Diffraction Technique for Imaging Cracks in Rod Specimens, MATERIALS EVALUATION 71 (4), 410-419 (publisher: AMER SOC NONDESTRUCTIVE TEST), 2013

55. Saju T.Abraham, B Venkataraman, Baldev Raj, S C Chetal: 2013, Application of time of flight diffraction technique for imaging cracks in rod specimens, Materials Evaluation,pp 411-419

56. Sinha N K, Mukhopadhyay.R, Raj Baldev: 2013, Mechanical behavior of fluoroelastomer considering long term ageing, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 254, 89-96

57. Sinha N K, Ghosh P, Saha A, Mukhopadhyay.R, Raj Baldev, Chetal S C: 2012, Design optimization of backup seal for sodium cooled fast breeder reactor.J.Mater.Des.36, 396

58. J.Jayapriya, Judy Gopal, V.Ramamurthy,U.Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj:2012, Preparation and characterization of biocompatible carbon electrodes, composites

PartB: Engineering, 43: Engineering, 43:1329-1335

59. C K.Mukhopadhyay, G.Sasikala, T.Jayakumar and Baldev Raj :2012,Acoustic emission during fracture toughness tests of SA333 Gr.6 steel , Engineering Fracture Mechanics.

60. R.Selvakumar, S.Aravindh, U.Kamachi Mudali, C.Anand babu, J.Ravichandran, Baldev Raj and

P.Radhakrishnan:2012, Bacillus anthracis strain Narw 11 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence from uranium mines, National Center for Biotechnology Information,U.S. National Library of Medicine)

61. R P George, U.Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj, Characterizing and understanding cooling water

biofilms for controlling biofouling and microbial corrosion in nuclear power plants

62. P Chellapandi, S C Chetal and Baldev Raj: 2012, Numerical simulation of fluid-structure interaction dynamics under seismic loadings between main and safety vessels in a sodium fast reactor, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol 253,pp 125-141

63. Angeline Kirubha,Mariamichael Anburajan,B Venkataraman,Akila Raguraman, D Sharath and Baldev

Raj,2012,Evaluation of mammary cancer in 7,12-dimethyl benz(a) nthracene(DMBA) induced wister







rats by asymmetrical temperature distribution analysis using thermography:a comparison with serum CEA levels and histopathology, Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, DOI: 10.1155/2012/786417

64. S Sutha, K Sakthipandi, V Rajendran,R.Palanivelu, C Uma Rani,T Jayakumar and Baldev Raj:2012

,Structural studies of nano silica employing on-line ultrasonic studies, Phase Transitions: A Multinational Journal, 85:7,pp 565-576

65. N Sivakumar,M Joseph,P Manoravi,P R Vasudeva Rao,Baldev Raj, Development of ion mobility spectrometer for detection of explosives,Journal of Instrumentation Science and Technology,41(1), 96-108, 2013

66. B Sasi, M Cacciola, CB Rao, T Jayakumar, B Raj, Hybrid Signal Processing Approach for Enhanced Detection of Defects in EC-NDE, Research in Nondestructive Evaluation 24 (1), 51-61, 2013

67. Ramaswamy Krishnan ,Christopher David, P Ajikumar ,Ravindran, S Nithya,Tripura Sundari, Dash

Sitaram , Panigrahi Binaya , M Kamruddin , Tyagi Ashok , Jayaram Vikram and Baldev Raj , Effect of Reactive Gas Pressure on the properties of Reactive Pulsed Laser Deposited TiN Thin Films , Journal of Materials Research (Accepted)

68. Balasubramaniam Saravanakumar and Baldev Raj, 2012, Bioactivity of nanobioactive glass coated

titanium implant for biomedical applications, Journal of Composite Materials, pp. 2-31

69. S A Krishnan, C Phaniraj, C Ravishankar, A K Bhaduri , P V Sivaprasad and Baldev Raj, Strain

dependent constitutive analysis of hot deformation behavior in 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steel , Materials At High Temperature 29(1) pp 33-40

70. SAV SathyaMurty , Baldev Raj , Krishna Moorthy Sivalingam, Jemimah Ebenezer , Chandran T , Shanmugavel M , Rajan K K , Wireless sensor network for sodium leak detection (2012), Elsevier Editorial System (tm) , Nuclear Engineering and Design 249,

pp 432-437

71. Gayathri S , Niranjan Kumar , Krishnan Ramasamy , Ravindran TR , Sitaram Dash , Tyagi AK, Baldev Raj , Sridharan M , Tribological properties of pulsed laser deposited diamond like carbon/TM [TM=Cr,Ag and Ni] multilayers , Elsevier Editorial System (tm) Tribology International, Vol. 53, September 2012, pp. 87-97

72. Neha Sharma , N Kumar , S Dash , C R Das , R V Subba rao , A K Tyagi , Baldev Raj , Scratch resistance and tribological properties of DLC coatings under dry and lubrication conditions, Tribology International, Vol. 56, pp. 129-140, 2012

73. B Sasi , S Sosamma ,C Babu Rao , Vijayashree, P Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj , 2012 , Indirectly excited eddy current sensor , Experimental Techniques Society for Experimental Mechanics, (c)pp 1-5

74. Baldev Raj, P chellapandi , S C Chetal, Science and technology of sodium cooled failure modes in FBR, pressure and closed fuel cycles in three stage programme of India; accomplishment and a way forward, science & Culture-INSA, Oct 2012

75. S A V Sathya Murty, Baldev Raj , Krishna M Sivalingam , Jemimah Ebenezer , R Parthasarathy , D

Sai Subalakshmi ,(2012), Experimental deployment of wireless sensor network for radiation monitoring , Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Technology,vol 2, No.1





76. Niranjan Kumar, S Dhara, Neha Sharma, A K Tyagi, M kammurudin, Ashok Bahuguna, Baldev Raj, Tribological properties of ultra nanocrystalline diamond film-effect of sliding counterbodies. Tribology International, Vol. 53, pp.167-178, (2012)

77. P A Manoj Kumar , C Varghese Anto, Nanda Gopala Krishna , A K Balamurugan ,T R Ravindran , M Kamruddin ,G Amarendra , A k Tyagi , Baldev Raj . Defect structure evolution during plasma immersion ion implantation process across a thin section of titanium , Journal of Physics D Applied Physics (Communicated)

78. Neha Sharma , N Kumar , S Bhanu , S Dash , Ashok Bahuguna , M kamuruddin , A K Tyagi , Baldev Raj , Tribological performance of ultra nanocrystalline diamond film with metallic and ceramic sliding counterbodies , Tribology International, Vol. 53, pp.167-178, (2012)

79. Sinha N K, Raj Baldev, 2011; PFBR backup seal development, Nuclear Engineering, Int, March 36

80. Sinha N K, Raj Baldev, Mukhopadhyay R: 2011, Development of fluoroelastomer backup seal: snapshots of a novel effort in rubber engineering for a critical application (Part I) Sealing Technol, April (2011) 10.

81. Sinha N K, Raj Baldev, Mukhopadhyay R:2011, Development of fluoroelastomer backup seal:snapshots of a novel effort in rubber engineering for a critical application(Part II) Sealing Technol,May(2011) 9.

82. Sinha N.K, Raj Baldev, 2011, Unification of reactor elastomeric sealing based on material. Nuclear

Engineering and Design,243/2 (February 2012),pp.404-418

83. Sinha N.K, Raj Baldev, 2011, Basis of property limits for inflatable seal fluoroelastomer.Nuclear Engineering and Design, 244/3 (March), pp.100-108

84. V.Karthik, P.Visweswaran, Anand Bhushan, D.Pawaskar, K.V.Kasiviswanathan, T.Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2012, Finite Element Analysis of Spherical Indentation to study pile-up/sink-in phenomena in steels and experimental validation, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 54 ,pp 74-83

85. N.Kumar, C.R.Das, S.Dash, S.K.Albert, P.Chandramohan, M.P.Srinivasan, A.K.Bhaduri, A.K.Tyagi & B.Raj, 2012, Tribo-Induced phase Transformation and Associated Evolution of Friction of NiCrB Alloy.Tribology Transactions. Volume 55, Issue 1, Pgs: 117-121

86. Sinha N.K, Mukhopaghyay.R, Raj Baldev, Chetal S.C, Mechanical property variations in fluoroelastometer during long term thermal ageing. Nuclear Engineering and Design (accepted)

87. Sinha N.K., Raj Baldev. Basis of property limits for inflatable seal fluoroelastomers.Nuclear Engineering and Design (Communicated)

88. Baldev Raj, U.Kamachi Mudali. Exploring the corrosion behavior of Delhi Iron Pillar: Scientific Insights.Current Science (Communicated)

89. C.K.Mukhopadhyay, T.Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and S.Venugopal, .Statistical analysis of acoustic emission signals generated during turning of a metal matrix composite. Journal of Brazilian Society of Mechanical Engineering and Science (Accepted)

90. BB Lahiri, S.Bagavathiappan, Resmi PR,John Philip,T.Jayakumar and Baldev Raj,’’Correlation between Phase contrast and defect features - A case study using Lock-in thermography’’ (Infrared Thermography-Communicated)





91. N.Kumar, K.Panda, Neha Sharma, S.Dash, C.Popov, J.P.Reithmaier, B.K.Panigrahi, A.K.Tyagi, Baldev Raj, (2012).Tribological properties of nanocrystalline diamond films deposited by hot filament chemical vapor deposition . AIP Advances 2, 032164; (Accepted)

92. P Kalyana Sundaram, Baldev Raj, M.G Hemanath, S.Chandramouli and B Venkataraman. Regeneration Qualification of Cold Trap using Modelling Validated by radiography with image processing. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 255, 368-375, 2013

93. P Kalyana Sundaram, Baldev Raj, BK Nashine and Prashant Sharma. Development of Signal Processing Methodology for detection and estimation of voids in sodium using Eddy Current Flow meter.Journal of signal processing systems, Springer Publications (Communicated)

94. P.Kalyanasundaram, Baldev Raj, V.Prakash and Ranga Ramakrishna.Detection of simulated steam leak into sodium in steam generator of Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor by argon injection by signal analysis techniques. Journal of Nuclear Technology (Accepted)

95. C.R.Das, S K Albert , J.Swaminathan, A K Bhaduri & B S Murthy. Improvement in Creep Resistance of modified 9cr-1MO Steel Weldmwnt by Borow addition. Welding in the World (Accepted)

96. S.Gayathri, R.Krishnan, T.R.Ravindran, S.TripuraSundari, S.Dass, A K Tyagi, Baldev Raj and M.Sridharan. Spectroscopic studies on DLCTM (TM= Cr,Ag,Ti & N) Multilayers . Materials Research Bulletin (2011)

97. V.Karthik,A.Vijayraghavan, C.N.Venkiteswaran, P.Parameswaran, V.AnandRaj, N.G.Muralidharan, S.Saroja, K.V.Kasiviswanathan, T.Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, 2011 Characterisation of Mechanical properties and Microstructure of Highly Irradiated SS316, Journal of Nuclear Materials (Communicated).

98. P.V.Mahalakshmi, S.C.Vanithadurai, Juda Gopal, Kamachi Mudali & Baldev Raj, Nov 2011. Enhancing Corrosion and biofouling resistance through superhydrophobic surface modification. Current Science Vol 101,No 10,25,pp 1328-1336

99. S.Thirunavukkarasu, B P C Rao, G K Sharma, Viswa Chaithanya, C B Rao,T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, Aravinda Pai, T.K.Mitra and Panduvay Jadore, 2011. Methology for non-destructive assessment of integrity of steam generation shellwelds. International Journal of Structural Integrity, Vol2, No2, pp 145-157.

100. N.K. Sinha, R. Mukhopadhyay, D. Dhupia, S. Das Gupta and Baldev Raj, 2011, Development of fluorocarbon rubber for backup seals of sodium cooled fast breeder reactor, Journal of Materials and Design 32, pp.5141-5153

101. Geetha Manivasagam, V. Anbarasan, U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj, 2011, Corrosion resistant Ti-xNb-xZr alloys for nitric acid applications in spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plants, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 42A, pp. 2685-2695

102. Baldev Raj & P Chellapandi, 2011, An inevitable giga energy Source, steel tech, A quarterly publication steel tech, Vol 5, No.4 pp67-71

103. P Chellapandi, S C Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2011, application of Advanced Mechanisms for the

structural design of sodium cooled fast reactor components, Int Journal of Structureal Longevity, Vol 035.No.1,PP 1-36

104. V. Karthik, K. Laha, P. Parameswaran, K.S. Chandravathi, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, T.

Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2011, Tensile properties of modified 9Cr-1Mo steel by shear punch testing





and correlation with microstructures, International Journal of Pressure Vessel and Pipings 88, pp. 375-383

105. Feby Jose, R. Ramaseshan, S. Dash, S. Tripurasundari, Deepti Jain, V. Ganesan, P. Chandramohan, M.P. Srinivasan, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2010, Significance of aluminium on the morphological and optical properties of Ti1-xAlxN thin films, Materials Science and Engineering A (in press)

106. N. Kumar, S. Dash, S. Rajagopalan, A.K. Bahuguna, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2011, Tribological properties of SiC coatings deposited by r.f. magnetron sputtering with change in substrate temperature, Philosophical Magazine Letters 91 (7), pp. 465-472

107. N. Kumar, P.K. Ajikumar, S. Dash, M. Kamruddin, A.K. Tyagi, Baldev Raj, 2011, Ultra- low friction of TiC/a-C composite coatings, Tribology International 44 (10), pp. 1251-1256

108. N. Kumar, C.R. Das, S. Dash, S.K. Albert, P. Chandramohan, M.P. Srinivasan, A.K. Tyagi, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj, 2011, Tribological properties of NiCr-B coatings, Tribology Letters (in press)

109. G.K. Pandey, I. Banerjee, G. Padmakumar, C. Anand Babu, K.K. Rajan, G. Vaidyanathan, P. Kalyanasundaram, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2011, Development of labyrinth-type sealing devices for prototype fast breeder reactor subassemblies, Nuclear Technology, 175, pp. 692-699

110. C. Anand Babu, D. Sujish, M.S. Murugappa, G. Mohanakrishnan, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2011, A comprehensive treatment method for defluoridation of drinking water, Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, 18, pp. 314-318

111. C.R. Das, N. Kumar, S. Dash, P. Chandramohan, M.P. Srinivasan, S.K. Albert, A.K.Tyagi, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj, 2011, Evolution of tribological properties of reactor-grade NiCrB coating, Tribological Letters (published online)

112. Baldev Raj, P.D. Shima and John Philip, 2011, Thermal properties of nanofluids – Recent developments, Nano Trends: Journal of Nanotechnology and Its Applications 10(3), pp. 14-21

113. Neha Sharma, N. Kumar, B. Sundaravel, Kalpataru Panda, Wang David, M. Kamarrudin, S. Dash, B.K. Panigrahi, A.K. Tyagi, I-Nan Lin, Baldev Raj, 2011, Effect of CH4/H2 plasma ratio on ultralow friction of nanocrystalline diamond coating deposited by MPECVD technique, Revised and Submitted, Tribology International 44 (9), pp. 980-986

114. Rajini P. Antony, Tom Mathews, Arup Dasgupta, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2011,

Rapid breakdown anodization technique for the synthesis of high aspect ratio and high surface area anatase TiO2 nanotube powders, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 184, pp. 624-632

115. R. Subbaratnam, Saju T. Abraham, B.Venkataraman and Baldev Raj, 2011, Immersion and

TOFD (I-TOFD): A noval combination for examination of lower thickness, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation (Springer, UK) 30 (3), pp. 137-142

116. Anil Kumar Sharma, K. Velusamy, P. Chellapandi, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2011, Thermal

hydraulic analysis towards a robust design of leak collection tray for pool type sodium cooled fast reactors, Journal of Energy and Power Engineering (accepted)

117. K. Sakthipandi, V. Rajendran, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and P. Kulandivelu, 2011, Synthesis

and online ultrasonic characterization of bulk and nanocrystalline La0.68Sr0.32MnO3 perovskite manganite, Journal of Alloys and Compounds (accepted)





118. Prasana Sahoo, Douglas Oliveira, Monica Cotta, Sandip Dhara, Sitaram Dash, Ashok Tyagi,

Baldev Raj, 2011, Enhanced surface potential variation of nanoprotrusions of GaN microbelt as a probe for humidity sensing, Journal of Physical Chemistry 115 (13), pp. 5863-5867

119. A. Das, S. Rajagopalan, S. Dhara, K. Prabakar, S. Dash, A.K.Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2010, Nanoscale gate insulator for OFET applications, International Journal of Nanoscience (in press)

120. Rajini P. Antony, Tom Mathews, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2011, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic studies of anodically synthesized self aligned TiO2 nanotube arrays: optimization of process parameters, Materials Physics & Chemistry (in press)

121. T. Sathiyasheela, A. Riyas, P. Mohanakrishna, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2011, Comparative study of unprotected loss of flow accident analysis of 1000 MWe and 500 MWe Fast Breeder Reactor Metal (FBR-M) cores and their inherent safety, Annals of Nucler Energy 38 (5), pp. 1065-1073

122. Sunil Goyal, V.Karthik, K.V.Kasiviswanathan, M.Valsan, K.Bhanu Sankara Rao, Baldev Raj, 2010, Finite Element Analysis of Shear Punch Testing and Experimental Validation, Materials and Design 31, pp 2546-2552

123. G.K. Pandey, I. Banerjee, G. Padmakumar, C. Anand Babu, K.K. Rajan, G. Vaidyanathan, P.

Kalyanasundaram, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2010, Development of labyrinth sealing devices for PFBR subassemblies, Journal of Nuclear Technology 175 (3), pp. 692-699

124. Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, 2010, Development of reduced activation ferritic-martensitic

steels and fabrication technologies for Indian test blanket module, Journal of Nuclear Materials 417, Issues 1-3, p. 72-76

125. Gayatri Paul, John Philip, Baldev Raj, Prasanta Kumar Das and Indranil Manna, 2011, Synthesis, characterization and thermal property measurement of nano-Al95Zn05 dispersed nanofulid prepared by a two-stage process, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 54 (15-16), pp. 3783-3788

126. N. Kumar, C.R. Das, S.Dash, A.K. Tyagi, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj, 2011, The evaluation of tribological properties of steel, Tribology Transaction 54, pp. 62-66

127. N. Kumar, S. Dash, S.K. Srivastava, C.R. Das, S. Kataria, S.Chandramohan, A.K. Tyagi, K.G.M. Nair and Baldev Raj, 2011, Formation of amorphous carbon bearing hard phase in nitrogen ion implanted steel-route of tribological improvement, Wear (accepted)

128. Feby Jose, R. Ramaseshan, A.K. Balamurugan, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2011, Continuous multi cycle nanoindentation studies on compositionally graded Ti1-xAlxN multilayer thin films, Materials Science & Engineering A528, pp. 6438-6444

129. N.C. Raut, N. Kumar, T. Mathews, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2011, Tribological properties of nano structured TiO2

coating, Surface Engineering (accepted)

130. S. Tripura Sundarai, N.C. Raut, P.K. Ajikumar, Tom Mathews, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2010, Ellipsometric studies on TiO2 films, Applied Surface Science 257, pp. 7399-7404

131. T. Saravanan, John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2011, Improved estimation of density of boron

carbide control rods using digital X-ray radiography, INSIGHT – Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monotoring 53(2), pp.258-262





132. N. Kumar, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2011, Melt pool vorticity in deep penetration

laser material welding, Sadhana 36(2), pp. 251-265

133. K.K. Kuriakose, Baldev Raj, S.A.V. Satya Murty and P. Swaminathan, 2011, Knowledge management maturity model: An engineering approach, Journal of Knowledge Management Practice 12(2), pp. 1-25

134. P. Priyada, M. Margret, R. Ramar, Shiva Ramu, M. Menaka, L. Thilagam, B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj, 2011, Intercomparison of gamma scattering gammatography and radiography techniques for mild steel nonuniform corrosion detection, Review of Scientific Instruments 82, pp. 035115-1-8

135. S. Ningshen, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Krishnan and Baldev Raj, 2011, Corrosion behavior of Zr-based metallic glass coating on type 304L stainless steel by pulsed laser deposition method, Surface & Coatings Technology 206, pp. 3961-396

136. N.K. Sinha and Baldev Raj, 2011, Optimization of material and production to develop fluoroelastomer inflatable seals for sodium cooled fast breeder reactor, Nuclear Engineering and Design 241, pp. 739-751

137. John Philip, Damodaran, P.D. Shima and Baldev Raj, 2010, Synthesis of aqueous and non-aqueous iron oxide nanofluids and study of temperature dependence on thermal conductivity, particle aggregation and viscosity, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 114(44), 18825–18833.

138. P. Barat, A. Chatterjee, P. Mukherjee, N. Gayathri, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2010, Microstructural characterization of materials by neural network technique, Physics Letters A 375, pp. 6-10

139. S. Bagavathiappan, John Philip, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, P.N. Someshwar Rao, M. Varalakshmi and V. Mohan, 2010, Correlation between the plantar foot temperature and diabetic neuropathy – A case study using infrared thermal imaging technique, Journal of Diabetes Science & Technology, 4(6), 1386-1392

140. S. Dhara, P. Magudapathy, K.G.M. Nair and Baldev Raj, 2010, Raman probe to estimate surface energies of embedded semiconductor nanostructures, 2010, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 41, p. 628

141. P.D. Shima, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2010, Aggregation of nanoparticles and its influence on thermal conductiviry enhancement – A comparison between stable and unstable nanofluids, Applied Physics Letters 97, pp. 153113

142. P.D. Shima, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2010, Temperature dependence on thermal conductivity, particle aggregation and viscosity of aqueous and non-aqueous nanofluids, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114, pp. 18825

143. Prasana Sahoo, S. Dhara, S. Dash, Baldev Raj, I. Manna and A.K. Tyagi, 2011, Air trapped nanocavity induced superhydrophobicity on GaN microbelt, Applied Physics Letters 98, pp. 043103-1-3; also selected in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 23(5)

144. S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2011, Melt pool vorticity in deep penetration laser material interaction, Sadhana 36, pp. 251-265

145. B. Jeya Ganesh, S. Raju, Arun Kumar Rai, E. Mohandas, M. Vijayalakshmi, K.B.S. Rao and Baldev Raj, 2011, Differential scanning calorimetry study of diffusional and martensitic phase





transformation in some 9 wt.%Cr low carbon ferritic steels, Mateials Science and Technology 27(2), pp. 500-512

146. N.K. Sinha and Baldev Raj, 2010, Development of polymeric applications for sodium cooled

fast breeder reactors: Chronicles of inception, progress and achievements, Nuclear Engineering and Design 240, pp. 2925-2947

147. N. Kumar, C.R. Das, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj, 2010, Evaluation of

tribological properties of nuclear-grade steel, Tribology Transactions 54(1), pp. 62-66

148. Junaid M. Laskar, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2010, Experimental investigation of magnetic field induced aggregation kinetics in non-aqueous ferrofluids, Physical review. E 82 (1),pp.1-10

149. Subhasis Rana, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2010, Micelle based synthesis fo cobalt ferrite nanoparticles and its characterization using Fourier transform infrared transmission spectrometry and thermogravimetry, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 124(1), 264-269

150. T.R. Ravindran, A.K. Arora, S. Ramya, R.V. Subba Rao and Baldev Raj, 2010, Raman

spectroscopic study of medieval Indian art of 17th century, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (Published online)

151. R. Krishnan, Tom Mathews, A.K. Balamurugan, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi, V. Jayaraman and

Baldev Raj, 2009, Reactive pulsed laser deposition of titanium nitride thin film: Optimization of process parameters using secondary ion mass spectrometry, Applied Surface Science, 256(10) 3077-3080

152. C.V. Srinivas, R. Venkatesan, V. Yesubabu, C. Nagaraju, K.M. Somayaji, P. Chellapandi and Baldev Raj, 2010, Assimilation of conventional and satellite wind observations in a mesoscale atmospheric model for studying atmospheric dispersion, Atmospheric Environment, 44(24),2846-2864

153. N. Kumar, S. Kataria, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2010, Cyclic loading effect on

tribological tests during intermetallic contacts of long chained hydrocarbons, Journal of Tribology – Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 4(4) 167-176

154. N. Kumar, S. Kataria, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2010, Contact mechanical study of weld pooled formed in case of ambient and under water medium, Materials and Design 31, pp. 3610-3617

155. C.R. Das, S. Dhara, Baldev Raj, A.K. Bhaduri, S.K. Albrt, A.K. Tyagi, Yeau-Ren Jeng, Ping-Chi

Tsai, H.C. Hsu, L.C. Chen and K.H. Chen, 2010, Direct observation of amorphization in load rate dependent nanoindentation studies of crystalline Si, Applied Physics Letters 96, 253113

156. M. Nani Babu, B. Shanshank Dutt, S. Venugopal, G. Sasikala, A.K. Bhaduri, T. Jayakumar and

Baldev Raj, 2010, On the anomalous temperature dependency of fatigue crack growth of SS 316(N) weld near threshold, Journal of Materials Science & Engineering A, 527(20) 5122-5129

157. M.P. Janawadkar, T.S. Radhakrishnan, K. Gireesan, C. Parasakthi, S. Sengottuvel, Rajesh Patel, C.S. Sundar and Baldev Raj, 2010, SQUID based measurement of biomagnetic fields, Current Science 99(1), pp.36-45

158. K. Boobalan, R. Vijayaraghavan, K. Chidambaram, U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj, 2010,

Preparation and characterization of nanocrystalline zirconia powders by glowing combustion method, Journal of American Ceramic Society, 93(11), 3651–3656





159. C. Pandian, M. Kasinathan, S. Sosamma, C. Babu Rao, T. Jayakumar, N. Murali and Baldev Raj, 2010, Single fiber grid with improved spatial resolution in distributed optical fiber sensor system, Optics Letters, 35(10), 1677-1679.

160. B. Sasi, B.P.C. Rao, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2010, Characterization of solution

annealed VT-14 titanium alloy using eddy current based electrical resistivity measurements, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 63(5), pp. 773-777

161. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, K.V. Rajkumar, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2010, Study of tensile

deformation behavior of M250 maraging steel using acoustic emission, Journal of Materials Science 45, pp. 1371-1384

162. P.Chellapandi. S.C.Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2010, “Structural Integrity Assessment of Reactor

Assembly Components of A Pool Type Sodium Fast Reactor under Core Disruptive Accident - Part 1 : Development of Computer Code and Validations”, Journal of Nuclear Technology 172(1), pp.1-15

163. P.Chellapandi. S.C.Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2010, “Structural Integrity Assessment of Reactor

Assembly Components of A Pool Type Sodium Fast Reactor under Core Disruptive Accident - Part 2 : Analysis for a 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor”, Journal of Nuclear Technology 172, pp. 16-28

164. R. Vijayashree, R. Veerasamy, Sudheer Patri, P. Chellapandi, G. Vaidyanathan, S.C. Chetal

and Baldev Raj, 2010, Design, development, testing and qualification of diverse safety rod and its drive mechanism for a Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor, Nuclear Power Issue of the Journal of Engineeirng for Gas Turbines and Power 132(10), pp. 102921-1-102921-9

165. K. Arunmuthu, P. Arun Kumar, T. Saravanan, John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2010,

Automatic detection and sizing of pores using hough transform, INSIGHT – Journal of European NDT 52(10), pp. 540-547

166. M. Menaka, B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj, 2010, Materials characterization using lock in

thermography, Journal of Non-destructive Evaluation (in print)

167. S. Sathyanarayanan, A. Moitra, G. Sasikala, A. Dasgupta, S. Saroja, A.K. Bhaduri, Baldev Raj and Vakil Singh, 2010, Characterization of crack arrest phenomena in a modified 9Cr-1Mo steel, Journal of Testing and Evaluation 39(3), pp.

168. M.G. Hemanath, C. Meikandamurthy, A. Ashok Kumar, S. Chandramouli, K.K. Rajan, M.

Rajan, G. Vaidyanathan, G. Padmakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2010, Theoretical and experimental performance analysis for cold trap design, Nuclear Engineering and Design 240, pp. 2737-2744

169. K.K. Kuriakose, Baldev Raj, S.A.V. Satya Murty and P. Swaminathan, 2010, Knowledge

management maturity models – A morphological analysis, Journal of Knowledge Management Practices 11(3), 1-12

170. B.K. Choudhary, C. Phaniraj and Baldev Raj, 2010, Interesting relationships for creep

deformation and damage and their applicability for 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steel, Special Issue on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 63(2-3), pp. 675-680

171. S. Dhara, C.Y. Lu, C.T. Wu, C.W. Hsu, W.S. tu, K.H. Chen, Y.L. Wang, L.C. Chen and Baldev

Raj, 2010, Focused ion beam induced nanojunction and defect doping as a building block for nanoscale electronics in GaN nanowires, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114, pp. 15260-15265





172. V. Karthik, K. Laha, K.S. Chandravathi, P. Parameswaran, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 2010, Ball-indentation test technique for evaluating thermal and creep damage of modified 9Cr-1Mo steel, Special Issue on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 63(2-3), pp.431-436

173. M.D. Mathew, P. Palanichamy, S. Latha, T. Jayakumar, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, S.L. Mannan

and Baldev Raj, 2010, Microstructural changes in alloy 625 due to creep and characterization using NDE techniques, Special Issue on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 63(2-3), pp. 449-452

174. Gopa Chakraborty, V. Ramasubbu, S.K. Albert, A.K. Bhaduri, S. Murugesan and Baldev Raj,

2010, Study of magnetism in colmonoy-6 (AWS NiCr-C) deposit on 316LN stainless steel, Materials Science & Engineering B 170, pp. 133-138

175. Prasana Sahoo, S. Dhara, C.R. Das, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi, P. Chandramohan, M.P. Srinivasan

and Baldev Raj, 2010, Surface optical phonon mode in GaN nanowire, International Journal of Nanotchnology 7 (9-12), pp. 823-832

176. Baldev Raj and K Bhanu sankara Rao,2009, Building on knowledge base of sodium cooled

fast spectrum reactors to develop materials technology for fusion reactors, Journal: Fusion Engineering and Design,386-388pp.935-947

177. A.K. Bhaduri, S.K. Albert, C.R. Das and Baldev Raj, 2009, Hardfacing of austenitic stainless steel with nickel-base NiCr alloy, International Journal of Microsotructure and Materials Properties (accepted)

178. S. Raju, B. Jeya Ganesh, Arun Kumar Rai, S. Saroja, E. Mohandas, M. Vijayalakshmi and Baldev Raj, 2009, Drop calorimetry studies on 9Cr-0.23V-0.06Ta-0.09C reduced activation steel, Materials Science & Technology, Vol.31 (2), pp.399-415

179. K. Prabhakar, J. Jayapandian, A.K. Tyagi, C.S. Sundar and Baldev Raj, 2009, Sensitivity of a

nano cantilever based mass sensor, Nano: Brief Reports and Reviews , IEEE Explore, Vol.1, pp.126 - 129

180. Christopher David, B.K. Panigrahi, G. Amarendra, S. Abhaya, S. Balaji, A.k. Balamurugan, K.G.M. Nair and Baldev Raj, 2009, Void swelling in ion irradiated (15Ni-14Cr), Ti-modified stainless steel: A study using positron annihilation and step height measurements, Surface and Coatings Technology, 203, (17-18), pp. 2363-2366

181. S. Ayyappan, S. Philip Raja, C. Venkateswaran, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2010, Room temperature ferromagnetism in vacuum annealed ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles, Appled Physics Letters 96 (4), pp. 143106 - 143106-3

182. V. Karthik, P. Visweswaran, A. Vijayaraghavan, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 2009, Tensile-shear correlations obtained from shear punch test technique using a modified experimental approach, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol.393(3), 425-432

183. S. Ayyappan, S.Mahadevan, P. Chandramohan, M. Srinivasan, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2010, Influence of Co2+ ion concentration on the size, magnetic properties and purity of CoFe2O4 spinel ferrite nanocrystals, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114(14), pp. 6334-6341.





184. N. Kumar, B. Shanmugarajan, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi, G. Padmanabhan and Baldev Raj, 2010, Characterization of hydrodynamic instabilities of keyhold formed on mild steel during underwater laser beam welding via dimensionless quantities, Materials & Design (in press))

185. N. Kumar, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2010, Keyhole depth and irregular humps in case of CW CO2 penetration laser laser beam welding of mild steel in under water and ambient conditions, Sadhana, 35 (5),pp. 609–618.

186. N. Kumar, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2010, Dynamics of plasma expansion in the pulsed laser material interaction, Sadhana, 35 (4), pp.493–511.

187. T. Mathews, B.P. Dhonge, R. Krishnan, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2010, Open atmosphere laser assisted spray pyrolysis technique for deposition of Al2O3 and yttria stabilized zirconia nanostructure coatings, Surface Engineering (Available Online DOI:10.1179/174329409X397723)

188. A. Satyaprasad, S.K. Nema, N.K. Sinha and Baldev Raj, 2010, Deposition of thick and

adherent Teflon like coating on industrial scale stainless steel shell using pulsed dc and RF PECVD, Applied Surface Science 256, pp. 4334-4338

189. C.R. Das, H.C. Hsu, S. Dhara, A.K. Bhaduri, B. Raj, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, S.K. Albert, A. Ray

and Y. Tzeng, 2010, A complete Raman mapping of phase transition in Si under indentation, Journal of Raman Spectroscopoy 41, pp. 334-339

190. K.V. Rajkumar, Anish Kumar. T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and K.K. Roy, 2010, Comprehensive

evaluation of aging behavior in M250 grade maraging steel using nondestructive parameters, Materials Evaluation 68(1), pp. 69-75

191. N.M. Nandhitha, N. Manoharan, B. Sheela Rani, B. Venkataraman, P. Kalyanasundaram and

Baldev Raj, 2010, Comparative study on the suitability of feature extraction techniques for tungsten inclusion and hotspot detection from weld thermographs for on-line weld monitoring, Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences 17, pp. 20-26

192. Feby Jose, R. Ramaseshan, S. Dash, S. Bera, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2010, Response of

magnetron sputtered AIN films to controlled atmosphere annealing, Journal of Physics D: Appied Physics 43, 075304

193. B.P. Dhonge, Tom Mathews, K. Varatharajan, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2009, Synthesis of γ-alumina coating by combustion chemical vapour deposition (C-CVD), Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 9, pp. 5372-5375

194. P Chellapandi, P Puthiyavinayagam, V balasubramaniyan, S.Ragupathy, V Rajanbabu, S C

Chetal and Baldev Raj,2010 Design concepts for Reactor assembly components of 500MWe future SFRs, Nuclear Enngineering International, VOl 240-2010,pp-2948-2956

195. Sukumar Manna, Saju T. Abraham, B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj, 2010, Application of

advanced UT techniqaues for reliable inspection of nuclear components, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, pp.

196. N.M. Nandhitha, N. Manoharan, B. Sheela Rani, M. Chandrasekar, B. Venkataraman, M.

Vasudevan, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2009, Design of back propagation networks for





online monitoring lack of penetration from thermal images in GTAW of AISI stainless steel 316, International Journal of Intelligent Information Processing, pp. 271-279

197. Nandhitha N.M., Sheela Rani B., Manoharan N., Venkataraman B., Vasudevan M., Chandrasekar,

Kalyana Sundaram P.and Baldev Raj, 2009, ‘Wavelet Based Feature Extraction Method for Quantitative Characterization of Porosity in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding by Infrared Thermography in AISI 316 Stainless Steel for On-Line Monitoring and Control’, Intl. Journal of Applied Engineering Research 4( 4), pp. 627-634

198. Nandhitha N.M., Manoharan N., Sheela Rani B., Venkataraman B., Kalyana Sundaram P. and

Baldev Raj, 2009, ‘A Comparative Study on the Performance and Suitability of Feature Extraction Algorithms on Tungsten Inclusion Thermographs for On-line Weld monitoring’, International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 4(1), pp.107-118

199. Nandhitha N.M., Sheela Rani B., Manoharan N., Venkataraman B., Vasudevan M., Chandrasekar,

Kalyana Sundaram P.and Baldev Raj, 2009, ‘Parameter Independent Image Processing Software for Dimensional Characterization of Lack of penetration from Weld Thermograms in GTAW of AISI 316 Stainless Steel’, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2(1), pp.27-30

200. R. Krishnan, S. Amirthapandian, G. Mangamma, R. Ramaseshan, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi, V.

Jayaraman and Baldev Raj, 2009, Implantation indusced hardening of nanocrystalline titanium films, Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 9, 5461-5466

201. P. Chellapandi, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2009, Thermal stripping limits for components of

sodium cooled fast spectrum reactors, Nuclear Engineering & Design 239, pp. 2754-2765

202. A.K. Bhaduri, G. Srinivasan, A. Klenk and Baldev Raj, 2009, Study of hot cracking behaviour of 14Cr-15Ni-2.5Mo Ti-modified fully austenite stainless steel using varestraint and hot ductility tests, Welding in the World 54(1/2), pp. 17-27

203. C. Pandian, M. Kasinathan, S. Sosamma, C. Babu Rao, N. Murali, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2009, One dimensional temperature reconstruction for Raman distributed temperature sensor, Journal of Optical Society of America B26, pp. 2423-2426

204. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar, S. Mahadevan and Sanjay K. Rai, 2009, X-ray diffraction based

residual stress measurements for assessment of fatigue damage and rejuvenation process for undercarriages of aircrafts, Journal of Non-Destrcutive Evaluation - Special Issue on Residual Stress Characterization of Aerospace Alloys 28, pp. 157-162

205. S. Bagavathiappan, Y. Siva Sankar, M.C.S. Kumar, John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj,

2009, Active infrared thermal imaging for quantitative analysis of defects and delaminations in composite materials, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation 8(1), pp. 28-36

206. Junaid M. Laskar, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2009, Experimental evidence for reversible

zippering of chains in magnetic nanofluids under external magnetic fields, Physical Review E80, pp. 1-7

207. S. Thirunavukkarasu, B.P.C. Rao, S. Mahadevan, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, Z. Zeng, L. Udpa

and S.S. Udpa, 2009, Finite element modeling for detection of localized defects using remote field eddy current technique, Journal of Research in Nondestructive Evaluation (Taylor and Francis) 20(3), pp. 145-258

208. S. Banerjee, N. Gayathri, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2009, Imaging elastic property

of surfaces at nanoscale using atomic force microscopy, Applied Surface Science 256(2), pp. 503-507





209. G, Mangamma, Mohan Kant, M.S.R. Rao, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2009, Atomic Force Acoustic Microscopy of Nanostructured SiC coatings, Journal of Scanning Probe Microscopy 4(1), pp.36-41

210. C. Pandian, S. Sosamma, M. Kasinathan, C. Babu Rao, N. Murali, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj,

Manoj Kumar Saxena, S.D.V.S.J. Raju, Rakesh Sharma and Sanjay Kher, 2009, Identification of a dormant thermally stimulated defect in an optical fibre using a raman sensor, INSIGHT – European Journal of NDT 51(10), pp. 568-569

211. K.V. Govindankutty, P.R. Vasudeva Rao and Baldev Raj, 2009, Current status of the

development of the fast reactor fuel cycle in India, Revue Generale Nucleaire 6, pp. 120-126

212. L. Satyanarayanan, Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, C.V. Krishnamurthy, Krishnan Balasubramaniam and Baldev Raj, 2009, Sizing cracks in power plant components using array based ultrasonic techniques, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation 28, pp. 111-124

213. S. Ayyappan, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2009, Effect of digestion time on size and magnetic poperties of spinel COFe2O4, Journal of Physical Chemistry C113, pp. 590-596

214. P.D. Shima, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2009, Role of microconvection induced by Brownian motion of nanoparticles in the enhanced thermal conductivity of stable nanofluids, Applied Physics Letters 94, pp. 223101

215. P.D. Shima, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2009, Magnetically controllable nanofulid with thermal conductivity and viscosity, Applied Physics Letters 95, 1 (2009) pp. 133112

216. N. Padhy, S. Ningshen, U. Kamachi Mudali and Balidev Raj, 2009, In-situ surface investigations of austenitic stainless steel in nitric acid medium using electrochemical atomic force microscopy, Scripta materialia 62, pp. 45-48

217. J. Arunkumar, S. Abhaya, R. Rajaraman, G. Amarendra, K.G.M. Nair, C.S. Sundar and Baldev Raj, 2009, Positron annihilation studies on D9 steel – Effect of Ti concentration, Physica Status Solidi C 6(11), pp. 2319-2321

218. V. Raghunathan, S. Hari Babu, Varghese Anto Chirayath, R. Rajaraman, G. Amarendra, S. Saroja, C.S. Sundar, Ana Alamo and Baldev Raj, 2009, Positron annihilation studies on 9Cr reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steels, Physica Status Solidi 6(11), pp. 2307-2309

219. S. Ayyappan, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2009, A facile method to control the size and magnetic properties of CoFe2O4 nanoparpticles, Materials Chemistry and Physics 115, pp. 712-717

220. A. Ravi Shankar, S. Suresh Babu, M. Ashafaq, U. Kamachi Mudali, K. Prasad Rao, N. Saibaba and Baldev Raj, 2009, Dissimilar joining of Zircaloy-4 to type 304L stainless steel by friction welding process, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 18(9), pp.1272-1279.





221. P.K. Ajikumar, M. Kamruddin, P. Shankar, Ramakrishna Gouda, A.K. Balamurugan, R. Nithya, A.K. Tyagi, V. Jayaram, S.K. Biswas and Baldev Raj, 2009, Internal nitride formation during gas-phase thermal nitridation of titanium, Scripta Materialia 61, pp. 403-406

222. L. Satyanarayan, K.V. Rajkumar, G.K. Sharma, T. Jayakumar, C.V. Krishnamurthy, Krishnan Balasubramaniam and Baldev Raj, 2009, Investigations on imaging and sizing of defects using ultrasonic phased array and the synthetic aperture focusing techniques, INSIGHT – The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing 51(7), pp. 384-390

223. C.N. Venkiteswaran, V. Karthik, P. Parameswaran, N.G. Muralidharan, V. Anandaraj, S. Saroja, V. Venugopal, M. Vijayalakshmi, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 2009, Study of microstructure and property changes in irradiated SS316 wrapper of fast breeder test reactor, Journal of ASTM International 6(7), pp. 1-10

224. Baldev Raj, 2009, Materials science research for sodium cooled fast reactors, Bulletin of Materials Science 32(3), pp. 271-283

225. K.V. Rajkumar, R. Rajaraman, Anish Kumar, G. Amarendra, T. Jayakumar, C.S. Sundar, Baldev Raj and K.K. Ray, 2009, Investigation of microstructural changes in M250 grade maraging steel using positron annihilation, Philisophical Magazine & Philosophical Magazine Letters 89(20), pp. 1597-1610

226. C.R. Das, S. Dhara, H.C. Hsu, L.C. Chen, Y.R. Jeng, A.K. Bhaduri, Baldev Raj, K.H. Chen and S.K. Albert, 2009, The mechanism of the recrystallization process in epitaxial GaN under dynamic stress field: Atomistic origin of planar defect formation, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 40, pp. 1881-1884 (also published online www.interscience.willey.com – DOI 10.1002/jrs.2336

227. Baldev Raj, T.Jayakumar, john Philip, T. Saravanan and S. Bagavathiyappan 2009, Infrared thermography, Medical Equipment and Automation, 2(3), pp. 65-67

228. V. Rajendran, S. Muthu Kumaran, T. Jayakumar, P. Palanichamy, P. Shankar and Baldev Raj,

2009, Microstructure and ultrasonic behaviour on thermal heat-treated Al-Li 800 alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 478(2), pp. 147-153

229. A.Vageswar, K. Balasubramaniam, C.V. Krishnamurthy, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2009,

Periscope infrared thermography for local wall thinning in tubes, NDT and E International 42(4), pp. 275-282

230. S. Ningshen, U. Kamachi Mudali, G. Amarendra, S. Mandal, P.V. Sivaprasad, P. Barat and Baldev Raj, 2009, Corrosion assessment of nitric acid grade austenitic stainless steel, Corrosion Science 51(2), pp. 322-329

231. Baldev Raj and K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, 2009, Design, development and characterization of fast breeder reactor materials and components, Metals Materials and Processes 21(1), pp. 53-71 (Special issue as homage to Prof. C.V. Sundaram)

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232. U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj, 2009, Insitu corrosion inviestigations on Delhi Iron Pillar, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals 62(1), pp. 25-32

233. Baldev Raj, 2009, Science and technology of fast breeder reactor programme in India: Challenges and achievements, Annals of Indian Academy of Engineering, VI, pp. 9-54

234. Baldev Raj, Divakar Ramachandran and M. Vijayalakshmi, 2009, Development of cladding materials for sodium cooled fast reactors in India, Special Issue on High Performance Structural Materials, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 62(2), pp. 89-94

235. Baldev Raj and K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, 2009, Building on knowledge base of sodium cooled fast spectrum reactors to develop materials technology for fusion reactors, Journal of Nuclear Materials 386-388, pp. 935-943

236. R. Krishnan, R. Ramaseshan, Tom Mathews, R. Nithya, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2009, Synthesis of nanostructured titanium nitride films by PLD through reactive processing, Surface Engineering 25(3), pp. 218-222

237. Baldev Raj, 2009, Plutonium and the Indian atomic energy programme, Journal of Nuclear Materials 385(1), pp. 142-147

238. S. Bagavathiappan, T. Saravanan, John Philip, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, R. Karunanithi,

T.M.R. Panicker, M. Paul Korath, K. Jagadeesan, 2009, Infrared thermal imaging for detection of peripheral vascular disorders, Journal of Medical Physics 34(1), pp. 40-44

239. S.S. Singh, D.Roy, R. Mitra, R.V. Subba Rao, R.K.Dayal, Baldev Raj and I. Manna, 2009,

Studies on laser sintering of mechanically alloyed AI50Ti40Si10 composite, Materials Science and Engineering A501(1-2), pp. 242-247

240. J. Arunkumar, S. Abhaya, R. Rajaraman, G. Amarendra, K.G.M. Nair, C.S. Sundar and Baldev Raj, 2009, Defect recovery in proton irradiated Ti-modified stainless steel probed by positron annihilation, Journal of Nuclear Materials 384, pp. 245-248

241. T. Jayakumar, B.P.C. Rao and Baldev Raj, 2009, Recent advances in nondestructive

evaluation of stainless steels, Steel Tech 4(1), pp.9-22

242. K.V. Rajkumar, B.P.C. Ral, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2009, Characterization of microstructures in M250 trade maraging steel using multi-nondestructive evaluation techniques, Steel Tech 4(1), pp. 33-38

243. Baldev Raj and B. Venkataraman, 2009, Quality management practices during the

manufacture of fast reactor components, Steel Tech, 3(3), pp. 9-17 244. P. Chellapandi, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2009, Structural integrity assessment of reactor assembly

components of a pool type sodium fast reactor under core disruptive accident, Accident-Part I: Developemt of computer code and validations,Journal of Nuclear Technology , vol 172(1) pp-01-15

245. P. Chellapandi, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2009, Structural integrity assessment of reactor assembly

components of a pool type sodium fast reactor under core disruptive accident -Part 2: Analysis for a 500MWe Prototype Fast Breeder recator,Journal of Nuclear Technology , vol 172(1) pp-16-28





246. Baldev Raj, S C Chetal and P Chellapandi, 2009, Design and Development of Prototypr Fast Breeder Reactor in India, Nuclear Engineering International,pp 20-23

247. P Chellapandi, S C Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2009, Thermal striping on Bucking of FBR vessels

under seismic loading with fluid structure interactions, Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol 238,pp 3208-3217

248. S. Girija, U. Kamachi Mudali, R.K. Dayal and Baldev Raj, 2009, Surface protection of type

316LN in neutral chloride solution, Materials performance 48(1), pp. 70-74

249. T. Saravanan, S. Bagavathiappan, John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2008, Enhanced sensitivity for detection of defects in gas turbine blades of aeroengine and hairpin tubes of heavy water plant using microfocal radiography, INSIGHT – Journal of European NDT 50(10), pp. 560-563

250. S. Raju, B. Jeya Ganesh, Arun Kumar Rai, R. Mythili, S. Saroja, E. Mohandas, M. Vijayalakshmi, K. Laha, K.B.S. Rao and Baldev Raj, 2008, Measurement of transformation temperature and specific heat capacity of tungsten added reduced activation ferritic-martensitic steel (RAFM), Journal of Nuclear Materials 389(3), pp. 385-393

251. Baldev Raj, S. Saroja, T. Karthikeyan, K. Laha, M.Vijayalakshmi and K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, 2008, Methods to overcome embrittlement problem in 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steesl and its weldment, Journal of Materials Science 44(9), pp. 2239-2246

252. Sumantra Mandal, P.V. Sivaprasad, Baldev Raj and V. S. Sarma, 2008, Grain boundary microstructural control through thermomechanical processing in titanium modified austenitic stainless steel, Metallurgical & Materials Transactions A39(13), pp. 3298-3307

253. Sumantra Mandal, P.V. Sivaprasad, P. Barat and Baldev Raj, 2008, An overview of neural network based modeling in alloy design and thermo-mechanical processing of austenitic stainless steels, Materials and Manufacturing Processing 24(2), pp. 219-224

254. G. Amarendra, B.K. Panigrahi, S. Abhaya, Christopher David, R. Rajaraman, K.G.M. Nair, C.S. Sundar, Baldev Raj, 2008, Positron beam studies of void swelling in ion irradiated Ti-modified stainless steel, Applied Surface Science 255(1), pp.139-141

255. Christopher David, B.K. Panigrahi, R. Rajaraman, S. Balaji, A.K. Balamurugan, K.G.M. Nair, G. Amarendra, C.S. Sundar, Baldev Raj, 2008, A study of the effect of titanium on the void swelling behavior of D9 steels by ion beam simulation, Journal of Nuclear Materials 383(1-2), pp. 132-136

256. R.R. Yadav, Giridhar mishra, P.K. Yadava, S.K. Kor, A.K. Gupta, Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, 2008, Ultrasonic properties of nanoparticles-liquid suspensions, Ultrasonics 48(6-7), pp. 591-593

257. W. Sharatchandra Singh, B.P.C. Rao, S. Vaidyanathan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2008, Detection of leakage magnetic flux from near-side and far-sde defects in carbon steel plates using giant magneto resistive sensor, Measurement Science & Technology, 19 (1), pp. 015702





258. P. Ghanty, M. Vasudevan, N. Chandrasekhar, D.P. Mukherjee, N.R. Pal, V. Maduraimuthu, A.K. Bhaduri, P. Barat and Baldev Raj, 2008, Artificial neural network approach for estimating weld bead width and depth of penetration from infrared thermal image of weld pool, Science & Technology of Welding and Joining 13(4), pp. 395-401

259. N.R. Karthekeyan, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2008, Thermal properties of Cu & CuO nanofluid, Materials Chemistry and Physics 109, pp.50-55

260. S. Bagavathiappan, T. Saravanan, John Philip, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, R. Karunanithi, T.M.R. Panicker, M. Paul Korath and K. Jagadeesan, 2008, Investigation on peripheral vascular disorders using thermal imaging technique, British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, 8(2), pp. 102-104

261. K. Arunmuthu, P. Arunkumar, T. Saravanan, John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2008, Image processing of radiographs of tube-to-tube sheet weld joints for enhanced detectability of defects, INSIGHT – European Journal of NDT 50(10), pp. 560-563

262. S. Dhara, C.R. Das, H.C. Hsu, Baldev Raj, A.K. Bhaduri, L.C. Chen, K.H. Chen, S.K. Albert

and Ayan Ray, 2008, Recrystallization of epitaxial GaN under indentation, Applied Physics Letters 92, pp. 143114/1-3

263. Baldev Raj and U. Kamachi Mudali, 2008, Surfac engineering of steels and stainless steels for

Fast Breeder Reactor programme, Steel Tech 3, pp.24-31

264. A.K. Bhaduri, S.K. Albert, C.R. Das and Baldev Raj, 2008, Hardfacing of austenitic stainless steel with nickel-base NiCr alloy, Welding in the World 52 (Special Issue), pp. 665-670

265. S. Saroja, M. Vijayalakshmi and Baldev Raj, 2008, Physical metallurgy of a Ti-5%Ta-1.8%Nb alloy, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals 61(5), pp. 389-398

266. P. Chellapandi, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2008, Investigation on buckling of FBR vessel

under seismic loadings with fluid structure interactions, Nuclear Engineering and Design 238(12) , pp.3208-3217

267. S. Saroja, M. Vijayalakshmi and Baldev Raj, 2008, Physical metallurgy of Ti-Ta-Nb alloys,

Special Issue of Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals 65(5), pp. 389-398

268. Baldev Raj, 2008, Status of sodium cooled fast reactors with closed fuel cycle in India, Societe Francaise d’Energie Nucleaire – Inernational Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2007), “The renaissance at Work” 5, pp. 3251-3260

269. John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2008, Magnetic field induced extinction of light in a suspension of Fe3O4 nanoparticles, Applied Physics Letters 92, pp. 221911 and selected for Issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, June 2008

270. T. Saravanan, S. Bagavathiappan, John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2008, Estimation of density variation in vibrocompacted boron carbide capsules by X-ray radiography, Materials Evaluation 66(11), pp. 1189-1193





271. S. Dhara, C-Y. Lu, K.G.M. Nair, k-H. Chen, C-P. Chen, Y-F. Huang, C. David, L-C. Chen and Baldev Raj, 2008, Mechanism of bright red emission in Si nanoclusters, Nanotechnology 19 (39), art.no. 385401

272. Junaid M. Laskar, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2008, Light scattering in a magnetically polarizable nanoparticle suspension, Physical Review E 78(3), art.no. 031404

273. Kathirvel Thiyagarajan, Krishnan Balasubramaniam, Tirunavukarasu, B.P.C. Rao, T.

Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2008, Detection of corrosion damage on aircraft fleet structures, Journal of Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation, 7(1), pp.27-31

274. S. Ningshen, U. Kamachi Mudali, P. Mukherjee, A. Sarkar, P. Barat, N. Padhy, Baldev Raj, 2008, Influence of oxygen ion irradiation on the corrosion aspects of Ti-5%Ta-2%Nb alloy and oxide coated titanium, Corrosion Science 55, pp. 2124-2134

275. P. Chellapandi, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2008, Investigation of fluid-elastic instability of weir shell in a pool type fast breeder reactor, Journal of Advances in Vibration Engineering 7(2), pp. 111-126

276. Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, C. Babu Rao, Govind K. Sharma, K.V. Rajkumar and Baldev Raj, 2008, Nondestructive characterization of musical pillars of Kahamandapam of Vitthala Temple at Hampi, India, Journal of Acoustical Society of America 124(2), pp. 911-917

277. S. Muthu Kumaran, V. Rajendran, T. Jayakumar, P. Palanichamy, P. Shankar and Baldev Raj, 2008, First differential of temperature dependent ultrasonic parameters as an effective tool for identifying precipitation reactions in a slow heat treated 8090 Al-Li alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 464(1-2), pp.150-156

278. S. Mahadevan, T. Jayakumar, B.P.C Rao, Anish Kumar, K.V. Rajkumar and Baldev Raj, 2008, X-ray diffraction profile analysis for characterizing isothermal ageing behaviour of M250 maraging steel, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 39(8), pp.1978-1984

279. S. Thirunavukkarasu, B.P.C. Rao, S. Vaidyanathan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2008, Influence of sodium deposits in team generator tubes on remote field eddy current signals, International Journal of Pressure Vessesl and Piping 85(4), pp. 211-218

280. Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and D. Banerjee, 2008, A new methodology for

identification of -transus temperature in a + and Ti-alloys using ultrasonic velocity measurements, Philosophical magazine A88 (3), pp. 327-338

281. C. Sudha, P. Shankar, R.V. Subba Rao, R. Thirumurugesan, M. Vijayalakshmi and Baldev Raj, 2008, Microchemical and microstructural studies in a PTA weld overlay of Ni-Cr-Si-B alloy on AISI 304L stainless steel, Surface and Coatings Technology 202(10), pp. 2103-2112





282. R. Subbaratnam, B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj, 2008, Time of flight diffraction an alternative NDE method for evaluation of thick walled weldments, Journal of Non-Destructive Evaluation 6, pp. 17-21

283. Sumantra Mandal, P.V. Sivaprasad, S. Venugopal, K.P.N. Murthy and Baldev Raj, 2008, Artificial neural network modeling of composition-process-property correlations in austenitic stainless steels, Materials Science & Engineering A485( 1-2), pp.571-580

284. John Philip, P.D. Shima and Baldev Raj, 2008, Evidence for enhanced thermal conduction through percolating structures in nanofluids, Nanotechnology 19, 305706

285. John Philip, P.D. Shima and Baldev Raj, 2008, Nanofluid with tunable thermal properties,

Applied Physics Letters 92, 043108

286. N.M. Nandhitha, N. Manoharan, B. Sheela Ranai, B. Venkataraman, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2008, Image processing algorithm for quantitative characterization of thermal imaging acquired during on-line monitoring, International Journal on Intelligent Electronic Systems, 1(1), pp. 36-40

287. Baldev Raj, M. Vijayalakshmi, P.R. Vasudeva Rao and K.B.S. Rao, 2008, Challenges in materials research for sustainable nuclear energy, MRS Bulletin Special Issue on Harnessing Materials for Energy (Eds. V.S. Arunachalam and E.L. Fleischer) 33, pp. 327-342

288. A.Ravi Shankar, U.Kamachi Mudali, H.S.Khatak and Baldev Raj, 2008, Plasma Sprayed Yttria-stabilised Zirconia Coatings on Type 316L stainless steel as a candidate material for pyrochemical reprocessing plant, Journal of Nuclear Materials 372, pp.226-232

289. P Chellapani, V Rajan Babu,P Puthiyavinayagam, S C Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2008,

Experimental evaluation of Integrity of FBR Core under seismic events, Journal of Power and Energy Systems, Vol 2, pp 582-589

290. P Chellapandi, S C Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2008, Investigation of fluid elastic instability of weir

shell in a pool type fast breeder reactor, Advance in Vibration Engineering,The Scientiffic Journal of the Vibration Instoitute of India, Vol.7, No2, pp 111-126

291. J.Guidez and L.Martin,S C Chetal ,P.Chellapandi and Baldev Raj, 2008, Lessons learned form

sodium cooled fast reactor operation and their ramifications for future reactors with respect to enhanced safety and reliability, Nuclear Tech, Vol.164, Nov.2008,pp 207-220

292. Anish Kumar, K.V. Rajkumar, G.K. Sharma, K.B. Dayalan, V. Venkatachalapathy, T.

Jayakumar, C.S. Pillai, S.E. Kannan and Baldev Raj, 2007, Impact echo and low frequency ultrasonic testing for assessment of damage to concrete blocks exposed to sodium fire, Materials Evaluation 66(11), pp. 1182-1188

293. B.P.C. Rao, S. Thirunavukkarasu, K. Krishna Nand, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2007, Enhancement of magnetic flux leakage images of sub-surface defects in carbon steel suing eigen value based approach, Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation (Taylor & Francis) 23, pp. 35-42





294. M. Sivanantham, R. Kesavamoorthy, T.N. Sairam and Baldev Raj, 2007, Stimulus response behaviour and molecular structural modification of polyacrylamide gel in nitric acid: A study by Raman, FTIR and photoluminescence techniques, Journal of Polymer Science B46(7), pp.710-720

295. P. Johan Singh, C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar, S.L. Mannan and Baldev Raj, 2007, Understanding fatigue crack propagation in AISI 316(N) weld using Elber’s crack closure concept: experimental results from GCMOD and acoustic emission techniques, International Journal of Fatigue 29(12), pp. 2170-2179

296. Sumantra Mandal, S.K. Mishra, Anish Kumar, I. Samajdar, P.V. Sivaprasad, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, Evolution and characterization of dynamically recrystallized microstructure in a Ti modified austenitic stainless steel using ultrasonic and EBSD techniques, Philosophical Magazine 88(6), pp. 883-897

297. J.M. Laskar, S. Bagavathiappan, Manas Sardar, T. Jayakumar, J. Philip and Baldev Raj, 2008, Measurement of thermal diffusivity of solids using continuous heat source and infrared thermography, Materials Letters A 62(17-18), pp.2740-2742

298. P. Chellapandi, V. Rajan Babu, P. Puthiyavinayagam, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2007, Experimental evaluation of integrity of FBR core under seismic events, Journal of Template (in press)

299. P. Johan Singh, C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar, S.L. Mannan and Baldev Raj, 2007, Understanding fatigue crack propagation in AISI 316(N) weld using Elber’s crack closure concept: Experimental results from GCMOD and acoustic emission techniques, International Journal of Fatigue, 29, pp. 2170-2179

300. Banerjee, S, Sinha N K, Gayathri.N, Ponraju D, Raj Baldev:2007: Detecting onset of chain

scission and crosslinking of y-ray irradiated surfaces using frictional force microscopy J.Phys.D:Appl.Phys.40:834

301. N. Kumar, S. Dash, B.P. Dhonge, T. Mathews, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2007, Dynamics and vapourization mechanism of liquid droplet in a system of two phase compressible viscous convective flow, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (in press)

302. N. Kumar, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2007, Thermal dynamics based mechanism for intense laser induced material surface vapourization, Pramana- Journal of Physics 71(3), pp. 529-543

303. Utpal Borah, Shreedhar Venugopal, R. Nagarajan, P.V. Sivaprasad, S. Venugopal and Baldev Raj, 2007, Estimation of springback in double-curvature forming of plates: Experimental evaluation and process modeling, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 50, pp. 704-718

304. N.R. Karthikeyan, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2007, Effect of clustering on the thermal conductivity of nanofluids, Materials Chemistry and Physics 109(1), pp.50-55

305. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, S. Venugopal, T. Jayakumar, S.L. Mannan, Baldev Raj. B. Chatterji, R. Srinivasan, V. Gopalakrishnan, G. Madusudan and R.S. Tripathi, 2007, Acoustic Emission monitoring





of open die and closed die forging processes of Al alloy, Journal of Materials and Manufacturing Processes 22, pp. 887-892

306. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar, K.K. Ray and Baldev Raj, 2007, Acoustic emission during tensile deformation of pre-strained nuclear grade AISI type 304 stainless steel in the unnotched and notched conditions, Journal of Materials Science 42, pp.5647-5656

307. Sumantra Mandal, Anish Kumar, P.V. Sivaprasad, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007,

Characterization of microstructural evolution during thermomechanical processing of a 15Cr-15Ni-2.2Mo-Ti modified austenitic stainless steel (alloy D9) using ultrasonic measurements, Materials Science and Technology 23(11), pp. 1381-1386

308. M. Vasudevan, G. Srinivasan, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj, 2007, Computational model for classification of solidification modes in austenitic stainless steel welds, Modeling and Simulation, Materials Science & Engineering 23, pp. 121-138

309. P. Kalyanasundaram, S. Thirunavakkarasu, B.P.C. Rao, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, Eigen value based approach for enhancement of eddy current images of shallow defects, Research in Nondestructive Evaluation 18, pp. 13-21

310. K.V. Rajkumar, S. Vaidyanathan, Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and K.K.Ray, 2007, Characterization of ageing induced microstructural changes in M250 maraging steel using magnetic parameters, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 312, pp.359-365

311. R. Natarajan and Baldev Raj, 2007, Fast reactor fuel reprocessing technology in India, Journal of Nuclear Science & Technology, 44(3), pp.393-397

312. S. Mahadevan, G.Gnanaprakash, J. Philip, B.P.C. Rao and T. Jayakumar, 2007, X-ray diffraction-based characterization of magnetic nanoparticles in presence of goethite and correlation with magnetic properties, Physica E 39, pp. 20-25

313. A. Ravi Shankar, V.R. Raju, M. Narayana Rao, U. Kamachi Mudali, H.S. Khatak and Baldev Raj, 2007, Corrosion of zircaloy-4 and its welds in nitric acid medium, Corrosion Science 49 (9), pp. 3527-3538

314. G. Gnanaprakash, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2007, Effect of divalent metal hydroxide solubility product on the size of ferrite nanoparticles, Materials Letters 61, pp.4545-4548

315. S. Banerjee, N.K. Sinha, N. Gayathri, D. Ponraju, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2007, Detecting

of chain scission and crosslinking of -ray irradiated elastomer surfaces using frictional force microscopy, Physics D: Applied Physics 40(3), p. 843

316. T. Saravanan, S. Bagavathiappan, John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, Segmentation of defects from radiography images by histogram concavity threshold method, INSIGHT – European Journal of NDT 49(10), pp.578-584





317. V. Karthik, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, A. Vijayaragavan, K. Laha and Baldev Raj, 2007, Stress-strain properties of ferritic steels using automated ball-indentation testing – Pile-up effects included, Trans. of the Indian Institute of Metals 60(5), pp. 487-494

318. K. Krishna Nand, B.P.C. Rao, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, Novel wavelet transform based approaches to process eddy current signals from stainless steel cladding tubes, Journal of Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation (India) 6(10), pp. 41-50

319. Baldev Raj and M. Rajan, 2007, India’s fast reactor programme in the context of environment sustainabaility, international Journal of Environmental Studies 64(6), pp. 729-747

320. John Philip, P.D. Shima and Baldev Raj, 2007, Experimental evidence for enhancement of thermal conductivity under clustering, Applied Physics Letters 91(1), 203108 and selected for Issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 16 (22), November 26, 2007

321. T. Saravanan, S. Bagavathiappan, John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, Improved estimation of radial gap from radiography images using image processing tools, INSIGHT-Journal of European NDT 49(12), pp. 701-707

322. W. Sharatchandra Singh, B.P.C. Rao, S. Vaidyanathan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, Detection of leakage magnetic flux from near-side and far-side defects in carbon steel plates using a giant magneto-resistive sensor, Measurement Science & Technology 19, pp. 015702-015709

323. P. Chellapandi, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2007, Effects of nuclear island connected buildigs on seismic behaviour of reactor internals in a pool type fast breeder, Nuclear Engineering and Design 237, pp.2250-2264

324. B.P.C. Rao, S. Thirunavukkarasu, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, An approach for stringent quality assurance of steam generator tubes, INSIGHT – European Journal of NDT 49(12), pp. 698-700

325. T. Saravanan, S. Bagavathiappan, John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, Segmentation of defects from radiography images by histogram concavity threshold methods, INSIGHT – European Journal of NDT 49(10), pp.578-584

326. Anish Kumar, Sumantra Mondal, P.V. Sivaprasad, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, Characterization of microstructural evolution during thermo-mechanical processing of a 15Cr-15Ni-2.2Mo-Ti modified austenitic stainless steel (alloy D9) using ultrasonic measurements, Materials Science and Technology 23(11), pp. 1381-1386

327. K.V. Rajkumar, Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, K.K. Ray and Baldev Raj, 2007, Characterization of ageing behaviour in M250 maraging steel usingultrasonic measurements, Metallurgical Transactions A 38A, pp. 236-243





328. Sumantra Mandal, P.V. Sivaprasad, R.K. Dube and Baldev Raj, 2007, Kinetics, mechanism and modeling of microstructural evolution during dynamic recrystallization in a 15Cr-15Ni-2.2Mo-Ti modified austenitic stainless steel, Materials Science Forum 550, pp. 601-606 (Paper presented at the International Symposium on Fundamentals of Deformation and Annealing, Manchester, UK, September 4-7, 2006)

329. J. Philip, G. Gnanaprakash, G. Panneerselvam, M.P. Antony, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, Effect of thermal annealing on the crystal structure, size and magnetic properties of ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles, Journal of Applied Physics 102, 054305

330. S. Girija, U. Kamachi Mudali, H.S. Khatak and Baldev Raj, 2007, The application of Electrochemical noise resistance to evaluate the corrosion resistance of AISI type 304 SS in nitric acid, Corrosion Science 49(11), pp.4051-4088

331. R. Nagendran, M.P. Janawadkar, M. Pattabiraman, D.K. Baisnab, J. Jayapandian, R. Baskaran, L.S. Vaidyanathan, Y. Hariharan, A. Nagesha, M. Valsan, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj, 2007, Development of SQUID based system for non-destructive evaluation, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 17(3), pp.3824-3829

332. R. Nagendran, M.P. Janawadkar, M. Pattabiraman, D.K. Baisnab, R. Baskaran, L.S. Vaidyanathan, Y. Hariharan, Baldev Raj, A. Nagesha, M. Valsan, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, 2007, Development of SQUID-based non-destructive evaluation system for detecting fatigue induced

transformation of -ferrite to non-magnetic phases, NDT & E International 40, pp.215-219

333. V. Karthik, K. Laha, P. Parameswaran, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 2007, Shear punch and ball indentation test techniques for assessing the thermal and creep damage of modified 9Cr-1Mo steel, American Society for Materials Testing, ASTM-STP (2007)

334. G. Gnanaprakash, John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, Effect of digestion time and alkali addition rate on the physical properties of magnetite nanoparticles, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111, pp. 7978-7986

335. M. Vasudevan, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj, 2007, Prediction of ferrite number in stainless steel welds using Baysian neural network model, Welding in the World 51(7/8), pp.15-28

336. A.K. Tyagi, G. Mangamma, M. Kamruddin, S. Dash and Baldev Raj, 2007, Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline Cr2O3 and ZrO2 ceramic materials, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 7(6), pp.2005-2009

337. N. Kumar, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2007, Hydrodynamical phenomena in the process of laser welding and cutting, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining 12(6), pp. 540-548

338. A. Basu, J. Dutta Majumdar, S. Ghosh Chowdhury, P.K. Ajikumar, P. Shankar, A.K. Tyagi, Baldev Raj and I. Manna, 2007, Microstructural and texture studies of gas nitrided Cr-coated low alloy high carbon steel, Surface and Coatings Technology 201(16-17), pp. 6985-6992





339. A. Nishara Begum, V. Rajendran, T. Jayakumar, P. Palanichamy, N. Priyadarsini, S. Aravindan and Baldev Raj, 2007, On-line ultrasonic velocity measurements for characterization of microstructural

evaluation during thermal aging of -quenched Zircaloy-2, Journal of Materials Characterization 58(6), pp.563-570

340. S. Banerjee, N. Gayathri, S.R. Shannigrahi, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2007, Imaging distribution of local stiffness over surfaces using atomic force acoustic microscopy, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 40(8), p.2539

341. G. Gnanaprakash, S. Mahadevan, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2007, Effect of initial pH and temperature of iron salt solutions on formation of magnetic nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics 103(1), pp. 168-175

342. V. Karthik, K. Laha, P. Parameswaran, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 2007, Small specimen test techniques for estimating the tensile property degradation of modified 9Cr-1Mo on thermal ageing, Journal of Testing and Evaluation 35(4), pp.438-448

343. S. Sosamma, C. Babu Rao, T. Jayakumar, M.V.R. Prasad, R. Krishnan and Baldev Raj, 2007, Development of X-ray fluorescence based methodology for quality control of zari used in silk sarees, Journal of Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation 5(1), pp. 18-22

344. K.V. Rajkumar, Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and K.K. Ray, 2007, Characterization of ageing behaviour in M250 grade maraging steel using eddy current non-destructive methodology, Materials Science & Engineering A 464, pp.233-240

345. Sumantra Mandal, P.V. Sivaprasad, K.P.N. Murthy and Baldev Raj, 2006, Modeling the hot deformation behaviour of a 15Cr-15Ni-2.2Mo-Ti modified austenitic stainless steel using artificial neural network, Metals Materials and Processes, 18, pp. 159-170

346. P.K. Ajikumar, Ananthi Sankaran, M. Kamruddin, R. Nithya, P. Shankar, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2006, Morphology and growth aspects of Cr(N) phases on gas nitridation of chromium plated 316LN stainless steel, Surface Science and Coatings Technology 201(1-2), p. 102-107

347. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, S. Venugopal, T. Jayakumar, S.L. Mannan, Baldev Raj, B. Chatterji, R.Srinivasan, V. Gopalakrishnan, G. Madhusudan and R.S. Tripathi, 2006, Optimization of the positioning of acoustic emission sensor for monitoring hot forging process, Journal of Materials and Manufacturing Processes 21, pp. 533-539

348. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2006, Application of non-destructuve evaluation techniques for conditioning moniroting of components and plants Part 1: Vibration and Acoustic Emission Techniques, International Journal COMADEM 9, p.23

349. G. Mangamma, T.N. Sairam, S. Dash, M. Rajalakshmi, M. Kamruddin, V.K. Mittal, S.V. Narasimhan, A.K. Arora, C.S. Sundar, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2006, Spectroscopic characterization of nanocrystalline chromium nitride (CrN), Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 7(3), pp. 970-976





350. B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj and M. Menaka, 2006, Thermal imaging and MLP based ANN for characterizing tensile deformation and predicting strain rate, Journal of Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation, Special Issue on Thermography 5(3), pp.48-57

351. N.M. Mandhitha, N. Manoharan, B. Sheela Rani, B. Venkataraman, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2006, Automatic detection and quantification of incomplete penetration in TIG welding through segmentation and morphological image processing of thermographs, NDT.net Database, pp. 17-22

352. Baldev Raj, 2006, Frontiers of research in NDE, NDT.net Database

353. Baldev Raj and B. Venkataraman, 2006, Reliable and relevant non-destructive measurement for robust technologies, NDT.net Database

354. N.V. Wagle, A. Pais, Sunil Kumar, B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj, 2006, Simple and novel solutions to countering uneven density variations in microfocal radiographs, NDT.net Database

355. Sony Baby, K.V. Rajkumar, R. Subbaratnam, T. Balasubramanian, R.J. Pardikar, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2006, Time of flight diffraction and synthetic aperture focusing technique for NDT of weldments, Matrials Evaluation 64(11), pp. 1089-1096

356. K.K. Satpathy, U. Natesan, S. Kalaivani, A.K. Mohanty, M. Rajan and Baldev Raj, 2006, Total dissolved copper concentrations in coastal waters of Kalpakkam, Current Science 91(8), pp. 1008-1010

357. Baldev Raj, B.Venkataraman, R. Balasubramaniam and V. Jeyaraj, 2006, Bronze icons, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 59(6), pp. 883-897

358. G. Gnanaprakash, S. Ayyappan, T. Jayakumar, John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2006, Magnetic

nanoparticles with enhanced to -Fe2O3 phase transition temperature, Nanotechnology 17, pp.5851-5857

359. S. Muthu Kumaran, N. Priyadharsini, V. Rajendran, T. Jayakumar, P. Palanichamy, P. Shankar and Baldev Raj, 2006, In-situ high temperature ultrasonic evaluation for online characterization of fine scale precipitation reactions in 8090 Al-Li alloy, Materials Science & Engineering A 435-436, pp. 29-39

360. S. Bagavathiappan, T. Saravanan, John Philip, B. Venkataraman, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj 2006, X-ray radiography for development of defect-freee electrochemical hydrogen meter for sodium systems, INSIGHT, European Journal of NDT 48(10), pp. 1-6.

361. S. Maneka, S. Bagavathiappan, B. Venkataraman, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2006, Characterization of adhesively bonded laminates using radiography and infrared thermal imaging techniques, INSIGHT – European Journal of NDT 48(10), pp. 606-612





362. Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2006, Influence of precipitation of intermetallics on Young’s modulus in nickel and zirconium base alloys, Philosophical Magazine Letters 86(9), pp. 579-587

363. Baldev Raj, John Philip, K.V. Rajkumar and P. Kalyanasundaram, 2006, Effect of magnetic field of ultrasonic velocity in a magnetic nanofluid, INSA Journal Part B-Physical Sciences 73(3), pp. 145-151

364. B. Venkataraman, C.K. Mukhopadhyay, Baldev Raj and P. Kalyanasundaram, 2006, Infrared imaging and acoustic emission for online monitoring of welding process, Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation 4(3), pp.67-72

365. S. Banerjee, Judy Gopal, P. Muraleedharan, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2006, Physics and chemistry of photocatalytic TiO2 : Visualization of bacterial activity using atomic force microscopy, Current Science 90(10), pp.1375-1383

366. P.V. Sivaprasad, Sumantra Mandal, S. Venugopal, C. Narayanan, V. Shanmugam, V. Shanmugam and Baldev Raj, 2006, Artificial neural network modeling of the tensile properties of indigeneously developed 15Cr-15Ni-2.2Mo-Ti modified austenitic stainless steel, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metalss, 59(4), pp. 437-445

367. Anish Kumar, K.V. Rajkumar, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and B. Mishra, 2006, Ultrasonic measurements for in-service assessment of wrought Inconel 625 cracker tubes of heavy water plants, Journal of Nuclear Materials 350, pp. 284-292

368. U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Kaul, S. Ningshen, P. Ganesh, A.K. Nath, H.S. Khatak and Baldev Raj, 2006, Influence of laser surface alloying with chromium and nickel on corrosion resistance of type 304L stainless steel, Materials Science & Technology22(10, pp.1185-1192

369. M. Vasudevan, G. Srinivasan, A.K. Bhaduri, Baldev Raj and K. Prasad Rao, 2006, Artificial neural network modeling of solidification mode in austenitic stainless steel welds, Material Science & Technology 23(4), pp.451-459

370. P. Chellapandi, R. Srinivasan, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2006, Experimental creep life assessment of tubular structures with geometrical imperfections in welds with reference to fast reactor plant life,International Journal of Pressure Vessels & Piping Vol.83, pp.556-564

371. Baldev Raj, C.K. Mukhopadhyay and T. Jayakumar, 2006, Frontiers in NDE research nearing maturity for exploitation to ensure structural integrity of pressure retaining components, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 83, pp. 322-335

372. Baldev Raj and U. Kamachi Mudali, 2006, Materials development and corrosion problems in nuclear fuel reprocessing plants, Progress in Nuclear Energy 48, pp. 283-313





373. M. Kamruddin, P.K. Ajikumar, R. Nithya, G. Mangamma, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2006, Effect of water of crystallization on synthesis of nanocrystalline ceria by non-hydrolytic method, Power Technology 161, pp. 145-149

374. S. Banerjee, M. Sardar, N. Gayathri, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2006, Enhanced conductivity in graphene layers and at their edges, Applied Physics Letters, 88, pp.62111

375. R. Krishnan, S. Dash, R. Kesavamoorthy, C. Babu Rao, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2006, Laser surface modification and characterization of air plasma sprayed alumina coatings, Journal of Surface & Coating Technology, 200, pp. 2791-2799

376. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, S. Venugopal, T. Jayakumar,R. Nagarajan, S.L. Mannan and Baldev Raj, 2006, Acoustic emission monitoring during turning of metal matrix composite and tool wear, Materials Evaluation 64(3), pp.323-330

377. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, S. Venugopal, T. Jayakumar, R. Nagarajan, S.L. Mannan and Baldev Raj, 2006, Acoustic emission technique for monitoring machining and tool wear of a metal matrix composite, Journal of Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation 5(1), pp. 42-46

378. U. Kamachi Mudali, C. Babu Rao and Baldev Raj, 2006, Intergranular corrosion damage evaluation through laser scattering technique, Corrosion Science 48, pp. 783-96

379. M. Vasudevan, A.K. Bhaduri, Baldev Raj and K. Prasad Rao, 2005, Modeling the correlation between the alloy composition and the ferrite number in duplex stainless steel welds using artificial neural networks, Materials Science & Technology 27 (4), pp. 387-392

380. V. Chaswal, G. Saskala, S.K. Ray, S.L. Mannan and Baldev Raj, 2005, Fatigue crack growth mechanism in aged 9Cr-1Mo steel: Threshold and Paris regimes, Materials Science & Engineering A – Structural Mateirals Properties, Microstructure and Processing 395(1-2_, pp. 251-264

381. T. Karthikeyan, Arup Dasgupta, P. Magudapathy, S. Saroja, M. Vijayalakshmi, K.G.M. Nair, K.P.N. Murthy and Baldev Raj, 2005, Microstructure, microchemistry and prediction of long term diffusion behaviour of chloride in concrete, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 15(5), pp. 581-590

382. C. Phaniraj, B.K. Choudhary, Baldev Raj and K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, 2005, A critical damage criterion for creeping solids, Journal of Materials Science 40, pp. 2561-2564

383. P. Gopalan, R. Rajaraman, G. Amarendra, C.S. Sundar, B. Viswanathan, T. Jayakumar, P.

Palanichamy and Baldev Raj, 2005, Characterization of -quenched and thermally aged Zircaloy-2 by positron annihilation, hardness and ultrasonic velocity measurements, Journal of Nuclear Materials 345 (2-3), pp. 162-166

384. T. Jayakumar, C.K. Mukhopadhyay, S.Venugopal, S.L. Mannan and Baldev Raj, 2005,

Application of acoustic emission technique for monitoring metal forming process, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 159(1), pp. 48-61





385. M. Menaka, M. Vasudevan, B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj, 2005, Estimating bead width and depth of penetration during welding by infrared thermal imaging, INSIGHT – European Journal of NDT 47(9), pp. 564-568

386. S. Banerjee, M. Sardar, N. Gayathri, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2005, Conductivity landscape of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite surface containing ribbons and edges, Phys. Rev. B. 72, p. 75418

387. B. Venkataraman, M. Menaka, V. Karthik, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2005, Characterization of tensile deformation process in mild steel by infrared imaging, Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation 4(1), pp. 17-25

388. P. Palanichamy, M. Vasudevan, P. Shankar, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2005, Advanced ultrasonic NDE for comprehensive microstructural characterization in nuclear structural materials, Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation 4(1), pp. 47-54

389. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, Y. Ramaseshu, B.V. Naidu, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2005, Acoustic emission monitoring during hydrotesting of evaporator steam generator of Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor, Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation 4(1), pp. 55-64

390. P. Chellapandi, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2005, Assessment of -d approach for creep damage estimation of FBR components with crack like defects at welds, 2005, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 82, pp. 739-745

391. B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj and M. Menaka, 2005, Online detection of lack of penetration and inclusion during welding through infrared imaging, Materials Evaluation, pp. 933-937

392. V. Rajendran, S. Muthu Kumaran, T. Jayakumar, P. Palanichamy and Baldev Raj, 2005, Ultrasonic studies for microstructural characterization in Al8090 aluminium-lithium alloy, Materials Evaluation 63(8), pp. 837-842

393. M. Vasudevan, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj, 2005, Modeling the solidification mode in austenitic stainless steel welds, Welding in the World – Journal of International institute of Welding 49, pp. 380-387 (Special Issue)

394. C. Phaniraj, B.K. Choudhary, Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, 2005, Comment on “Deformation and damage processing during creep of Incoloy MA957 by B. Wilshire and T.D. Lieu (Materials Science & Engineering A386 (2004) 81, Materials Science and Engineering A398, pp. 373-375

395. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and S. Vaidyanathan, 2005, Magnetic Barkhausen emission analysis for assessment of microstructures and damage, INSIGHT – European Journal of NDT 47(1), pp. 36-41





396. S. Banerjee, N. Gayathri, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2005, A comparative study of contact resonance imaging using atomic force microscopy, Applied Physics Letters 86 (1), pp.211913-211916

397. P. Mukherjee, A. Sarkar, P. Barat, Baldev Raj and U. Kamachi Mudali, 2005, Microstructural studies on lattice imperfections in irradiated titanium and Ti-5%Ta-2%Nb by X-ray diffraction line profile analysis, Metallurgical & Materials Transactions 36A, pp. 2351

398. M. Vasudevan, A.K. Bhaduri, Baldev Raj and K. Prasada Rao, 2005, Modeling correlation

between the alloy composition and the ferrite number in duplex stainless steel welds, Materials Science & Technology 21(4), pp.387-392

399. M. Vasudevan, B.P.C. Rao, B. Venkataraman, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2005, Artificial

neural network modeling for evaluating the austentic stainless steel and zircalloy-2 welds, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 169(3), pp.396-400

400. Baldev Raj, P. Kalyanasundaram, T. Jayakumar, C. Babu Rao, B. Venkataraman, U. Kamachi

Mudali, A. Joseph, Anish Kumar and K.V. Rajkumar, 2005, Nondestructive evaluation of Delhi Iron Pillar, Current Science 88(12), pp.1948-1956

401. L. Thair, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Asokamani and Baldev Raj, 2004, Corrosion properties of

surface modified Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy under pulsed plasma nitriding and nitrogen ion implantation conditions, Surface Engineering 20(1), pp. 11-16

402. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and Anish Kumar, 2004, NDE of titanium alloys, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals 57(1), pp. 13-24

403. H. Shaikh, N. Sivaibharasi, B. Sasi, T. Anita, R. Amrithalingam, B.P.C. Rao, Tar, H.S. Khatak and Baldev Raj, 2004, Use of eddy current testing method in detection and evaluation of sensitisation and intergranular corrosion in austenitic stainless steels, Corrosion Science and Update 48, pp.1462-1482

404. Girija Suresh, U. Kamachi Mudali, V.R. Raju, R.K. Dayal and Baldev Raj, 2004, Effect of surface treatment on the pitting corrosion resistance of AISI type 316LN stainless steel in neutral chloride solution, Materials Performance, NACE, USA

405. B. Venkataraman, C.K. Mukhopadhyay and Baldev Raj, 2004, Effect of variation of strain rate on thermal and acoustic emission during tensile deformation of nuclear grade AISI type 316 stainless steel, Materials Science & Technology, 20(10), pp. 1310-1316;

406. P.K. Ajikumar, M. Kamruddin, R. Nithya, P. Shankar, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2004, Surface nitridation of Ti and Cr in ammonia atomosphere, Scripta Materialia 51, pp. 361-366

407. S. Thirunavukkarasu, B.P.C. Rao, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2004,

Quantitative eddy current testing using radial basis function neural networks, Materials Evaluation 62(1), pp. 1213-1217

408. L. Thair, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Asokamani and Baldev Raj, 2004, Influence of microstructural

changes on corrosion behaviour of thermally aged Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy, Materials and Corrosion 55(5), pp. 358-366





409. Sanjay K. Rai, Anish Kumar, Vani Shankar, T. Jayakumar, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev

Raj, 2004, Characterization of microstructures in Inconel 625 using X-ray diffraction peak broadening and lattice parameter measurements, Scripta Materialia 51, pp.59-63

410. B. Venkataraman, C.K. Mukhopadhyay and Baldev Raj, 2004, Prediction of the tensile failure

of AISI type 316 stainless steel using infrared thermography, Experimental Techniques 28(2), pp.35-38

411. Sony Baby, T. Balasubramanian, R.J. Pardikar, T. Jayakumar, K.V. Rajkumar and Baldev Raj, 2004, Sizing of cracks embedded in sub-cladding using the ultrasonic synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT), INSIGHT, European Journal of NDT 46 (1), pp.26-30

412. P. Kalyanasundaram, C. Rajagopalan and Baldev Raj, 2004, DMAC – A versatile tool for 1-D

pattern analysis for ultrasonic signals, INSIGHT, European Journal of NDT 46 (1) (2004, pp.37-43

413. Vaidehi Ganesan, P. Palanichamy and Baldev Raj, 2004, Elastic modulus determination as a potential tool for predicting embrittlement in 12%Cr-Mo ferritic steel, Materials Evaluation 62(2), pp.137-142

414. M. Vasudevan, M. Muruganath, A.K. Bhaduri, Baldev Raj and K. Prasad Rao, 2004, Bayesian

neural network analysis of ferrite number in stainless steel welds, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining 9(2), pp. 109-120

415. M. Geetha, U. Kamachi Mudali, A.K. Gogia, R. Asokamani and Baldev Raj, 2004, Influence of

microstructure and alloying elements on corrosion behaviour of Ti-Zr-Nb alloys, Corrosion Science 46, pp. 877-892

416. M. Kamruddin, P.K. Ajikumar, R. Nithya, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2004, Synthesis of

nanocrystalline by thermal decomposition and soft-chemistry methods, Scripta Materialia 50, pp. 417-422

417. B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj and C. Rajagopalan, 2004, Multilayered, error-backpropagated,

feed-forward artificial neural network for prediction of temperature and strain rate generated during tensile deformation, NDT E International (in press)

418. P. Kalyanasundaram, C.K. Mukhopadhyay, C. Rajagopalan and Baldev Raj, 2004, Online

prediction of quality and shear strength of spacer pad welds of nuclear fuel pins by applying neural network analysis of acoustic emission signals, Journal of Science & Technology of Welding & Joining (in press)

419. U. Kamachi Mudali, N. Bhuvaneswaran, P. Shankar, H.S. Khatak and Baldev Raj, 2004,

Intermetallic diffusion coatings for enhanced hot-salt oxidation resistance of nitrogen containing austenitic stainless steels, Met. Trans. A

420. U.Kamachi Mudali, H.S.Khatak, Baldev Raj and M. Ulhemann, 2003, Surface alloying of

nitrogen to improve corrosion resistance of steels and stainless steels, International Conference on High Nirogen Steels (HNS 2003), Zurich, Switzerland, Journal of Materials & Manufacturing Process

421. V. Moorthy, Baldev Raj, S. Vaidyanathan, T. Jayakumar and B.P. Kashyap, 2003, Resolving

the variations in grain size and cementite size during tempering by magnetic Barkhausen emission, Acta Materialia

422. R.K. Singh Raman, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2003, Advanced non-destructive

examination of surfaces/sub-surfaces: Application to corrosion and coatings, Proc. Corrosion Control & NDT Conference, Melbourne, Australia, November 24-26, 2003 – Paper No.67, pp. 1-9





423. R.V. Subba Rao, N. Parvathavarthini, R.K. Dayal, A.K. Aror, Baldev Raj, M. Roy and A.K. Dua, 2003, Identification of chemical compounds under the surface film during a surface treatment process using laser Raman spectroscopy, Transactions of IIM 56(6), pp. 615-618

424. U. Kamachi Mudali, B.M. Ananda Rao, K. Shanmugam, R. Natarajan and Baldev Raj, 2003,

Corrosion and microstructural aspects of dissimilar joints of titanium and type 304 L stainless steel, Journal of Nuclear Materials 321, pp. 40-48

425. Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and K.K. Ray, 2003, Ultrasonic time domain

techniaque for frequency dependent attenuation measurement for microstructural characterization of a titanium alloy, Materials Evaluation 61(12), pp. 1321-1326

426. Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and K.K. Ray, 2003, Characterization of solutionizing

behaviour in VT14 titanium alloy using ultrasonic velocity attenuation measurements, Materials Science & Engineering A 362, pp. 58-64

427. V. Rajendran, S. Muthu Kumaran, V. Sivasubramanian, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2003,

Anomalies in ultrasonic velocity and attenuation in Nd0.67Sr0.33MnO3 perovskite, Physica B 336, pp.261-266

428. S. Vaidyanathan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2003, Developments in instrumentation and

automation for NDE applications: In-house experience in the Department of Atomic Energy – Part III: Development of Magnetic Barhausen Emission system, INSIGHT – European Journal of NDT – Nondestructive Testing and Condition Monitoring 45, pp.77-78

429. C. Phaniraj, B.K. Chaudhary, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj, 2003, Relationship

between time to reach Monkman-Grant ductility and rupture life, Scripta Materialia 48, pp. 1313-1318

430. V.S. Srinivasan, M. Valsan, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, S.L. Mannan and Baldev Raj, 2003, Low cycle fatigue and creep-fatigue interaction behaviour of 316L(N) stainless steel and life prediction by artificial neural network approach, International Journal of Fatigue 25, pp. 1327-1338

431. Anish Kumar, B.K. Choudhary. T. Jayakumar, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj, 2003,

Characterization of long term ageing behaviour of 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steel using ultrasonic velocity measurements, Materials Science & Technology 19, pp.637-641

432. P. Shankar, P. Palanichamy, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and S. Ranganathan, 2003, Nitrogen

redistribution, microstructure and elastic constant evaluation using ultrasonics in aged 316LN stainless steels, Metallurgical & Materials Transactions A – Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science 32(12), pp. 2959-2968

433. John Philip, G. Gnana Prakash, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2003,

Three distinct scenarios under polymer, surfactant and colloidal interaction, Macromolecules, The Americal Chemical Society 36(24), pp. 9230-9236

434. L.Thair, U. Kamachi Mudali, S. Rajagopalan, R.Asokamani and Baldev Raj, 2003, Surface

characterization of passive film formed on nitrogen ion implanted Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6Al-7Nb alloys using SIMS, Corrosion Science 45, pp. 1951-1967

435. Detection of wall thinning in tube to tube sheet welds by microfocal radiography, B.

Venkataraman, T. Saravanan, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyansundaram and Baldev Raj, 2003, Journal of Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation, 2(1) (2003), pp.19-24

436. U. Kamachi Mudali, B.M. Ananda Rao, K. Shanmugam, R. Natarajan and Baldev Raj, 2003,

Corrosion and microstructural aspects fo dissimilar joints of titanium and type 304L stainless steel, Journal of Nuclear Materials 321, pp.40-48





437. Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and K.K. Ray, 2003, Characterization of the

metallurgical condition of titanium alloys by ultrasonic measurements, INSIGHT – Non-Destructive Testing & Condition Monitoring (Journal of the British Institute of Nondestructive Testing 45(7), pp.484-487

438. John Philip, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2003, A tunable optical filter,

Measurement Science & Technology (Institute of Physics, UK) 14, pp.1289-1294

439. R. Krishnan, S. Dash, R. Kesavamoorthy, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2003, Raman spectroscopic and photoluminescence investigations on laser surface modified α-Al2O3 coatings, Scripta Materialia 48, pp.1099-1104

440. Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and K.K. Ray, 2003, Correlation between ultrasonic

shear wave velocity and Poisson’s ratio for isotropic solid materials, Acta Materialia 51, pp.2417-2426

441. K.Varatharajan, S. Dash, A. Arunkumar, R. Nithya, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2003, Synthesis of nanocrystalline α-Al2O3 by ultrasonic flame pyrolysis, Mateials Research Bulletin 38, pp. 577-583

442. T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2003, Nondestructive characterization of precipitants in nuclear

materials using ultrasonic and micromagnetic techniques, Effects of Radiation on Materials, ASTM STP 1447, M.L. Grossbeck (Ed.), ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA 2003, USA (2003)

443. M. Kamruddin, P.K. Ajikumar, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2003, Thermogravimetry-

evolved gas analysis-mass spectrometry system for materials research, Bulletin of Materials 26(4), pp.449-460

444. V. Rajendran, S. Muthu Kumaran, V. Sivasubramanian, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2003,

Anomalies in elastic moduli and ultrasonic attenuation near ferromagnetic transition temperature in La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 perovskite, Physica Stat. Solidi (a) 195(2), pp.350-358

445. T.M.Sridhar, N. Eliaz, U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj, 2002, Electrophoretic deposition of

hydroxyapatite coatings and corrosion aspects of metallic implants, Corrosion Reviews 20(4-5), pp.255-293

446. S. Dash, Alok Singh, P.K. Ajitkumar, H. Subramanian, M. Rajalakshmi, A.K. Tyagi, A.K. Arora,

S.V. Narasimhan and Baldev Raj, 2002, Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline thoria obtained from thermally decomposed thorium carbonate, Journal of Nuclear Materials 303, pp.156-168

447. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and K.K. Ray, 2002, Correlation of acoustic

emission with stress intensity factor and plastic zone for notched tensile specimens of AISI type 304 stainless steel, Materials Science & Technology 18, pp. 1133-1141

448. B.P.C. Rao, Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and P. Kalyanasundaram, 2002, An artificial neural

network for online eddy current testing, Materials Evaluation 60, pp.84-88

449. Anish Kumar, K. Laha, T. Jayakumar, K.Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj, 2002, Comprehensive microstructural characterisation in modified 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steel by ultrasonic measurements, Metalurgical & Materials Transactions A33(6), pp.1617-1626

450. John Philip, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2002, Effect of polymer-

surfactant association on colloidal force, Physical Review 66, pp.1-8





451. Alok Singh, S. Dash, M. Kamruddin, P.K. Ajikumar, A.K. Tyagi, V.S. Raghunathan and Baldev Raj, 2002, Nanocrystalline phase formation in calcite decomposition and the crystallography of transformation, Journal of American Ceramic Society 85(4), pp. 927-932

452. John Philip, G. Gnana Prakash, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram, O. Mondain-Monval and

Baldev Raj, 2002, Interaction between emulsion droplets in the presence of polymer-surfactant complexes, Langmuir, The American Chemical Society’s Journal of Surfaces & Colloids 18, pp.4625-4631

453. Stretching and collapse of neutral polymer layers under association with ionic surfactants,

John Philip, G. Gnana Prakash, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2002, Physical Review Letters 89(26), 268301

454. B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj and C.K. Mukhopadhyay, 2002, Characterization of tensile

deformation through infrared imaging technique, Journal of Korean Society of NDT, 22(6), pp. 609-620

455. B. Venkataraman, N. Raghu, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2002, Detectability of cracks by film and real time radiography, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation & Testing 1(1), pp.28-33

456. R. Krishnan, S. Dash, S. Rajagopalan, R.K. Sole, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2002,

Fabrication and characterization of laser surface modified-plasma sprayed alumina coatings, Surface Engineering 18(3), pp.208-212

457. M. Vasudevan, A.K. Bhaduri, Baldev Raj and K. Prasad Rao, 2002, Bayesian neural network

analysis of the influence of compsotional variations on the ferrite number in 316 austenitic stainless steel welds, Special Issue on High Nitrogen Steels Part B, Trans. Ind. Inst. for Metals 55 (5), pp.389-396

458. Baldev Raj, Kamachi Mudali, M. Vasudevan and P. Shankar, 2002, Current status on AISI

types 304 LN and 316 LN austenitic stainless steels, Special Issue on High Nitrogen Steels Part A, Trans. Ind. Inst. for Metals 55 (4), pp.131-147

459. L. Thair, U. Kamachi Mudali, N. Bhuvaneswaran, K.G.M. Nair, R. Asokamani and Baldev Raj,

2002, Nitrogen ion implantation and in vitro corrosion behaviour of as-cast Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy, Corrosion Science 44, pp. 2439-2457

460. Anish Kumar. V. Shankar, T. Jayakumar, M. Vasudevan and Baldev Raj, 2002, Nondestructive

measurement of coating thickness using through thickness ultrasonic velocity measurements, Materials Evaluation 60(6), pp.791-794

461. U. Kamachi Mudali, P. Shankar, S. Ningshen, R.K. Dayal, H.S. Khatak and Baldev Raj, 2002,

On the pitting corrosion resistance of nitrogen alloyed cold worked austenitic stainless steel, Corrosion Science 44, pp.2183-2198

462. V. Karthik, K. Laha, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 2002, Determination of gradients in

mechanical properties of 2.25Cr-1Mo weldments using shear-punch tests, AWS-Welding Journal Research Supplement, pp. 265-272

463. Alok Singh, S. Dash, M. Kamruddin, P.K. Ajikumar, A.K. Tyagi, V.S. Raghunathan and Baldev

Raj, 2002, Nanocrystalline phase formation in calcite decomposition and the crystallography of transformation, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 85(4), pp.927-932

464. Anish Kumar, Vani Shankar, T. Jayakumar, K. Bhanu Sankara Roa and Baldev Raj, 2002,

Correlation of microstructure and mechanical propeprties with ultrasonic velocity in Ni-based superalloy Inconel 625, Philosophical Magazine A 82(13), pp.2529-2545





465. B.P.C. Rao, Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and P. Kalyanasundaram, 2002, An artificial neural network for eddy current testing of austenitic stainless steel welds, NDT & E International 35(6), pp. 393-398

466. John Philip, R. Kiran, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2002, Indian

Journal of Pure & Applied Physics 40 (2001) pp.370-374

467. R. Krishnan, S. Dash, C. Babu Rao, R.V. Subba Rao, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2001, Laser induced structural and microstructural transformations of plasma sprayed Al2O3 coatings, Scripta Materialia 45/6, pp. 693-700

468. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar, V. Moorthy and S. Vaidyanathan, 2001, Characterization of

microstructures, deformation and fatigue damage in different steels using Magnetic Barkhausen Emission technique, Defectoscope - Russian Academy Journal Vol.11, pp.40-50

469. T. Jayakumar, P. Palanichamy and Baldev Raj, 2001, Acoustic methods for characterization of

microstructures and deformation processes in nimonic alloy PE16 and zircaloy-2, Min. Pro. Ext. Met. Rev. 22, pp. 249-261

470. C. Babu Rao, S. Kanmani and Baldev Raj, 2001, Estimation of Minkowski dimension using

neighbourhood operations, Journal of Mathematical Geology Special Issue 33(3)

471. B.P.C. Rao, Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and P. Kalyanasundaram, 2001, A new approach for restorastion of eddy current images, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation 20(2), pp.61-72

472. V. Rajendran, N. Palanivelu, P. Palanichamy, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and B.K. Choudhary,

2001, Ultrasonic characterization of ferroelectric BaTiO3 doped lead-bismuth oxide semiconducting glasses, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 296, pp.39-49

473. B.P.C. Rao, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and W. Arnold, 2001, Nondestructive characterization

of martensite in AISI type 304 stainless steel using SQUID and MBN methods, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation 21, pp.38-43

474. P. Palanichamy, M.D. Mathew, S. Latha, T. Jayakumar, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, S.L. Mannan

and Baldev Raj, 2001, Assessing microstructural changes in alloy 625 using ultrasonic waves and correlation with tensile properties, Scripta Meterialia 45(9), pp.1025-1030

475. S. Dash, R. Krishnan, M. Kamruddin, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2001, Temperature

programmed decomposition of thorium oxalate hexahydrate, Journal of Nuclear Materials 295, pp.281-289

476. B.P.C. Rao, Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and P. Kalyanasundaram, 2001, ,An intelligent imaging

scheme for automated eddy current testing, NDT & E International 17, pp 41-57

477. S. Vaidyanathan, V. Moorthy, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2000, Evaluation of induction hardned case depth through microstructural characterisation using magnetic Barkhausen emission, Materials Science & Technology 16, pp. 202-208

478. V. Moorthy, S. Vaidyanathan, Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and B.P. Kashyap, 2000, An insight

into microstructural characterisation of ferritic steels using micro-magnetic parameters, Metallurgical & Materials Transactions 31A, pp.1053-1065

479. C. Rajagopalan, Baldev Raj and P. Kalyanasundaram, 2000, A soft computing framework for

fault diagnosis, Information Sciences 127, pp. 87-100





480. Anish Kumar, B.K. Choudhary, T. Jayakumar, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj, 2000, Influence of thermal ageing and creep on ultrasonic velocity in 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steel, Transaction of IIM – Special Issue on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction 53(3), pp.341-345

481. V. Moorthy, B.K. Choudhary, T. Jayakumar, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj, 2000,

Identification of different stages of LCF damage using magnetic Barkhausen emission in 9Cr-1Mo steel, Transaction of IIM – Special Issue on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction 53(3), pp.347-352

482. B.K. Choudhary, Sanjai K. Rai, T. Jayakumar, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj, 2000,

Assessment of LCF damage in 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steel at 300 K using XRD technique, Transaction of IIM – Special Issue on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction 53(3), pp.353-359

483. S. Dash, M. Kamruddin, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2000, Nanocrystalline and metastable

phase formation in vacuum thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate, Thermochimica Acta 363, pp. 129-135

484. M.T. Shyamsundar, C. Rajagopalan, Baldev Raj, S.K. Dewangan, B.P.C. Rao and K.K. Ray,

2000, Pattern recognition approaches for the detection and characterisation of defects by eddy current testing, Invited for publication in Special Issue of Materials Evaluation 58(1), pp.93-101

485. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and K.K. Ray, 2000, Acoustic emission-stress

intensity factor relations for tensile deformation of notched specimens of AISI type 304 stainless steel, Materials Science & Engineering A293, pp.137-145

486. Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2000, Ultrasonic spectral analysis for

microstructural characterization in austenitic and ferritic steels, Philosophical Magazine A 80(11), pp.2469-2487

487. S. Dash, M. Kamruddin, P.K. Ajikumar, A.K. Tyagi, S. Bera, S.V. Narasimhan and Baldev Raj,

2000, Temperature programmed decomposition of thorium nitrate pentahydrate, Journal of Nuclear Materials 278, pp.173-185

488. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and K.K. Ray, 2000, The influence of notch on

the acoustic emission generated during tensile test of nuclear grade, AISI type 304 stainless steels, Materials Science & Engineering A 276, pp.83-90

489. P. Palanichamy, M. Vasudevan, T. Jayakumar, S. Venugopal and Baldev Raj, 2000, Ultrasonic

velocity measurements for characterising the annealing behaviour of cold worked austenitic stainless steel, Journal of NDT & E International 33(4), pp.253-259

490. John Philip, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 1999, An optical technique

for the detection of surface defect in ferromagnetic sample, Measurement Science & Technology (Institute of Physics, UK) 10, pp.2067-2072

491. S. Dash, M. Kamruddin, S. Bera, P.K. Ajikumar, A.K. Tyagi, S.V. Narasimhan and Baldev Raj,

1999, Temperature programmed decomposition of uranyl nitrate hexahydrate, Journal of Nuclear Materials 264, p.271

492. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and C.K. Mukhopadhyay, 1999, Application of acoustic emission

technique for structural integrity assessment of pressure vessels and pipelines, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation (India), Special issue on Acoustic Emission 19, pp. 39-50

493. Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, P. Palanichamy and Baldev Raj, 1999, Influence of grain size on

ultrasonic spectral parameters in AISI type 316 stainless steel, Scripta Materialia 40(3), pp.333-340





494. V. Moorthy, B.K. Choudhary, S. Vaidyanathan, T. Jayakumar, K.B.S. Rao and Baldev Raj, 1999, An assessment of low cycle fatigue damage using magnetic Barkhausen emission in 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steel, International Journal of Fatigue 21, pp.263-269

495. Characterization of low cycle fatigue damage in 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steel using X-ray diffraction

technique Sanjay K. Rai, B.K. Choudhary, T. Jayakumar, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj International Journal of Pressure Vessels & Piping 76 (1999) pp.275-281

496. S. Vaidyanathan, V. Moorthy, P. Kalyanasundaram, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1999, Effect of different stages of tensile deformation on micro-magnetic parameters in high strength low alloy steel, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions 30A, pp.2067-2072

497. V. Moorthy, S. Vaidyanathan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1999, Effect of tensile

deformation in micro-magnetic parameters in 0.2% carbon steel and 2.25Cr-1Mo steel, Acta Metallurgica 47(6), pp.1868-1879

498. T. Jayakumar, P. Palanichamy and Baldev Raj, 1998, Detection of hard inter-metallics in -quenched and termally aged Zircaloy-2 using ultrasonic measurements, Journal of Nuclear Materials 255, pp.243-249

499. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, K.K. Ray, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1998, Regression analysis

approach for understanding acoustic emission generated during tensile deformation of unnotched and notched specimens of AISI type 304 stainless steels, Materials Science & Engineering (in press)

500. S. Vaidyanathan, V. Moorthy, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1998, Evaluation of carburization

depth in service exposed ferritic steel suing Magnetic Barkhausen Noise analysis, Materials Evaluation 56(3), pp. 449-452

501. V. Moorthy, S. Vaidyanathan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1998, On the influence of

tempered microstructures on magnetic Barkhausen emission in ferritic steels, Philosophical Magazine A 77(6), pp.1499-1514

502. P.K. De, John T. John, S. Banerjee, T. Jayakumar, M. Thavasimuthu and Baldev Raj, 1998,

Assessment of hydrogen levels in Zircaloy-2 by nondestructive testing, Journal of Nuclear Materials 252, pp.43-54

503. R.K. Singh Raman, A.K. Tyagi, J.B. Gnanamoorthy, Baldev Raj and S.K. Ray, 1998,

Secondary ion mass spectroscopy and surface profilometric characterisation of oxide scales developed over weld metal, heat affected zone and base metal regions of weldments of 9Cr-1Mo steel, Materials Science & Technology 14, pp.362-366

504. M. Thavasimuthu, C. Rajagopalan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1998, Effect of surface

roughness on ultrasound contact testing – A few practical observations, Materials Evaluation 56, pp.302-309

505. R. Ramesh, C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1998, Characterisation of

acoustic emission generated during electrochemical charging and discharging of hydrogen in palladium, Scripta Meterialia 38(4), pp.661-665

506. P. Barat, Amitava Roy, Swapan Kumar De, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1997, Material

characterization through neural network technique, Journal of Acoustical Society of America (1997)

507. P. Mukherjee, P. Barat, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram, C.Rajagopalan & Baldev Raj, 1997, Acoustic emission studies on welded and thermally treated AISI 304 stainless steel during tensile deformation, Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia 37, pp. 1193-1198





508. B.P.C. Rao, C. Babu Rao and Baldev Raj, 1997, Delineation of features in eddy current

images, Acta Steriology 16/1, pp.69-74

509. V. Moorthy, S. Vaidyanathan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1997, Evaluation of post-weld heat treatment in 2.25Cr-1.0Mo steel tube-to-tube sheet weld joints using magnetic Barkhausen noise measurements, Journal of Materials Science & Technology 13(1), pp.614-617

510. V. Moorthy, S. Vaidyanathan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1997, Microstructural

characterisation of quenched and tempered 0.2% carbon steel using magnetic Barkhausen noise analysis, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 171, pp.179-189

511. Baldev Raj, V. Moorthy and S. Vaidyanathan, 1997, Influence of microstructural changes due

to tempering at 923 K and 1023 K on magnetic Barkhausen noise behaviour in normalised 2.25Cr-1Mo ferritic steel, Materials Evaluation 55(1), pp.81-84

512. V. Moorthy, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1997, Evaluation of microstructures in 2.25Cr and

9Cr-1Mo steels using magnetic Barkhausen noise, Materials Science & Engineering A 231, pp.98-104

513. V. Moorthy, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1996, Influence of microstructure on acoustic emission behaviour during stage 2 fatigue crack growth in solution annealed, thermally aged and weld specimens of AISI type 316 stainless steel, Materials Science & Engineering A212, pp.273-280

514. B.P.C. Rao, C. Babu Rao, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1996, Simulation of eddy current

signals from multiple defects, Special issue of the “NDT & E International”, based on the best paper presented in the 8th Asian Pacific Conference on NDT, (Eds.) C.P. Hu, T.T. Wu and C.C. Ma, Vol.29, pp.269-273

515. N.I. Shakshin, G.T. Deordiev, V.E. Scherbinin, V. Moorthy, T. Jayakumar, D.K. Bhattacharya,

P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 1997, Evalutation of thermal ageing conditions in 17-4 PH stainless steel by Fourier descriptor analysis of magnetic hysteresis loops, NDT & E International, March 1997, pp.379-385. Also appeared in Defektoscopia (Russian) 16, pp.51-59

516. M. Thavasimuthu, C. Rajagopalan and Baldev Raj, 1996, Improving the evaluation sensitivity

of ultrasonic pulse echo technique using a neural network classifier, NDT & E International 29(3), pp.175-179

517. V. Moorthy, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1996, Identification of transition from stage IIa to

stage IIb during stage II fatigue crack growth in parent metal/weld metal in AISI type 316 austenitic stainless steel using acoustic emission technique, Materials Science & Technology 12, pp.56-58

518. M.T. Shyamsunder, C. Rajagopalan, K.K. Ray and Baldev Raj, 1995, A comparative study of

conventional and artificial neural network classifier for eddy current signal classification, INSIGHT (European Journal of NDT and incorporating the European Journal of NDT) 37(1), pp.26-30

519. V. Moorthy, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1995, Acoustic emission during pre-yield

deformation in solution annealed and cold rolled AISI type 316 stainless steel, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals 48, pp.383-387

520. V. Moorthy, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1995, Acoustic emission technique for detecting

micro- and macro- yielding in solution annealed AISI type 316 austenitic stainless steel, Journal of Pressure Vessel & Piping 64, pp.161-168





521. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1995, Study of ageing induced martensite formation in cold worked AISI type 304 stainless steel using an acoustic emission technique, Journal of Materials Science 30, pp.4556-4560

522. P. Palanichamy, A. Joseph, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1995, Ultrasonic velocity

measurements for estimation of grain size in austenitic stainless steel, NDT & E International 28(3), pp.179-185

523. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1993, Acoustic

emission from ageing induced martensite formation in cold worked AISI type 304 stainless steel, Scripta Metallurgica 30(3), pp.33-37

524. P. Barat, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 1993, Acoustic emission source location on a

cylindrical surface, NDT & E International 26, pp.295-295

525. B.P.C. Rao, T. Jayakumar, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1993, New methodology for precise ultrasonic velocity measurement and its application, Journal of Pure & Applied Ultrasonics 15(2)

526. R. Kesavamoorthy, C. Babu Rao and Baldev Raj, 1993, Instability of a two dimensional

colloidal crystal at a water-air interface, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 5, pp.8805-8814

527. T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, D.K. Bhattacharya, P. Rodriguez and O. Prabhakar, 1993, Influence of MC type carbides on acoustic emission generated during tensile deformation and fracture in Nimonic alloy PE-16, Journal of Acoustic Emission 11(1), pp.43-51

528. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1993, Acoustic

emission during tensile deformation of annealed and cold worked AISI type 304 stainless steel, Journal of Materials Scinece 28, pp.145-154

529. S. Kanmani, C. Babu Rao and Baldev Raj, 1993, On the computation of the Minkowski

dimension using morphological operations, Journal of Microscopy 170, pp.81-85

530. T. Jayakumar, T.D. Koble, W.A. Theiner and Baldev Raj, 1993, Magnetic methods for characterisation of cold rolled AISI type 304 stainless steel, NDT & E International 10, pp. 205-214

531. D.K. Bhattacharya, T. Jayakumar, V. Moorthy, S. Vaidyanathan and Baldev Raj, 1993,

Characterisation of microstructures in 17-4 PH stainless steel by magnetic Barkhausen noise analysis, Commemorative Edition of the 13th WCNDT, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 1992, NDT & E International 26(3), pp.141-148.

(One of the 8 papers selected out of more than 300 papers accepted for presentation)

532. C. Babu Rao, B.P.C. Rao and Baldev Raj, 1992, Reconstruction of image with abrupt discontinuities, Acta Stereologica 11(1), pp.237-242

533. C. Babu Rao, B.P.C. Rao, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1992, Use of impedance image

in in-service inspection of structural components, Acta Stereologica 11(1), pp.273-278

534. S. Kanmani, C. Babu Rao, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1992, Multifractal analysis of stress corrosion cracks, Acta Stereologica 11(1), pp.349-354

535. T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, D.K. Bhattacharya and O. Prabhakar, 1992, Influence of coherent on AE generated during tensile deformation in Nimonic alloy PE 16, Materials Science & Engineering A150, pp.51-58





536. Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, 1991, Acoustic emission during tensile deformation and fracture in austenitic alloys, American Society for Materials Testing, ASTM-STP-1077, pp.218-241

537. Baldev Raj, B.B. Jha, A.S. Khanna and D.K. Bhattacharya, 1991, Acoustic emission towards

better understanding of high temperature oxidation in Cr-Mo steels, Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 45, pp.301-326

538. B.B. Jha, Baldev Raj, A.S. Khanna, D.K. Bhattacharya and K.J.L. Iyer, 1991, Acoustic

emission as a technique to study breakaway oxidation and spalling behaviour of 2.25Cr-1Mo steel, Journal of Materials Science 26, pp.4455-4460

539. T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, D.K. Bhattacharya, P. Rodriguez and O. Prabhakar, 1991, Effect of

combined presence of and MC on AE generated during tensile deformation in Nimonic alloy PE 16, Scripta Metallurgica 25, pp.2733-2738

540. Stimulated amplification of acoustic emission signals during deformation, Baldev Raj, G.

Ananthakrishna, P. Kalyanasundaram, P. Barat and T. Jayakumar, 1990, Scripta Metallurgica 24, pp.69-74

541. B.B. Jha, Baldev Raj, A.S. Khanna, D.K. Bhattacharya and K.J.L. Iyer, 1990, Correlation of

acoustic emission events with parabolic oxidation behaviour of 2.25Cr-1Mo steel, Journal of Materials Science Letters 10, pp.64-66

542. P. Palanichamy, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 1990, Couplant correction for ultrasonic

measurements, British Journal of NDT 32(5), pp.241-243

543. Baldev Raj, B.B. Jha and P. Rodriguez, 1989, Frequency spectrum analysis of acoustic emission signal obtained during tensile deformation and fracture of an AISI type 316 stainless steel, Acta Metallurgica 37(8), pp.2211-2215

544. T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, D.K. Bhattacharya, P. Rodriguez and O. Prabhakar, 1989,

Influence of presence of hard secondary phases on acoustic emission generated during tensile deformation and fracture in Nimonic alloy PE 16, Journal of Acoustical Society of India XVII(1&2), pp.169-173

545. P. Kalyanasundaram, C. Rajagopalan and Baldev Raj, 1989, Some concepts in elucidating

characterisation of weak acoustic emission signals, Journal of Acoustical Society of India XVII (3&4), pp.364-369

546. P. Kalyanasundaram, Baldev Raj, P. Barat and T. Jayakumar, 1989, Reliability of detection of

small defects in noisy weldments by advanced signal processing and pattern recognition techniques, Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 36, pp.103-109

547. P. Palanichamy, C.V. Subramanian, P. Barat, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1988, A NDT

method for grain size determination in austenitic stainless steel, Trans. Indian Institute of Metals 41, pp. 485-488

548. P. Kalyanasundaram, Baldev Raj, P. Barat and T. Jayakumar, 1988, Reliability of detection of

small defects in noisy weldments by advanced signal processing and pattern recognition techniques, Indian Welding Journal 20(2), pp. 340-343

549. B.P.C. Rao, M.T. Shyamsunder, P. Barat, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, An overview of

theoretical consideration in eddy current testing, Quality Evaluation (April-June Issue), pp. 7-11





550. Baldev Raj, P. Kalyanasundaram. T. Jayakumar, P. Barat and G. Ananthakrishna, 1988, Amplification of weak acoustic emission signals, Journal of Acoustical Society of India XVI(3&4), pp.232-236

551. Baldev Raj, P. Kalyanasundaram, P. Barat and T. Jayakumar, 1987, Acoustic emission signal

analysis in materials evaluation and inservice inspection applications, Journal of Acoustical Society of India 15, pp. 66-72

552. C. Babu Rao, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1987, Some considerations on errors in

quantitative metallographic analysis, Acta Stereologica 6, pp.633-638

553. A.S. Khanna, B.B. Jha and Baldev Raj, 1987, Acoustic emission technique: An alternative method to study the brittle oxide formed on copper, Odixation of Metals 27(1/2), pp.97-104

554. B.B. Jha, Baldev Raj and A.S. Khanna, 1987, Characterization of frequency spectrum of

acoustic emission signals obtained during oxidation of a ferritic steel, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals 40(2), pp.176-178

555. B.B. Jha, A.S. Khanna and Baldev Raj, 1987, Study of the oxidation behaviour of 9Cr-1Mo

steel using acoustic emission technique, Journal of Materials Science 22, pp.2823-2827

556. B.B. Jha, Baldev Raj and A.S. Khanna, 1986, Frequency analysis of AE signal obtained during

breakaway oxidation and internal cracking of 2.25Cr-1Mo steel at 900C, Oxidation of Metals 26(3/4), pp.263-273

557. A.S. Khanna, B.B. Jha and Baldev Raj, 1985, Detection of breakaway oxidation and spalling in

the oxide scales of 2.25Cr-1Mo steel using acoustic emission technique, Oxidation of Metals 23(3/4), pp.159-176

558. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar, D.K. Bhattacharya and P. Rodriguez, 1985, Effect of secondary

phases on acoustic emission in 316 stainless steel and a Nimonic alloy PE-16 during tensile deformation and fracture, Journal of Acoustic Emission 4(2/3), pp.S102-S105

559. C. Babu Rao, Baldev Raj and D.K. Bhattacharya, 1985, An optical method for profilometry,

Experimental Techniques 9, pp.31-34

DEVELOPMENT PAPERS

1. Baldev Raj, P.Chellapandi and S.C.Chetal, 2013, Science and energy from sodium cooled fast breeder reactors, Journal of Science and Culture, Kolkata, Vol 79, No: 1-2, pp 92-101

2. R. Natarajan, M.Venkataraman, V.Sundararaman, A.Ravisankar and Baldev Raj, 2012, Technology development of fast reactor fuel reprocessing in India, Annals of Indian Academy of Engineering Vol.IX, pp 195-202

3. K. Velusamy, P. Chellapandi, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, 2010, Overview of pool hydraulic design of Indian prototype fast breeder reactor, Sadhana, Journal of Indian Academy of Sciences 35 Part 2, pp. 97-128

4. Baldev Raj and M. Vijayalakshmi, 2010, Ferritic steels for sodium cooled fast reactors: Design principles and challenges, Journal of Metals - Special Edition on Materials for Nuclear Power 62(9), pp.75-83





5. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and C.K. Mukhopadhyay, 2008, NDE – A few challenging problems and solutions, NDT World Review (Russian Journal) – Special Issue on Indian NDT 7(4), pp. 20-29

6. Baldev Raj, S.C. Chetal and P. Chellapandi, 2009, Great expectations – Fast Reactor Focus: India,

Nuclear Engineering International 54(665), pp. 20-23 7. Baldev Raj, 2009, Design robustness and safety adequacy of India’s fast breeder reactor, Scientific & Gloal

Security 17, pp.194-196

8. Prabhat Kumar and Baldev Raj, 2009, Challenges in concreting of reactor foundation at Kalpakkam, Journal of Indian Concrete Institute 10(1), pp. 27-33

9. B. Sasi, B.P.C. Rao, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2009, Development of eddy current test procedure for non-destructive detection of fatigue cracks and corrosion in rivets of air-intake structures, Defence Science Journal 59, pp. 106-112

10. S. Bagavathiappan, T. Saravanan, N.P. George, John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2008, Condition monitoring of exhaust system blowers using infrared thermography, INSIGHT-European Journal of NDT 50(9), pp. 512-515

11. G. Srinivasan, A.K. Bhaduri, V. shankar, Baldev Raj, 2008, Evaluation of hot cracking susceptibility of some austenitic stainless steels and a nickel-base alloy, Welding in the World 52 (7/8), pp. 4-17

12. Baldev Raj and A.K. Bhaduri, 2008, Develoment of robust welding technology for the Fast Breeder Reactor

programme in India, Commemorative Monograph on “Welding Science & Technology Competence in India” Baldev Raj and A.K. Bhaduri (Eds), Indian Insittute of Welding, pp. 19-34

13. R. Subbaratnam, Saju T. Abraham, M. Menaka, B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj, 2008, Time of flight diffraction testing of austenitic stainless steel weldments at elevated temperatures, Materials Evaluation, 66(3), pp. 332-337

14. Govind K. Sharma, Anish Kumar, K.V. Rajkumar, Manjulata Sahu, T. Jayakumar, S. Nagraj, Kitheri Joseph and Baldev Raj, 2007, Ultrasonic spectral analysis methodology for thickness mapping of electrochemical hydrogen meter thimbles of electrochemical hydrogen meter, Materials Evaluation 65(4), pp. 417-422

15. B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj, M. Menaka and R. Subbaratnam, 2007, Image processing for enhanced

quality assurance of sheathed thermocouples, Materials Evaluation 65(5), pp.499-503 16. M. Vasudevan, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj, 2007, Genetic algorithm based computational models for

optimizing the process parameters of A-TIG wedling to achieve target bead geometry in type 304 LN & 316 LN stainless steels, Materials and Manufacturing Processes 22(5), pp. 641-649

17. Baldev Raj, S.L. Mannan, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, M.D. Mathew, V. Karthik, C.N. Venkiteswaran, M.Saibaba

and P. Puthiyavinayagam, 2006, High burn-up issues in fast breeder reactor fuels and structural materials, Metals Materials & Processes 18 (1), pp.1-16

18. Baldev Raj and B. Venkataraman, 2006, Robust non-destructive inspection technologies at the Indira

Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Australian Welding Journal 51, pp.4-8





19. S. Murugan, Sanjai K. Rai, P.V. Kumar, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and M.S.C. Bose, 2005, Temperature distribution and residual stresses due to multipass welding in type 304 stainless steel and low carbon steel weld pads, International Journal of Pressure Vessels & Piping 78(4), pp. 307-317

20. Baldev Raj, The core of stage two – Feature article on Fuel and Fuel Cycle, September 2005, Nuclear

Engineering International, pp. 36-37 21. Anish Kumar, K.V. Rajkumar, P. Palanichamy, T. Jayakumar, V.H. Patankar, V.M. Joshi, B.K. Lande, R.

Chellapandian, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 2005, Development and application of C-scan ultrasonic facility, Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation 4(1), pp. 11-16

22. S. Vaidyanathan, S. Thirunavukkarasu, B.P.C. Rao,T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj,

2005, Devolopment of remote field eddy current technique for in-service inspection of ferromagnetic steam generator tubes, Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation 4(1), pp. 26-30

23. K.V. Kasiviswanathan, C. Rajagopalan, Gautam Kumar Guin and Baldev Raj, 2005, Automation and

robotics for NDE applications, Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation 4(1), pp. 39-46 24. A.K. Jena, K. Arunmuthu, N.K. Das, S.J. George, B. Venkataraman, C. Babu Rao, K.V. Kasiviswanathan,

T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2005, Development of X-ray computed tomography system at IGCAR, Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation (2005) 4(1), pp. 65-71

25. M. Vasudevan, Baldev Raj and K. Prasad Rao, 2005, Development of neural network models for predicting

solidification mode, weld bead geometry and sensitization in austenitic stainless steels, International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science & Technology 1(2/3), pp. 233-245

26. V.S. Srinivasan, P. Shankar and Baldev Raj, 2004, Neural network and genetic algorithm with their

metallurgical applications, Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation, 3(3), pp. 67-72 27. S. Thirunavukkarasu, S. Vaidyanathan, B.P.C. Rao, K.H. Mahendran, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram

and Baldev Raj, 2004, Development of eddy current NDT procedure for quality control of tghin walled nickel tubes, INSIGHT – European Journal of NDT 46(9), pp. 533-536

28. B. Venkataraman, T. Saravanan, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2004, Assessment

of weld joints of steam generator of Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor by microfocul radiography, Journal of Canadian Institute for NDE 25(4), pp.6-12

29. A.V. Ananthalakshmi, C. Babu Rao, R. Kesavamoorthy and Baldev Raj, 2003, Inspection of the surface of thin wires using laser scattering at oblique illumination, INSIGHT (British Nournal of NDT) (accepted)

30. C. Babu Rao, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2004, Laser scattering for surface roughness

measurement, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation (India) (accepted) 31. M. Vasudevan, A.K. Bhaduri, Baldev Raj and K. Prasad Rao, 2003, Delta ferrite prediction in stainless

steel welds using neural network analysis and comparison with other prediction methods, Journal of Materials Process Technology 142(1), pp.20-28

32. Baldev Raj and A.K. Bhaduri, 2003, Intelligent welding of materials, Indian Welding Journal 36(3), pp.49-58 33. S.K. Albert, V. Ramasubbu, C.R. Das, A.K. Bhaduri, S.K. Ray and Baldev Raj, 2003, Experience in in-situ

repair welding of steam turbine shrouds and blades, Power Plant: Operation, Maintenance and Materials Issues 2(2), pp.8.1-13

34. B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj, 2003, Performance parameters for thermal imaging systems, INSIGHT – European Journal of NDT 45(8), pp.531-535





35. S.L. Mannan, S.C. Chetal, Baldev Raj and S.B. Bhoje, 2003, Selection of materials for prototype fast breeder reactor, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals 56(2), pp.155-178

36. Baldev Raj, A.K. Bhaduri and V. Shankar, 2003, Welding of austenitic stainless steels for the Fast Reactor programme, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals 56(1), pp.43-52

37. Baldev Raj, S.L. Mannan, P.R. Vasudeva Rao and M.D. Mathew, 2002, Development of fuels and

structural materials for Fast Breeder Reactors, Sadhana 27(5), pp.527-558

38. S.K. Albert, C.R. Das, V. Ramasubbu, A.K. Bhaduri, S.K. Ray and Baldev Raj, 2002, In-situ repair welding of steam turbine shroud for replacing a cracked blade, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 11, pp.243-249

39. C.R. Das, S.K. Albert, A.K. Bhaduri, S.K. Ray and Baldev Raj, 2002, Development of repair welding procedure for a CA-15 casting of a pump impeller, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals 54(5), pp.211-217

40. V. Karthik, K. Laha, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 2000, Determination of mechanical property

gradients in heat-affected zones of ferritic steel weldments by shear-punch tests, Small Specimen Test Techniques, Fourth Volume, ASTM STP 1418, M.A. Sokolov, J.D. Landes and G.E. Lucas (Eds.), American Society for Testing & Materials, West Conshohocken, PA 2002, USA

41. John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2002, Laser based etching (LBE) technique for metallography

and ceramography, Materials Science & Engineering A338, pp. 17-23 42. Anish Kumar, K. Laha, T. Jayakumar, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj, 2001, Imaging of modified

9Cr-1Mo ferritic steel weldment by ultrasonic velocity measurements, Science & Technology of Welding & Joining 6(6), pp.383-386

43. Anish Kumar, Baldev Raj, P. Kalyanasundaram, T. Jayakumar and M. Thavasimuthu, 2002, Structural

integrity assessment of the containment structure of a pressurized heavy water nuclear reactor using impact-echo technique, NDT & E International 35, pp. 213-220

44. Baldev Raj, C. Babu Rao and P. Kalyanasundaram, 2001, Laser techniques for quality evaluation,

INSIGHT 43(4), pp. 226-229 45. Baldev Raj, 2000, Intelligent processing of materials – Vision for materials manufacturing in 21st Century,

Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 53(4-5), pp.543-564 46. S. Murugan, T.P.S. Gill, P.V. Kumar, Baldev Raj and M.S.C. Bose, 2000, Numerical modelling of

temperature distribution during multipass welding of plates, Science & Technology of Welding and Joining 5(4), pp.208-214

47. John Philip, C. Babu Rao, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2000, A new optical technique for detection of

defects in ferromagnetic materials and components, NDT & E International 33, pp.289-295 48. T. Jayakumar, N.G. Muralidharan, N. Raghu, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1999, Failure analysis

towards reliable performance of aeroengines, Defence Science Journal 49(4), pp.311-316 49. Ultrasonic detection and characterization of defects using electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs),

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation (India) 19(2), pp. 23-28 50. Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, 1999, Trends in advanced nondestructive evaluation techniques for

comprehensive assessment of engineering materials and components, Journal of Institution of Engineers (India) 80, pp.1-23, Institution of Engineers (India), Gold Medal (2001)





51. S. Murugan, P.V. Kumar, T.P.S. Gill, Baldev Raj and M.S.C. Bose, 1999, Numerical modelling and experimental determination of temperature distribution during manual metal arc welding, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining 4(6), pp.357-364

52. Anish Kumar, K. Laha, T. Jayakumar, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj, 1999, Ultrasonic spectral

approach for microstructural characterisation in modified 9Cr-1Mo steel quenched from various solutionizing temperatures, Journal of Pure & Applied Ultrasonics 21(2), pp. 42-46

53. M. Thavasimuthu, C. Rajagopalan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1998, Effect of front surface roughness

on ultrasonic contact testing: A few practical observations, Materials Evaluation 56, pp. 1302-1309 54. Sanjay K. Rai, T. Jayakumar, C. Babu Rao, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1998, Residual stress

measurement in ferritic steel tube welds using X-ray diffraction technique, Science & Technology of Welding and Joining 3, pp. 204-207

55. A. Joseph, P. Palanichamy, Sanjay K. Rai, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1998, Nondestructive

measurement of residual stresses in carbon steel weld joints, Science & Technology of Welding and Joining 3, pp.267-271

56. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, K.K. Ray, T. Jayakumar and Bladev Raj, 1998, Acoustic emission from tensile

deformation of unnotched and notched specimens of AISI type 304 stainless steels, Materials Science & Engineering A 255, pp. 98-106

57. John Philip, C. Babu Roa, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1999, An optical technique for detection of

defects in ferromagnetic materials and components, Measurement Science & Technology, Institute of Physics Publishing Co., UK 10(6), pp. N71-N75

58. A.S. Ramesh, C.V. Subramanian, A. Joseph, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 1998,

Internal rotary inspection system – A useful NDT tool for tubes of heat exchangers, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation (India) 19, pp. 22-26

59. S. Murugan, P.V. Kumar, Baldev Raj and M.S.C. Bose, 1998, Temperature distribution during multipass

welding of plates, International Journal of Pressure Vessel & Piping 75(12), pp.891-905 60. M. Thavasimuthu, R. Hemamalini, C.V. Subramanian, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj,

1998, Detectability of misoriented defects by ultrasonic examination – A few observations, INSIGHT (British Journal of NDT) 40(11), pp.766-768

61. B. Venkataraman, S. Saravanan, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 1997, Performance

evaluation of real time radiographic systems, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation (1997) 17(2-4), pp.67-69

62. C.V. Subramanian, M. Thavasimuthu, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1997, Ultrasonic response of various

types of code recommended reference defects – A comparative study, Journal of Pressure Vessels & Piping 70, pp.47-101

63. A. Joseph, M. Thavasimuthu, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1997, Nondestructive examination of

porcelain insulators used in electricity transmission lines, INSIGHT (British Journal of NDT), 38(11), pp.797-799

64. V. Anandkumar, E. Venkatesan, Baldev Raj, C. Karthikeyan and R.S. Babu, 1996, Laser welding of

dissimular materials with large thickness ratio, Indian Welding Journal 29(2), pp.17-23 65. C.V. Subramanian, M. Thavasimuthy, C. Rajagopalan, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 1995,

Ultrasonic test procedure for evaluating fuel clad endcap weld joints of PHWRs, Materials Evaluation 53(11), pp.1290-1295





66. A. Venkataraman, V.K. Sethi, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1995, High definition radiography of tube to

tubesheet welds of steam generator tubes of prototype fast breeder reactor, INSIGHT (British Journal of NDT) 37(3), pp.189-192

67. M.T. Shyamsunder, B.P.C. Rao, C. Babu Rao and Baldev Raj, 1994, A tandem probe design for phased

array eddy current design, INSIGHT (British Journal of NDT) 36, pp.434-436 68. B. Venkataraman, C. Babu Rao, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1994, Radiography of medieval

investment cast idols of India, INSIGHT (British Journal of NDT) 35(10), pp.557-560 69. Rakesh Kaul, N.G. Muralidharan, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1993, Use of liquid metal

embrittlement for development of a weld splitting technique for sectioning austenite stainless steel plates, Indian Welding Journal 26(2)

70. M. Thavasimuthu, C.V. Subramanian, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1993, Crack closure in ultrasonic

examination: A few practical observations, INSIGHT (British Journal of NDT) 35(3), pp.125-128 71. D.K. Bhattacharya, T. Jayakumar, Sanjay K. Rai and Baldev Raj, 1993, Assessment of residual stresses in

carbon steel weld joints by magneto-mechanical acoustic emission technique, Journal of Acoustical Society of India XXI, pp.121-126

72. B.P.C. Rao, T. Jayakumar and D.K. Bhattacharya, 1992, Cross-correlation technique for precise ultrasonic

velocity measurements, Journal of Acoustical Society of India XX, pp.90-93 73. M. Thavasimuthu, C.V. Subramanian, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1992, The effect of temperature

and pressure on ultrasonic testing, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation 12(3), pp. 1-5 74. P. Kalyanasundaram, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and C.R.L. Murthy, 1992, Leak

detection in pressure tubes of pressurised heavy water reactor by AE techniques, INSIGHT (British Journal of NDT) 34(11), pp.539-543

75. Baldev Raj, C. Bab Rao and D.K. Bhattacharya,1992, Fingerprinting of South Indian bronze idols, Current

Science 62(6), pp.445-450 76. C. Babu Rao, B. Venkataraman, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1991, Profiling of standard leak

source, INSIGHT (British Journal of NDT) 33(4), pp.189-190 77. B.P.C. Rao, M.T. Shyamsunder, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1990, Optimisation of eddy current

probe for detection of garter springs in PHWRs, Nuclear Technology, USA 90 (3), pp.389-393 78. Babu Rao, B. Venkataraman, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1990, A method of determination of liquid

level end in a sealed tube, Journal of Experimental Techniques 14(3), pp.29-31 79. B. Venkataraman, C. Babu Rao, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1990, Occurrence of Kossel lines in

radiographs of directionally solidified gas turbine blades, INSIGHT (British Journal of NDT) 32(2), pp.29-31 80. P. Kalyanasundaram, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and A. Krishnan, 1989, Acoustic emission

technique for leak detection in an endshield of a pressured heavy water reactor, Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 36, pp.65-74

81. C.Babu Rao, B. Venkataraman, M.T. Shyamsunder, Baldev Raj and D.K.Bhattacharya, 1987, Precise

twist measurement by laser holographic interferometry, Journal of Experimental Techniques pp.26-28





82. T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, D.K. Bhattacharya, P. Rodriguez and O. Prabhakar, 1987, Effect of heat treatment on acoustic emission in a Nimonic alloy PE-16 during tensile deformation, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals 40(2), pp.147-150

83. E.C. Lopez, C. Babu Rao, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1986, Measurement of focal spot in

microfocal radiography, INSIGHT (British Journal of NDT), pp.299-300 84. C. Babu Rao, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1982, Computer methods of metallographic image

analysis – An assessment, Practical Metallography 19, pp.699-712 85. P. Barat, Baldev Raj and D.K. Bhattacharya, 1982, A standardised procedure for eddy current testing of

stainless steel thin walled nuclear fuel element cladding tubes, NDT International pp.251-255

FAILURE INVESTIGATION PAPERS

1. K.V. Kasiviswanathan, N.G. Muralidharan, N. Raghu and Baldev Raj, 2009, Fatigue failure of low pressure

steam turbine blades of a power plant, Transaction of IIM – Special Issue on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction 53(3), pp.445-450

2. N. Raghu, N.G. Muralidharan, T. Jayakumar, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 2009, Failure analysis of turbine blades from aeroengines, Transaction of IIM – Special Issue on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction 53(3), pp.451-455

3. N.G. Muralidharan, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1998, Failure in pressure retaining components

– Our experiences, International Journal of COMADEM 1(2), pp. 5-13

4. T.V. Vinoy, Hasan Shaikh, H.S. Khatak, J.B. Gnanamoorthy and Baldev Raj, 1997, Metallurgical analysis of a failed containment building door bellows of a nuclear reactor, Practical Metallography 34(10), pp.527-534

5. Rakesh Kaul, N.G. Muralidharan, N. Raghu, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1996, Failure of stainless steel bellow in a critical bellow sealed valve, Practical Metallography 33(6), pp.315-321

6. Rakesh Kaul, N.G. Muralidharan, T. Jayakumar, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, Baldev Raj, R.K. Dayal, V.R. Raju, S. Pattu and J.B. Gnanamoorthy, 1995, Failure analysis of carbonate reboiler heat exchangers, Journal of Engineering Failure Analysis 12(3), pp.165-174

7. N.G. Muralidharan, Rakesh Kaul, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1994, Failure analysis of an ammonia refrigerant condenser tube, Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance 5, pp.241-246

8. Rakesh Kaul, N.G. Muralidharan, N. Raghu, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1992, Failure of a condenser tube component, Practical Metallography 29(5), pp.268-281

9. Rakesh Kaul, N.G. Muralidharan, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1991, Failure of a high pressure ball valve, Practical Metallography 28, pp.490-499

10. N.G. Muralidharan, Rakesh Kaul, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1991, Failure analysis of AISI 347 bellow, Practical Metallography 28, pp.662-668

11. K.V. Kasiviswanathan, N.G. Muralidharan and Baldev Raj, 1984, Failure of yoke body pin of a remote handling device, Practical Metallography 21, pp.629-632





12. K.V. Kasiviswanathan, N.G. Muralidharan andkl; Baldev Raj, 1984, Failure of thermowells, Practical Metallography 21, pp.98-101

13. T. Jayakumar, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj, 1982, Failure of an Inconel 600 bellow, Practical Metallography 19, pp.717-723

14. T. Jayakumar, D.K. Bhattacharya, Baldev Raj and P. Rodriguez, 1982, Failure of Zn-Al alloy solenoid valve seatsPractical Metallography 19, pp.539-542

15. D.K. Bhattacharya, G. Sivaraman, Baldev Raj and P. Rodriguez, 1982, Failure in a transmission shaft,

Practical Metallography 19, pp.293-296 16. T. Jayakumar, D.K. Bhattacharya, Baldev Raj and P. Rodriguez, 1982, Failure of ribs in an air compressor,

Practical Metallography 19, pp.361-364

REVIEW PAPERS 1. Developing Structural, High-heat flux and Plasma Facing Materials for a near-term

EMO Fusion Power Plant: the EU Assessment. D Stork, P Agostini, J-L Boutard, D Buckthorpe, E Diegele,S L Dudarev,G Federici,M R Gilbert, S Gonzalez,A Ibarra, Ch Linsmeier,A Li Puma,P F Morris,L W Packer,B Raj,M Rieth, M Q Tran,D J Ward, C English, G Marbach and S J Zinkle

Journal of Nuclear Materials, Volume 455, Issue 1-3, p. 277-291, 2014

2. Materials R&D for a timely DEMO: key Findings and Recommendations of the EU Roadmap Materials

Assessment Group. Derek Stork, Pietro Agostini, Jean-Louis Boutard, Derek Buckthorpe, Eberhard Diegele, Sergei L Dudarev, Colin English, Gianfranco Federici, Mark R Gilbert, Sehila Gonzalez, Angel Ibarra, Christian Linsmeier, Antonella Li Puma, Gabriel Marbach, Lee W Packer, Baldev L Raj, Michael Rieth, Min Quang Tran, David J Ward and Steven J Zinkle Journal of Nuclear Materials 455 (2014) 277-291

3. Baldev Raj, U Kamachi Mudali, M Vijayalakshmi, Mathew, A K Bhaduri, P Chellapandi, S Venugopal, C S Sundar, B P C rao, B Venkataraman,2013, Development for stainless steel in nuclear industry: with emphasis on sodium cooled fast spectrum reactors: history, technology and foresight, A Century of Stainless Steels, Edited by Vivekanand Kain, L K Singhal, K P Dwivedi, R Easwaran, G K Dey, V S Raja, M Kiran Kumar, Trans Tech Publications, Advanced Materials Research Vol.794, P:-3-25

4. B.V.R.Tata, R.G.Joshi, D.K.Gupta, J.Brijitta and Baldev Raj, 2012, crystalline arrays of sub-micron sized particles through colloidal route, Current Science, Volume 103,2012, pp-1175-1184

5. Baldev Raj, 2012, Atomic energy for enabling competence and excellence in industries, Journal of Science and Culture (Invited)

6. Baldev Raj and B.K. Choudhary, 2010, A perspective on creep and fatigue issues in sodium cooled fast reactors, Special Issue on Crep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 63(2-3), pp.75-84

7. B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj, 2009, Standardization, training and certification, Journal of Non-

destructive Testing and Evaluation 7(3), pp. 14-16





8. M. Vasudevan and Baldev Raj, 2009, Soft computing in materials science and engineering, Minerals & Metals Review 1, pp. 66-72

9. G. Srinivasan, P.V. Ramalingam, Baldev Raj, A.R. Sundararajan and A. Ramakrishna, IGCAR Facilities,

“Atomic Energy Regulatory Board 25 Years of Safety Regulation”, A.R. Sundararajan, K.S. Parthasarathy and S. Sinha (EDs.), pp. 57-66, published by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, November 2008

10. K. Nagarajan, T. Subramanian, B. Prabhakara Reddy, P.R. Vasudeva Rao and Baldev Raj, 2008, Current

status of pyrochemical reprocessing research in India, Nuclear Technology 162(2), pp.259-263 11. J. Guidez, L. Martin, S.C. Chetal, P. Chellapandi and Baldev Raj 2008, Lessons learned from sodium

cooled fast reactor operation and their ramifications for future reactors with respect to enhaned safety and reliability, Nuclear Technology 164(2), pp. 207-220

12. U. Kamachi Mudali, S. Ningshen, H.S. Khatak and Baldev Raj, 2006, Corrosion of nitrogen alloyed

stainless steels – A review, Corrosion Research Frontiers, Nova Science Publishers, USA (in press) 13. Baldev Raj and M. Vijayalakshmi, 2006, Emerging trends in processing of non-ferrous metals: Challenges

in nuclear industry, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals (communicated) 14. Baldev Raj, 2007, A perspective on materials science and technology programme at Indira Gandhi Centre

for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, IIM Metal News 10(4), pp. 23-31 15. Baldev Raj and A.K. Bhaduri, 2007, Welding technology for sustainable development of nuclear energy,

Australian Welding Journal 52, pp.6-9 16. Baldev Raj, B.P.C. Rao and T. Jayakumar, 2006, Recent advances in NDE methods for quality assurance

and performance assessment, IIM Metal News 9(5), pp. 44-59 17. B. Venkataraman, M. Menaka, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2006, Infrared imaging – An

overview on its multifarious possibilities and applications in IGCAR, Journal of Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation 5(2), pp. 54-67

18. Baldev Raj, 2006, Plasma applications in nuclear industry, Plasma Processing Update, Golden Jubilee

Issue July 2006, pp. 13-16 19. Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, 2005, Eddy current testing techniques for nuclear power plants, An

Introduction to Selected Advanced Techniques in Non-destructive Testing – A Training Guide Book, pp. 22-41 (IAEA TECDOC under preparation)

20. Baldev and T. Jayakumar, 2005, Magnetic Barkhausen emission technique, An Introduction to Selected

Advanced Techniques in Non-destructive Testing – A Training Guide Book, pp.53-65 (IAEA TECDOC under preparation)

21. Baldev Raj and B.V.R. Tata, 2006, Confocal laser scanning microscopy and laser light scattering:

Applications in soft matter and technological materials, Indian Journal of Physics 80(5), pp.471-486 22. Baldev Raj and B. Venkatarman, 2005, Thermal imaging for nuclear industry, An Introduction to Selected

Advanced Techniques in Non-destructive Testing – A Training Guide Book, pp.116-134 23. Baldev Raj, M. Vausdevan and A.K. Bhaduri, 2005, Welding research in India – Current interests and

future directions, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals 60(1), pp. 15-19 24. Baldev Raj, 2005, Materials Research and Development at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research,

FACETS – Journal of International Union of Materials Research Vol.4(4), pp. 5-9





25. Aravind Vadiraj, M. Kamaraj, U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj, Fretting fatigue of biomaterials, 2005, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 58(5), pp.911-929

26. R.K. Dayal, N. Parvathavarthini and Baldev Raj, 2005, Influence of metallurgical variables on the

sensitization kinetics in austenitic stainless steels, International Materials Reviews 50(3), pp.129-1555 27. Baldev Raj, H.S. Kamath, R. Natarajan and P.R. Vasudeva Rao, 2005, A perspective on fast reactor fuel

cycle in India, Progress in Nuclear Energy 47(1), pp.369-379 28. Baldev Raj, An overview of R&D on fast reactor fuel cycle, 2005, International Journal of Nuclear Energy

Science & Technology 1(2/3), pp.164-177 29. T. Jayakumar, C.K. Mukhopadhyay, S. Venugopal, S.L. Mannan and Baldev Raj, A review of the

application of acoustic emission techniques for monitoring forming and grinding processes, 2005, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 159, pp. 48-61

30. Girija Suresh, U. Kamachi Mudali, V.R. Raju and Baldev Raj, 2005, Electrochemical noise technique for

corrosion assessment – A review, International Journal of Corrosion Reviews (Israel) 23(2-3), pp. 107-170 31. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and C.K. Mukhopadhyay, 2004, Damage assessment using NDE technique:

Current scenatio and directions, Special Issue of Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals 48, pp. 141-157

32. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2004, Nondestructive evaluation techniques for

condition monitoring of components and plants, Mechanical Engineering – Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India) 85, pp. 144-156

33. Baldev Raj, B.K. Choudhary and R.K. Singh Raman, 2004, Mechanical properties and nondestructive

evaluation of chromium-molybdenum ferritic steels for steam generator application, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 8, pp.521-534

34. Baldev Raj , 2003, NDE for realizing better quality of life in the context of India – An emerging economy,

Invited by the Journal of Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing 23(5), pp.497-519 35. Geetha Manivasagam, U. Kamachi Mudali, R. Asokamani and Baldev Raj, 2003, Corrosion and

microstructural aspects of titanium and its alloys as orthopadeic devices, Corrosion Reviews Special Issue 21(2-3), pp. 125-159

36. U. Kamachi Mudali, T.M. Sridhar, N. Eliaz and Baldev Raj, 2003, Failures of stainless steel orthopedic

devices – Causes and Remedies, Corrosion Reviews Special Issue 21(2-3), pp. 231-267 37. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and B.P.C. Rao, 2003, Challenges in in-service inspection for nuclear

components: scenario and emerging directions, Nuclear Engineering & Design (submitted) 38. T.R. Mahalingam and Baldev Raj, 2003, Quality assurance in trace element analysis, MAPAN – Journal of

Metrology Society of India 18(1), pp.3-15 39. Baldev Raj, 2003, Nondestructive evaluation to enable comprehensive failure analysis and ensure

structural integrity of engineering components, Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia Ltd. (accepted)

40. Baldev Raj, V. Moorthy, T. Jayakumar and K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, 2003, Assessment of microstructures

and mechanical behaviour of metallic materials through nondestructive characterization, International Materials Reviews 48(5), pp.273-325





41. Baldev Raj, P. Palanichamy and T. Jayakumar, 2003, Science and technology of non-destructive testing, evaluation and characterization, Special Feature: NDT in India, INSHGIT, The British Journal of NDT, 45(1), pp.15-30

42. K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj, 2003, Advances in the development of creep and fatigue

resistance materials – An overview, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Issue of the Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India) 84, pp.1-19

43. Baldev Raj and U. Kamachi Mudali, 2002, Methodologies of understanding the science and technology of

ancient South Indian bronzes , Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation 1(3), pp.44-67 44. Baldev Raj, U. Kamachi Mudali, M.Vasudevan and P. Shankar, 2002, Current status of AISI type 304 LN

and 316 LN austenitic stainless steels, Trans. IIM 55(4), pp. 131-147 45. B.V.R. Tata and Baldev Raj, 2002, The application of laser technology for scientific conservation of

archaeological objects, Kiran, Journal of Indian Laser Association 13(2), pp. 33-43 46. Baldev Raj, Geogy J.Abraham and V.R. Raju, 2002, Engineering approach to corrosion management,

Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 54(6), pp.285-316 47. Baldev Raj, U. Kamachi Mudali, T. Jayakumar, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and R. Natarajan, 2000, Meeting

the challenges related to material issues in chemical industries, Sadhana 25(6), pp. 519-559 48. Baldev Raj and C.V. Subramanian, 1999, Nondestructive testing of welds, Materials Evaluation 57(12),

pp. 1251-1254 49. Baldev Raj, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, T. Jayakumar, N.G. Muralidharan and N. Raghu, 1999, Fresh insight

into the technology of heat exchangers through failure analysis and quality management, International Journal of COMADEM 2(2), pp. 19-29

50. T. Jayakumar, C.K. Mukhopadhyay, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1998, Acoustic and magnetic

methods for characterisation of microstructures and tensile deformation in AISI type 304 stainless steel, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals 51(6), pp. 485-509

51. John Philip, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 1998, Laser based ultrasound technique

for testing and characterization, Journal of Pure & Applied Ultrasonics 20(3&4), pp.63-74 52. B.V.R. Tata and Baldev Raj, 1998, Confocal laser scanning microscopy: Applications in material science

and technology, Bulletin of Materials Science 21(4), p.101 53. N.G. Muralidharan, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1998, Failures in pressure retaining

components – Our experiences, International Journal COMADEM 1(2), pp.5-13 54. Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, 1997, NDE methodologies for characterisation of defects, stresses and

microstructures in pressure vessel and pipes, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 73, pp.133-146

55. P. Rodriguez and Baldev Raj, 1997, Development of in-service inspection techniques for nuclear power

plants in India, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 73, pp.59-68 56. Baldev Raj, 1997, Comprehensive quality management through advanced non-destructive testing

techniques for reliable performance of welded components, Indian Welding Journal 30(4), pp.46-51 57. S. Murugan, P.V. Kumar, Baldev Raj and M.S.C. Bose, 1996, Residual stress analysis in weldments –

Theoretical approach, Indian Welding Journal 29(4), pp.7-23





58. S. Murugan and Baldev Raj, 1996, Importance of thermophysical properties of materials in normal modeling of weld, Indian Welding Journal 29(4), pp.24-32

59. Baldev Raj, 1996, A perspective on material characterisation for technology advancement and industrial

growth – emphasis on nondestructive evaluation, (Presidential Address, Platinum Jubilee and Invited Lectures at the 82nd Indian Science Congress, Calcutta, January (1995) 19(6); Special Issue of Bulletin of Materials Science, pp.839-856

60. Baldev Raj, K. Viswanathan and C.G. Krishnadas Nair, 1996, A report on the nondestructive testing and

evaluation in India, Materials Evaluation 54(11), pp.1270-1280 (invited) 61. Baldev Raj and V. Moorthy, 1996, Nondestructive methods for assessment of creep and fatigue damage,

Special Issue on Creep, Fatigue and Their Interaction, (Eds.) S.L. Mannan, G. Sasikala and M.D. Mathew, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals 49(4), pp.277-302

62. C. Rajagopalan, Baldev Raj and P. Kalyanasundaram, 1996, The role of artificial intelligence in

nondestructive testing and evaluation, INSIGHT (British Journal of NDT) 38(2), pp.118-123 63. R. Ramesh, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1995, Metal hydrides for hydrogen storage applications,

Journal of Metals, Materials and Processes 7(4), pp.291-308 64. Baldev Raj, D.K. Bhattacharya and T. Jayakumar, 1995, Magnetic hysteresis loop parameters and

Barkhausen noise for microstructural characterisation of steels, Journal of Metals, Materials and Processes 7(1), pp.19-28

65. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and B.P.C. Rao, 1995, Nondestructive testing and evaluation for structural

integrity, Special Issue of SADHANA on “Integrity of Engineering Components” (Eds.) P. Ramachandra Rao and O.N. Mohanty, 20, pp.5-38 (Invited Review)

66. Vaidehi Ganesan, T. Jayakumar, K.S. Raghavan and Baldev Raj, 1995, Structure properpty correlations

for microstructural design, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals 48(3), pp.229-236 67. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and V. Moorthy, 1994, Acoustic emission for characterising fatigue crack

growth studies in austenitic stainless steel material, Diamond Jubilee Special Issue of Bulletin of Materials Science 17(6). pp.699-715

68. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and B.P.C. Rao, 1994, Nondestructive test techniques for assessment of

cracks, Journal of Aeronautical Society of India 46. pp.101-115 (Invited Review) 69. Baldev Raj, 1994, New Directions in NDE, Defektoscopie 5, pp.1-7 (Invited) 70. Baldev Raj, D.K. Bhattacharya and P. Rodriquez, 1993, Development of in-service inspection techniques

for nuclear power plants in India, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 56, pp.183-211 (Invited)

71. Baldev Raj, 1992, Analytical nondestructive evaluation for materials characterization, Current Science

64(7), pp.511-518 (MRSI Medal Lecture – Invited) 72. Baldev Raj, P. Kalyanasundaram and C. Rajagopalan, 1992, A perspective on nondestructive testing and

characterisation by ultrasonic techniques, Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics 14(4), pp.75-84 (Invited)

73. Baldev Raj and B.B. Jha, 1994, Fundamentals of Acoustic Emission, British Journal of Nondestructive

Testing 36(1), pp.16-23





74. P. Kalyanasundaram, C. Rajagopalan, C.V. Subramanian, M. Thavasimuthu and Baldev Raj, 1992, Reliable applications of signal analysis methods for ultrasonic evaluation and components, Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics 14(1), pp.13-20

75. Baldev Raj, P. Kalyanasundaram and C. Rajagopalan, 1991, Emerging trends in engineering materials

and components testing using acoustic methods, Journal of Acoustical Society of India XXI, pp.1-14 76. T. Jayakumar, H. Williems and Baldev Raj, 1991, Acoustic methods for characterisation of microstructures

and deformation process in Nimonic alloy PE 16, Transaction of Indian Insititute of Metals 44(4), pp.327-338

77. Baldev Raj and P. Kalyanasundaram, 1990, Inservice inspection experience on pressurised heavy water

reactor susing eddy current and acoustic emission methods, USSR Academy of Sciences, Defektoscopie 12, pp.3-14 (Also published by Plenum press in English)

78. C. Babu Rao and Baldev Raj, 1990, Lasers techniques in metrology and materials evaluation, Journal of

Metals, Materials and Processes 2(2), pp.93-116 (Invited) 79. Baldev Raj, B. Venkataraman and C. Babu Rao, 1990, An overview of nondestructive testing and

applications of thermography, Journal of NDE 10, pp.1-13 80. P. Kalyanasundaram, C. Rajagopalan, Baldev Raj and O. Prabhakar, 1990, Detection of small defects in

austenitic stainless steel weldments using pattern recognition and cluster analysis, Journal of Acoustical Society of India 18(3&4), pp.244-250

81. Baldev Raj and D.K. Bhattacharya, 1990, Eddy current testing – A review, Journal of NDE 10(1), pp.7-13 82. Baldev Raj and P. Kalyanasundaram, 1989, Acoustics for nondestructive evaluation, Journal of Acoustical

Society of India XVII(3&4), pp.92-100 (Invited) 83. A.S. Khanna, B.B. Jha and Baldev Raj, 1987, The application of acoustic emission techniques in high

temperature oxidation studies, Journal of Acoustics 6(4), pp.209-213 84. K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1987, Design and NDE, IINDIE Journal 6(5),pp.11-13 85. Baldev Raj and P.G. Kulkarni, 1986, Status of eddy current testing in India, Journal of Pressure Vessels

and Piping 23, pp.9-20 (Invited) 86. Baldev Raj, 1984, Fracture mechanics and nondestructive testing, Quality Evaluation, pp.41-44 87. T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and D.K. Bhattacharya, 1984, Application of acoustic emission for assessing

structural integrity during pre-service and inservice inspection, Quality Evaluation, pp.13-19

PAPERS IN BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS/SPECIAL EDITED VOLUMES

1. Baldev Raj, U. Kamachi Mudali, John Philip, and Sitaram Dash

“Nanotechnology in Energy Technology” chapter 19. Book: The Nano-Micro Interface: Bridging the Micro and NanoWorlds, Second Edition. Edited by Hans-Jörg Fecht, MatthiasWerner, and Marcel Van de Voorde. Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, (2015).

2. Baldev Raj, Prabhat Kumar and S C Chetal Experiences of Managing Tsunami at Kalpakkam Site of Department of Atomic Energy, India Dr. S.S. Ramaswamy Memorial Endowment Lecture, 31st DAE Safety & Occupational Health Professionals Meet, IGCAR, Kalpakkam (published by AERB), 2014





3. Chellapandi, P.; Puthiyavinayagam, P.; Jeyakumar, T.; Chetal, S.C.; Raj, B. Approach to the Design and Development of High Burnup Fuels for Sodium Cooled Fast Reactors, Design, Manufacturing and Irradiation Behaviour of Fast Reactor Fuel. Proceedings of a Technical Meeting, Proceedings of a Technical Meeting held in Obninsk, Russian Federation (30 May – 3 June 2011) 2013 http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/44/074/44074131.pdf

4. P. D. Shima, Baldev Raj and John Philip, “Thermal Properties of Magnetic Nanofluids” Book

“Nanofluids: synthesis, properties and applications” Nova Science Publishers, Ltd., New York, USA. Editors: Sohel Murshed & Carlos Nieto de Castro, University of Lisbon, Portugal (2014)

5. BS Murty, P Shankar, Baldev Raj, BB Rath, James Murday, Unique Properties of Nanomaterials, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 29-65, 2013 (pub. Springer Berlin Heidelber)

6. BS Murty, P Shankar, B Raj, BB Rath, J Murda, Nanostructured Materials with High Application Potential, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 176-213, 2013 (pub. Springer Berlin Heidelber)

7. BS Murty, P Shankar, B Raj, BB Rath, J Murday, Tools to Characterize Nanomaterials, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 149-175, 2013

8. BS Murty, P Shankar, Baldev Raj, BB Rath, James Murday, Synthesis Routes, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 66-106, 2013

9. BS Murty, P Shankar, Baldev Raj, BB Rath, James Murday, The Big World of Nanomaterials. Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 1-28, 2013

10. Overview of Diagnostics and Monitoring Methods and Techniques, Baldev Raj & B Venkatraman Chapter 4, Handbook of Technical Diagnostics, Editot Horst Czichos Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013 pp 43-68

11. BS Murty, P Shankar, B Raj, BB Rath, J Murday, Concerns and Challenges of Nanotechnology.

Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 214-223, 2013 (pub. Springer Berlin Heidelber)

12. Simplification and unification of elastomeric Sealing for fast breeder reactors based on fluorohydrocarbon rubber, Proceedings of Energy and Material Research, N K Sinha, Baldev Raj,S C Chetal,2012,pp 445-451

13. Current status of fast reactors and future plans in India, 2011, S.C.Chetal, P.Chellapandi

P.Puthiyavinayagam, S.Raghupathy, V.Balasubramaniyam, P.Selvaraj, P.MohanaKrishn and B.Raj, Asia Nuclear Prospects-2010. Energy Procedia, Elsevier, Science Direct 7, pp 64-73

14. Materials and manufacturing technologies for sodium cooled fast reactors and associated

fuel cycle: innovations and maturity, 2011, Baldev Raj, Asia Nuclear Prospects 2012. Energy Procedia, Elsevier, Science Direct 7, pp 186-198

15. Characterisation of high temperature phase stab Prospects-ility and evaluation of

Metallurgical compatibility with 304L, of indigenously developed alternate shielding material ferro- boron for fast reactor applications, 2011, S.Raju, ArunKumarRai, B.Jeyaganesh, M.Vijayalakshmi, T.Jayakumar and BaldevRaj.Asia Nuclear Prospects-2012, Energy Procedia, Elsevier, Science Direct 7, pp 264-272

16. Fast reactor fuel reprocessing technology: successes and challenges, 2011, R.Natarajan and Baldev

Raj.Asia Nuclear Prospects-2010.Energy Procedia, Science Direct 7, pp 414-420

17. Process Development for fabrication of Zircaloy-4 dissolver assembly for reprocessing of

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spent nuclear fuel, 2011,Sunil Tonpe, N.Saibaba, R N Jayaraj, A.Ravi Shankar, U.Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj, Asian Nuclear Prospects-2010, Energy Procedia, Science Direct 7, pp 459-467

18. Knowledge Management in fast reactors, 2011, K.K.Kuriakose, S.A.V.Sathya Murthy,

P.Swaminathan and Baldev Raj, Asia Nuclear Prospects-2010.Energy Procedia,Science Direct 7, pp 672-677.

19. Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors-Sodium Cooled Fast Reactors-Baldev Raj and Chellapandi, Nuclear

Safety Systems Book, Edited by Prof.Dan Gabriel Cacuci.Wood Head Publishind Ltd.

20. Surface optical mode in semiconductor nanowires, 2011, S. Dhara, Prasana Sahoo, A.K. Tyagi and

Baldev Raj, V. Zgela (Ed.), Intech Open Acess, Vienna, Austria (in press)

21. Stress corrosion cracking of austenitic stainless steel and ferritic steels weldments, H. Shaikh,T. Anita, A.Poonguzhali, R.K. Dayal and Baldev Raj, 2011, Stress Corrosion Cracking : Theory and Practice, V.S Raja and Tetsuo Shoji (Eds), Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Cambridge, UK (in press)

22. Surface optical modes in semiconductor nanowire, Prasanna Sahoo, A.K. Tyagi, Baldev Raj and S. Dhara, 2011, Chapter in the book Nanowires/Book 2, Abbass Hashim (Ed.), INTECH Open Access Publisher, Croatia (in press)

23. From 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder to 500 MWe Commercial Fast Breeder Reactor, 2011, P. Chellapandi, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, “Fast Reactors and ADS”, Proc. International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy-2009, New Delhi, September 29 to October 1, 2009, S.C. Chetal, D.K. Mohapatra, P. Singh and P.K. Nema (Eds.), Department of Atomic Energy, pp. 7-21

24. Fuel Cycle: Overview, 2011, Baldev Raj and P.R. Vasudeva Rao, Nuclear Fuel Cycle-Vol.I, Proc. International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy-2009, New Delhi, September 29 to October 1, 2009, H.S. Kamath, T.R.G. Kutty, R. Natarajan, S.D. Misra, D.S. Rana, S.K. Munshi and P.R. Vasudeva Rao (Eds.), Department of Atomic Energy, pp. 1-9

25. Technology development of Fast reactor Fuel Reprocessing in India, 2011, R. Natarajan and Baldev Raj, Nuclear Fuel Cycle-Vol.II, Proc. International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy-2009, New Delhi, September 29 to October 1, 2009, H.S. Kamath, T.R.G. Kutty, R. Natarajan, S.D. Misra, D.S. Rana, S.K. Munshi and P.R. Vasudeva Rao (Eds.), Department of Atomic Energy, pp. 367-376

26. Realising robust Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing technology through CORAL operations, 2011, R. Natarajan, M. Venkataraman, A Ravishankar, V. Sundararakan, A. Palanivel, J. Kodandaraman and Baldev Raj, Nuclear Fuel Cycle-Vol.iI, Proc. International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy-2009, New Delhi, September 29 to October 1, 2009, H.S. Kamath, T.R.G. Kutty, R. Natarajan, S.D. Misra, D.S. Rana, S.K. Munshi and P.R. Vasudeva Rao (Eds.), Department of Atomic Energy, pp. 392-399

27. Glass, ceramic and glass-ceramic matrices for high-level radioactive waste from Fast Reactors, 2011, K.V. Govindan Kutty, Kitheri Joseph, R. Asuvatharaman, R. Raja Madhavan, Hrudananda Jena, P.R. Vasudeva Rao and Baldev Raj, Nuclear Fuel Cycle-Vol.II, Proc. International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy-2009, New Delhi, September 29 to October 1, 2009, H.S. Kamath, T.R.G. Kutty, R. Natarajan, S.D. Misra, D.S. Rana, S.K. Munshi and P.R. Vasudeva Rao (Eds.), Department of Atomic Energy, pp. 496-502

28. Science & technology of liquid sodium coolant, 2011, K.K. Rajan, R.K. Dayal, T. Gnanasekaran and Baldev Raj, Resources, Proc. International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy-2009, New Delhi, September 29 to October 1, 2009, A.L.N. Rao, R. Gupta, R.N. Jayaraj, Anjan Chaki, G.K. Vithal and J. Nageshri (Eds.), Department of Atomic Energy, pp. 169-183





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29. Thermography for health care, 2011, S. Bagavathiappan, T. Saravanan, John Philip, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, R. Karunanithi, T.M.R. Panicker, M. Paul Korath and K. Jagadeesan, Radiotherapy & Medicine, Proc. International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy-2009, New Delhi, September 29 to October 1, 2009, Meera Venkatesh, Sandip Basu and R. Sarin (Eds.), Department of Atomic Energy, pp. 104-109

30. Technical education and human resource development in the Indian nuclear programme with focus on Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, 2010, Baldev Raj, M. Sai Baba and Vidya Sundararajan, XXI Century Priorities in Egnineering Education, R. Natarajan and M. Anandakrishnan (Eds.), Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi in association with McMillan Publishers India Ltd., pp. 203-214

31. Surface science and engineering relevant to Fast Breeder Reactor and Fuel Cycle technologies, 2010,

Baldev Raj and U. Kamachi Mudali, “Surface Jodification Technologies XIII”, T.S. Sudarshan, U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj (Eds.), Valardocs Publishing, pp. 3-12

32. .Materials and manufacturing technologies for sodium cooled fast reactors and associated fuel cycle: Innovations and maturity, 2010, Baldev Raj, Proc. Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010, Energy Procedia, Elsevier Ltd.

33. Knowledge management in fast reactors, 2010, K.K. Kuriakose, S.A.V. Satya Murty, P. Swaminathan and Baldev Raj, Proc. Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010, Energy Procedia, Elsevier Ltd. .

34. .Development of pyrochemical reprocessing for spent metal fuels, 2010, K. Nagarajan, B. Prabhakara Reddy, Suddhasattwa Ghosh, G. Ravisankar, K.S. Mohandas, U. Kamachi Mudali, K.V.G. Kuty, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, C. Anand Babu, P. Kalyanasundaram, P.R. Vasudeva Rao and Baldev Raj, Proc. Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010, Energy Procedia, Elsevier Ltd.

35. Development of innovative reactor assembly components towards commercialization of future FBRs,

2010, P. Chellapandi, P. Puthiyavinayagam, V. Balasubramaniyan, S. Raghupathy, V. Rajan Babu, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, Proc. Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010, Energy Procedia, Elsevier Ltd.

36. Fast reactor fuel reprocessing technology: Successes and challenges, 2010, R. Natarajan and Baldev Raj, Proc. Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010, Energy Procedia, Elsevier Ltd.

37. Characterization of high temperature phase stability and evaluation of metallurgical compatibility with SS 304L of indigenously developed alternate shielding material ferro-boron for fast reactor applications, 2010, S. Raju, Arun Kumar Rai, B. Jeyaganesh, M. Vijayalakshmi, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, Proc. Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010, Energy Procedia, Elsevier Ltd.

38. Current status of fast reactors and future plans in India, 2010, S.C. Chetal, P. Chellapandi, P. Puthiyavinayagam, S. Raghupathy, V. Balasubramaniyan, P. Selvaraj, P. Mohanakrishnan and Baldev Raj, Proc. Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010, Energy Procedia, Elsevier Ltd.

39. Process development t for fabrication of zircaloy-4 dissolver assembly for reprocessing of spent

nuclear fuel, 2010, Sunil Tonpe, N. Saibaba, R.N. Jayaraj, A.Ravishankar, U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj, Proc. Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010, Energy Procedia, Elsevier Ltd.

40. Materials science research for sodium cooled fast reactors, 2010, Baldev Raj, “Diversity in Materials

Science”, C.N.R. Rao’s 75th Birthday Volume, S.B. Krupanidhi and H.L. Bhat (Eds), published by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore in association with Materials Research Society of India, pp. 55-67

41. .Synthesis of γ-alumina coating by combustion chemical vapour deposition (C-CVD), 2009, B.P.

Dhonge, Tom Mathews, K. Varatharajan, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, Proc. International





Conference on Nano Science & Technology (ICONSAT 2008), Baldev Raj, C.S. Sundar, A.K. Arora and A.K. Tyagi (Guest Editors), Journal of Nanoscience and Technology 9, pp. 5461-5466

42. Implantation induced hardening of nanocrystalline titanium thin films, 2009, R. Krishnan, S. Amirthapandian, G. Mangamma, R. Ramaseshan, S. Dash, A.K. Tyagi, V. Jayaraman and Baldev Raj, International Conference on Nano Science & Technology (ICONSAT 2008), Baldev Raj, C.S. Sundar, A.K. Arora and A.K. Tyagi (Guest Editors), Journal of Nanoscience and Technology 9, pp. 5372-5375

43. .Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and its applications in corrosion research, 2009, S.

Ningshen, U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj, Corrosion Reviews – Extra Special Issue on Corrosion in India, Baldev Raj and U. Kamachi Mudali (Eds.), Freund Publishing House Ltd., Israel, pp. 493-531

44. Design and development of prototype fast breeder reactor in India, Baldev Raj, S.C. Chetal and P.

Chellapandi, Nuclear Engineering International, December 2009

45. Assessment of compatibility of a system with fast reactors with sustainability requirements and paths to its development, Baldev Raj, A. Vasile, V. Kagramanian, m. Xu, R. Nakai, Y.I. Kim, V. Usanov, F. Depisch and A. Stanculescu, Proc. International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles – Challenges and Opportunities, Kyoto, Japan, December 7-11, 2009.

46. Structural materials: New challenges, manufacturing and performance, Baldev Raj, Asayama Tai, Fazio Concetta, Proc. International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles – Challenges and Opportunities, Kyoto, Japan, December 7-11, 2009.

47. Energy Security Technologies – Challenges and Opportunities, Baldev Raj and M. Vasudevan, Theme Address – 7th National Conference on Engineering Profession – Vision 2020, organized by Engineering Council of India, New Delhi, November 30, 2009, pp. 23-44

48. Design and fabricationof stainless steel components for long life of spent fuel reprocessing plants, R.

Natarajan, P. Ramkumar, V. Sundararaman, K. Shanmugam, U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj, Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, T. Jayakumar, P.V. Sivaprasad, Saroja Sai Baba and P. Shankar (Eds.), Universities Press, Hyderabad, pp. 29-44, 2009

49. Characterization of irradiated stainless steel wrapper from fast breeder test reactor, C.N. Venketeswaran, P. Parameswaran, V. Anandraj, V. Karthik, N.G. Muralidharan, V. Venugopal, S. Saroja, M. Vijayalakshmi, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, T. Jayakumar, P.V. Sivaprasad, Saroja Sai Baba and P. Shankar (Eds.), Universities Press, Hyderabad, pp. 59-66, 2009

50. A new methodology based on ultrasonic attenuation to characterize dynamically recrytallized microstructure in a 15Cr-15Ni-2.2Mo-Ti modified austenitic stainless steel, S. Mandal, S. Kumar, A. Kumar, P.V. Sivaprasad, I Samajdar, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, T. Jayakumar, P.V. Sivaprasad, Saroja Sai Baba and P. Shankar (Eds.), Universities Press, Hyderabad, pp. 125-134, 2009

51. A perspective on research and development in austenitic stainless steels for fast breeder reactor technology at Kalpakkam, Baldev Raj, P. Shankar and T. Jayakumar, Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, T. Jayakumar, P.V. Sivaprasad, Saroja Sai Baba and P. Shankar (Eds.), Universities Press, Hyderabad, pp. 325-366, 2009

52. .Enhancing the capabilities of eddy current technique for non-destructive evaluation of austenitic stainless steels, B.P.C. Rao, S. Thirunavukkarasu, B. Sasi, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, T. Jayakumar, P.V. Sivaprasad, Saroja Sai Baba and P. Shankar (Eds.), Universities Press, Hyderabad, pp. 539-548, 2009





53. Challenges to material scientists and technologists for robust and economical fast reactor technology, Baldev Raj, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Codes, Standards, Design and Analysis, Eds. Baldev Raj, B. K. Choudhary and K. Velusamy, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 1-32, 2009.

54. Investigation of structural mechanics failure modes in FBR, P. Chellapandi, S. C. Chetal and Baldev Raj, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Codes, Standards, Design and Analysis, Eds. Baldev Raj, B. K. Choudhary and K. Velusamy, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 89-102, 2009.

55. .On the creep behaviour of T91 steel for PFBR steam generator tube applications, E. Isaac Samuel, B. K. Choudhary, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Materials and Properties, Eds. Baldev Raj, B. K. Choudhary and Anish Kumar, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 83-100, 2009.

56. A new creep damage criterion and its implications to engineering creep design, C. Phaniraj, B. K. Choudhary and Baldev Raj, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Materials and Properties, Eds. Baldev Raj, B. K. Choudhary and Anish Kumar, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 183-197, 2009.

57. On the fatigue deformation and damage in 9% Cr ferritic steels, B. K. Choudhary, A. Nagesha, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Materials and Properties, Eds. Baldev Raj, B. K. Choudhary and Anish Kumar, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 307-325, 2009.

58. Simulation of influence of sodium deposits on remote field eddy current testing of steam generator tubes using a test vessel, S. Thirunavukkarasu, B. P. C. Rao, D. Sujish, C. Meikandamurthy,B. Sasi, S. Vaidyanathan, T. Jayakumar, M. Rajan and Baldev Raj, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Inspection and Life Management, Eds. Baldev Raj, B. K. Choudhary and Anish Kumar, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 83-94, 2009.

59. Assessment of in-service degradation and qualification of rejuvenation heat treatment of wrought Inconel 625 cracker tubes of heavy water plants using ultrasonic measurements, Anish Kumar, K. V. Rajkumar, Vani Shankar, T. Jayakumar, K.Bhanu Sankara Rao, Baldev Raj and B. Misra, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Inspection and Life Management, Eds. Baldev Raj, B. K. Choudhary and Anish Kumar, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 119-129, 2009.

60. X-ray diffraction - a non-destructive tool for microstructural characterisation, residual stress analysis and damage assessment of engineering components, Sanjay Rai, B. K. Choudhary, Vani Shankar, Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Inspection and Life Management, Eds. Baldev Raj, B. K. Choudhary and Anish Kumar, Narosa Pub. House, New Delhi, pp. 137-146, 2009.

61. Magnetic Barkhausen emission studies on 2.25Cr-1Mo steel after tensile and creep deformation, M. D. Mathew, S. Vaidyanathan, C. Girish Shastry, T. Jayakumar, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, S. L. Mannan and Baldev Raj, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Inspection and Life Management, Eds. Baldev Raj, B. K. Choudhary and Anish Kumar, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 147-152, 2009.

62. Determination of fatigue crack closure in 316 (N) weld CT specimens using crack mouth opening





displacement and acoustic emission techniques, C. K. Mukhopadhyay, P. Johan Singh, T. Jayakumar, S. L. Mannan and Baldev Raj, Pressure Vessels and Piping: Inspection and Life Management, Eds. Baldev Raj, B. K. Choudhary and Anish Kumar, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 181-187, 2009.

63. Baldev Raj and B. Venkataraman, 2009, Frontiers in science and technology of nondestructive testing

application for industry, health and culture, Proc. NDT Driving Industry Safety, Growth and Performance, Malaysia International NDT Conference and Exhibition, Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia, July 20-21, 2009, pp. 2-17

64. Baldev Raj, M. Vijayalakshmi, P.V.Sivaprasad, B.K. Panigrahi and G. Amarendra, 2008, Approaches to development of steels and manufacturing technologies for fusion reactors, Energy Materials: Advances in Characterization, Modelling and Application, N.H., Andersen, M. Eldrup, N. Hansen, D. Juul Jensen, E.M. Nielsen, S.F. Nielsen, B.F. Sorensen, A.S. Pedersen, T.Vegge and S.S.West (Eds.), Proc. 29th Riso International Symposium on Materials Science, Denmark, September 1-5, 2008, pp. 123-1452.

65. G. Amarendra, Baldev Raj and M.H. Manghnani, 2008, Introduction to Materials Characterization,

Chapter in “Perspectives in Matrials Characterization”, G.Amarendra, Baldev Raj, M.H. Manghnani (Eds.), Universities Press, Hyderabad, pp. 1-21

66. G. Amarendra, Baldev Raj, M.H. Manghnani, 2008, Introduction to Materials Characterization,

“Advances in Matrials Characterization”, G.Amarendra, Baldev Raj, M.H. Manghnani (Eds.), Universities Press, Hyderabad, pp. 1-22

67. B.V.R. Tata and Baldev Raj, 2008, Characterization of soft condensed matter using confocal

microscopy, Chapter in “Advances in Matrials Characterization”, G.Amarendra, Baldev Raj, M.H. Manghnani (Eds.), Universities Press, Hyderabad, pp. 123-156

68. Baldev Raj, 2008, Assessment of flaws in fast reactor components based on numerical, experimental

and NDE techniques, Proc. Of Interquadrennial Conference of the International Congress on Fracture (IQCICF-2008), B.K. Raghu Prasad and R. Narasimhan (Eds.), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, August 3-7, 2008, pp. 30-32

69. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and P. Palanichamy, 2009, Testing and evaluation of weld cracking in

ferrous alloys, Weld Cracking in Ferrous Alloys, Singh Raman (Ed.), Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Australia, pp. 222-313

70. A.K. Bhaduri, S.K. Albert and Baldev Raj, 2009, Robust welding technologies for ferrous alloys, Weld

Cracking in Ferrous Alloys, Singh Raman (Ed.), Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Australia, pp. 34-95 71. K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, M.D. Mathew, K. Laha, R. Sadhya and Baldev Raj, 2009, Mechanical

behaviour of stainless steel, ferritic steel welds and weld joints, Weld Cracking in Ferrous Alloys, Singh Raman (Ed.), Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Australia, pp. 153-184

72. Baldev Raj, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, N. Raghu, N.G. Muralidharan and V. Karthik, 2009, lessons learnt

from failures in ferrious weldments, Weld Cracking in Ferrous Alloys, Singh Raman (Ed.), Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Australia, pp. 314-352

73. Baldev Raj, 2007, Science to technology: A perspective on holistic corrosion management, “Corrosion

Prevention and Control”, Baldev Raj, U. Kamachi Mudali and S. Rangarajan (Eds), Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 1-18

74. Baldev Raj, 2008, Materials challenges in fission and fusion reactors for energy sustainability: Indian

scenario, Report on the First World Materials Summit on Materials Research: Key to Meeting Energy Needs and Climate Change, Lisbon, Portugal, October 4 & 5, 2007, pp. 53-60





75. Baldev Raj, Human resource and knowledge management for mission-oriented high technology achievements – Changing paradigms and emerging directions in Indian context, Proc. International Engineering Education, organized under the auspices of Indian National Academy of Engineering-Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences and Indian Instiute of Technology Madras (INAE-CAETS-IITM), Madras, March 1-2, 2007, R. Natarajan, M.S. Ananth and M. Singaperumal (Eds.), published by World Scientific, pp.91-105

76. B.P.C. Rao T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, Electromagnetic NDE techniques for materials

characterization,“Ultrasonic and Advanced Methods for Nondestructive Testing and Material Characterization”, C.H. Chen (Ed.), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Chapter 11, pp.247-277

77. W.Sharatchandra Singh, B.P.C.Rao, K.Krishna Nand, S.Thirunavukkarasu, T.Jayakumar, Baldev Raj,

2007, Magnetic Flux Leakage NDE using Gaint Magneto-Resistive (GMR) Sensors, Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, AIP Press, (QNDE-2007), Vol. 27B, pp. 857-864.

78. T.Jayakumar, Anish Kumar and Baldev Raj, 2007, Ultrasonic Characterisation of Austnitic Stainless Steels, Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, AIP Press, (QNDE-2007), Vol. 27B, pp. 1162-1169.

79. Baldev Raj, 2006, Metallurgy in ancient India, B.V. Subbarayappa (Ed.), published for Nehru Centre,

Mumbai by Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., pp. 238-283

80. K.V. Govindan Kutty, R.Raja Madhavan, R. Asuvathraman, P.R. Vasudeva Rao, P.K.Wattal and Baldev Raj, 2006, Fabrication of simulated synroc waste forms using an inexpensive nano-anatase reagent, Proc. DAE-BRNS International Symposium on Materials Chemistry, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, December 4-8, 2006, S.R. Bharadwaj, S.K. Kulshreshtha, Sandeep Nigam, P.V. Ravindran, Mainak Roy and Salil Varma (Eds), pp.166-168

81. Baldev Raj, 2006, An overview of R&D on fast reactor fuel cycle, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies: Closing the Fuel Cycle Baldev Raj and P.R. Vasudeva Rao (Eds.), Published by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, 2007, pp.33-50

82. Baldev Raj, 2006, Fast reactor fuel reprocessing technology in India – CORAL and beyond, Special

INASAT Bulletin on Separation Science & Technology in Nuclear Industry, BARC, Mumbai, September 20 to October 1, 2006, R.M. Sawant, P.K. Mohapatra, P.C. Kalsi, V.K. Manchanda (Eds), pp.7-11

83. John Philip and Baldev Raj, 2006, An overview of recent research on magnetic nanofluids, Frontiers in

the Design of Materials, Baldev Raj, S. Ranganathan, S.L. Mannan, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, M.D. Mathew and P. Shankar (Eds.), Univesities Press, Hyderabad, pp.313-325

84. Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, 2006, Challenges in meeting reliability requirements in welding, Welding

Technology for Engineers, Baldev Raj, V. Shankar and A.K. Bhaduri (Eds.), Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi in association with Alpha Science International Ltd., UK, pp. 304-341

85. T. Jayakumar, B.K. Sharma and Baldev Raj, 2006, Advanced nondestructive testing technique for

inspection of weldments, Welding Technology for Engineers, Baldev Raj, V. Shankar and A.K. Bhaduri (Eds.), Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi in association with Alpha Science International Ltd., UK, pp. 368-402

86. A.K. Jena, N.K. Das, S.J.George, B.Venkataraman, C. Babu Rao, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, T.

Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2006, X-ray computed tomography for solid objects, Computerized Tomography for Scientists and Engineers, Prabhat Munshi (Ed), Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi, pp.27-33





87. Baldev Raj and K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, 2006, Current and 2050 energy perspectives in India: Opportunities for materials scientists and technologists, Proc. 8th Liege Conference on Maerials for Advanced Power Engineering 2006, Liege, Belgium, September 18-20, 2006, Jacqueline Lecomte-Beckers, Marc Carton, Florian Schubert and Philip J. Ennis (Eds), Vol. 53 Part I, pp. 121-142

88. Baldev Raj, Prabhat Kumar, S. Krishnamurthy, S.C. Chetal, P.Swaminathan, Y.C. Manjunatha and C.

Sivathanu Pillai, 2006, Management of Tsunami at Kalpakkam : Current status and plan, The Great Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 – An Overview of a National Disaster, Sangeetha Menon (Ed.), National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, pp. 124-139

89. B. Venkataraman, M. Menaka, Baldev Raj, P. Kalyanasundaram and V. Jeyaraj, 2006, Infrared

thermography an aid for conservation of ancient paintings, Special Volume on Authenticity of Art, Chennai Museum, Chennai

90. P. Barat, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2006, Material characterization through neural network

technique, Proc. International Workshop on Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm in Material Science & Engineering, Kolkata, January 11-13, 2006, N.R. Bandyopadhyay, P.P. Chattopadhyay and Subhabrata Datta (Eds.), Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi, pp. 211-220

91. M. Vasudevan, M.V. Kuppuswamy, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj, 2006, Optimization of pocess

parameters for GTAW with filler wire of 316LN stainless steel using genetic algorithm, Proc. International Workshop on Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm in Material Science & Engineering, Kolkata, January 11-13, 2006, N.R. Bandyopadhyay, P.P. Chattopadhyay and Subhabrata Datta (Eds.), Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi, pp. 439-450

92. P. Kalyanasundaram, Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, 2006, Characterization of microstructures in

metallic materials using static and dynamic acoustic signal processing techniques, Proc. Vth International Workshop on Advances in Signal Processing of Nondestructive Evaluation of Mateials, Quebec City, Canada, August 2005, X. Maldague Ed.), E. du CAO, pp.43-50

93. Baldev Raj, S.L. Mannan, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, M.D. Mathew, M. Saibaba and P. Puthiyavinayagam,

2005, High burn-up issues in fast breeder reactor fuels and structural materials, “Fission Gas Release in Nuclear Fuels”, D.N. Sah, R.S. Mehrotra, C.S. Viswanadham and S. Chatterjee (Eds.), Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, pp.24-40

94. Baldev Raj, P.V. Sivaprasad and S. Venugopal, 2004, Microstructure driven thermomechanical

process design, International Conference on Thermo-mechanical Simulations and Processing of Steels, Ranchi, published by Tata McGraw Hill

95. Baldev Raj and John Philip, 2004, Science and Technology of ferrofluids, “Futuristic Materials”, Proc.

National Seminar on Futuristic Materials, Bhubaneswar, B.B. Jha, R.K. Galgali and Vibhuti N. Misra (Editors), pp.3-9

96. Baldev Raj, C. Babu Rao and T. Jayakumar, 2003, Materials Characterization of Ancient Coins,

Sangam: Numismatics and Cultural History – Esssys in honour of Dr. R. Krishnamurthy, Dr. R. Nagaswamy (Ed.), New Era Publications (2006) pp.42-64

97. Baldev Raj, P. Kalyanasundaram and K.V. Kasiviswanathan, 2003, Nondestructuve science &

technology for FBRs and associated reprocessing plants, Bulletin of Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Scientists II (3), pp.241-249

98. U. Kamachi Mudali T.M. Sridhar and Baldev Raj , 2003, Corrosion of bio implants, Special Issue

“Frontiers in Materials Science” Part II (Guest Editors Baldev Raj & K. Bhanu Sankara Rao), SADHANA, Indian Academy of Sciences Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, 28 Parts 3 & 4, pp.601-637





99. C. Babu Rao and Baldev Raj , 2003, Study of engineering surfaces using laser-scattering techniques, Special Issue “Frontiers in Materials Science” Part II (Guest Editors Baldev Raj & K. Bhanu Sankara Rao), SADHANA, Indian Academy of Sciences Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, 28 Parts 3 & 4, pp.739-761

100. S. Venugopal and Baldev Raj A holistic approach to thermomechanical processing of alloys,

Special Issue “Frontiers in Materials Science” Part II (Guest Editors Baldev Raj & K. Bhanu Sankara Rao), SADHANA, Indian Academy of Sciences Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, 28 Parts 3 & 4, pp.833-857

101. Baldev Raj and M. Vasudevan, 2003, Artificial neural network modeling for evaluating

weldability of austenitic stainless steels for nuclear applications, Proc. International Conference on “Advances in Materials & Processes for Inudstrial Applications & Materials Show 2003, Pune, pp.126-132

102. Baldev Raj, P.V. Kumar, T. Jayakumar and C.K. Mukhopadhyay, 2003, Role of materials

technology and health monitoring in prevention of disasters in nuclear and chemical plants, National Seminar on Disaster Management and Mitigation, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Chennai, pp.349-373

103. Baldev Raj, 2003, Comprehensive characterization of fuel, clad and wrapper materials and

assemblies for Fast Reactors – Towards design, development and performance, “Characterization and Quality Control of Nuclear Fuels” (CQCNF-2002) (Editors C. Ganguly and R.N. Jayaraj), Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad, pp.384-397

104. K.V. Kasiviswanathan, V. Venugopal, Jojo Joseph, C.N.Venkateswaran, N.G. Muralidharan, V.

Karthik, Shaji Kurien, N. Raghu, C. Babu Rao, B.P.C. Rao, R. Balasubramanian, K. Swaminathan, D. Darwin Albert Raj, R. Manivanna, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2003, Post-irradiation characterization of fast reactor fuels at high burn-up, “Characterization and Quality Control of Nuclear Fuels” (CQCNF-2002) (Editors C. Ganguly and R.N. Jayaraj), Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad, pp. 427-446

105. Padman Gopalan, R. Rajaraman, G. Amarendra, C.S. Sundar, B. Viswanathan, T. Jayakumar,

P. Palanichamy and Baldev Raj, 2003, Characterization of β-quenched and thermally aged zircaloy-2 by positron annihilation, hardness and ultrasonic measurements, “Characterization and Quality Contro l of Nuclear Fuels” (CQCNF-2002) (Editors C. Ganguly and R.N. Jayaraj), Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad, pp. 498-503

106. B. Venkataraman, N. Raghu, T. Johny, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 2003,

Radiographic techniques for post-irradiation characterization of fast breeder test reactor fuel pins, “Characterization and Quality Control of Nuclear Fuels” (CQCNF-2002) (Editors C. Ganguly and R.N. Jayaraj), Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad, pp. 650-660

107. S.K. Albert, V. Ramasubbu, C.R. Das, A.K. Bhaduri, S.K. Ray and Baldev Raj, 2002,

Experience in in-situ repair welding of steam turbine shrouds and blades, “Integrity of High Temperature Repair Welds”, Prof. 3rd International HIDA and INTEGRITY Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, pp.295-305

108. R. Krishnan, S. Dash, R. Kesavamoorthy, C. Babu Rao, A.K. Tyagi and Baldev Raj, 2002,

Surface modification and characterization of plasma sprayed alumina coatings using lasers, Proc. 2002 MRS Fall Meeting : Symposium Y: Surface Engineering, USA

109. Baldev Raj, B.V.R. Tata, T. Jayakumar and U. Kamachi Mudali, 2003, Nondestructive

evaluation for characterization of archaeometallurgy objects, Science in Archaeology and Archaeo-Materials, Arun Kumar Biswas (Ed.), D.K. Printworld, New Delhi, pp. 335-368





110. Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, 2003, Techniques for assessment of concrete structures – Research and applications, Engineered Building Materials, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, January 17 & 18, pp. 47-61

111. Baldev Raj, 2003, NDT in India, Special Issue of INSIGHT, European Journal of NDT 45(1)

112. Baldev Raj and R. Natarajan, 2002, Reprocessing and waste management of fast breeder

reactor fuel, Indian Association for Nuclear Chemists & Allied Scientists (IANCAS) Special Bulletin on Fast Reactors, Vol.1 No.4, pp.51-59

113. Baldev Raj and S.L. Mannan, 2002, Structural materials for fast breeder reactors, Indian

Association for Nuclear Chemists & Allied Scientists (IANCAS) Special Bulletin on Fast Reactors, Vol.1 No.4, pp.35-43

114. Anish Kumar, Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and K.K. Ray, 2003, Characterization of solution

annealing behaviour in titanium alloys by ultrasonic velocity measurements, Proc. 30th Review of Progress in QNDE, USA

115. Baldev Raj, C.K. Mukhopadhyay and T. Jayakumar, 2003, Acoustic emission technique for

characterizing deformation and fatigue crack growth in austenitic stainless steels, Proc. 30th Revie of Progress in QNDE, USA

116. Baldev Raj and U. Kamachi Mudali, 2002, Historical evolution of HNS alloy, High Nitrogen

Steels and Stainless Steels – Manufacturing, Properties and Applications (Eds) U.Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, pp.1-8

117. P. Kalyanasundaram, B.P.C. Rao and Baldev Raj, 2002, Nondestructive testing of nuclear fuel

reprocessing plant components, Proc. Workshop on Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Plants, (Eds.) P. Kalyanasundaram, B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj and R.P. Kapoor, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, January 22-24, pp. 63-80

118. T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2002, Nondestructive evaluation of concrete structures, Proc.

Workshop on Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Plants, (Eds.) P. Kalyanasundaram, B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj and R.P. Kapoor, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, January 22-24, pp. 132-151

119. C. Rajagopalan, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 2002, Artificial intelligence in

nondestructive testing, Proc. Workshop on Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Plants, (Eds.) P. Kalyanasundaram, B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj and R.P. Kapoor, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, pp.152-167

120. Y. Ramaseshu, N.K. Das, P. Kalyanasundaram, Jeeva Murugesan and Baldev Raj, 2002,

Indigenous development of acoustic emission system, Proc. Workshop on Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Plants, (Eds.) P. Kalyanasundaram, B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj and R.P. Kapoor, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, pp. 238-246

121. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and B.P.C. Rao, 2002, NDE for ISI: Current scenario and

challenges, Proc. Workshop on Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Plants, (Eds.) P. Kalyanasundaram, B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj and R.P. Kapoor, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, pp. 277-293

122. Baldev Raj, P. Kalyanasundaram and B. Venkataraman, 2002, Online monitoring of zirconium

alloy components of pressurized heavy water reactors by advanced NDE techniques, Proc. of Symposium on Zirconium-2002, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, (Ed) P.K. De, pp.75-92





123. P.K. Chaurasia, H.K. Sahu, S. Murugan, P.V. Kumar and Baldev Raj, 2002, Creep experiments on zirconium alloys using pressurized capsules: Analysis of effect of variables, Proc. of Symposium on Zirconium-2002, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, (Ed) P.K. De, pp. 304-308

124. P.V. Kumar, S. Murugan, P.K. Chaurasia, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, R.P. Kapoor and Baldev Raj,

2002, In-pile creep tests on zirconium alloys in FBTR, Proc. of Symposium on Zirconium-2002, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, (Ed) P.K. De, pp. 528-534

125. Baldev Raj, P. Palanichamy and T. Jayakumar, 2002, Science and technology of

nondestructive testing evaluation and characterization, Metallurgy in India : A Retrospective” – NML Golden Jubilee Commemorative Volume, P. Ramachandra Rao and N.G. Goswami (Eds), India International Publisher, pp. 451-500

126. Baldev Raj, C.K. Mukhopadhyay and T. Jayakumar, 2002, Acoustic emission technique for

characterizing deformation and fatigue crack growth in austenitic stainless steels, Proc. Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, WWU, Bellingham, USA

127. Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and K.K. Ray, 2002, Characterization of solutionising

behaviour in titanium alloys by ultrasonic velocity measurements, Proc. Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, WWU, Bellingham, USA

128. P. Kalyanasundaram, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 2000, Life extension and condition

monitoring of aircrafts and helicopters, Nondestructive Evaluation Science & Technology for Quality Improvement (Eds) Baldev Raj, M.T. Shyamsunder and S. Ranganathan, Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi, pp. 168-180

129. K. Balaramoorthy, V.A. Chandramouli, Baldev Raj and B. Venkataraman, 2000, Training and

certification in NDE techniques, Nondestructive Evaluation Science & Technology for Quality Improvement (Eds) Baldev Raj, M.T. Shyamsunder and S. Ranganathan, Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi, pp. 351-361

130. Baldev Raj, 2000, Pushers, pullers and gaps in NDE science and technology in the Indian

scenario, Nondestructive Evaluation Science & Technology for Quality Improvement (Eds) Baldev Raj, M.T. Shyamsunder and S. Ranganathan, Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi, pp. 390-402

131. B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj, C.K. Mukhopadhyay and T. Jayakumar, 2000, Correlation of

infrared thermographic patterns and acoustic emission signals with tensile deformation and fracture processes. Proc. 27th Review of Progress in QNDE, Iowa, USA, D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti (Eds), American Institute of Physics, New York, USA, Vol.20B, pp.1443-1450

132. M.T. Shyamsunder, B.P.C.Rao, Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and P. Kalyanasundaram, 2000,

Automated quantitative defect characterization by eddy current testing, Proc. 27th Review of Progress in QNDE, Iowa, USA, D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti (Eds), American Institute of Physics, New York, Vol.20A, pp.649-655

133. C.N. Venkiteswaran, V. Karthik, S. Sosamma, N.G. Muralidharan, C. Babu Rao, K.V.

Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1999, Estimation of fuel-clad gap in irradiated FBTR fuel pins, Image Analysis in Materials and Life Sciences (Eds) C. Babu Rao, P. Kalyanasundaram, K.K. Ray and Baldev Raj, Proc. Satellite Conference on Image Analysis in Materials and Life Sciences, Kalpakkam, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp.127-133

134. B.P.C. Rao, K. Nandakumar, T. Jayakuamr, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 1999, An

image processing approach for automated detection of defects in stainless steel plates, Image Analysis in Materials and Life Sciences (Eds) C. Babu Rao, P. Kalyanasundaram, K.K. Ray and Baldev Raj,





Proc. Satellite Conference on Image Analysis in Materials and Life Sciences, Kalpakkam, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp.148-152

135. Baldev Raj, P. Palanichamy, T. Jayakumar, Anish Kumar, M. Vasudevan and P. Shankar,

1999, Characterization of microstructures in austenitic stainless steels by ultrasonics, Proc. 26 th Review of Progress in QNDE, Montreal, Canada, D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti (Eds), American Institute of Physics, New York, USA, Vol.19B, pp.1425-1431

136. V. Moorthy, Baldev Raj, S. Vaidyanathan and T. Jayakumar, 1999, Quantification of

microstructural features in a tempered carbon steel from the magnetic Barkhausen emission, Proc. 26th Review of Progress in QNDE, Montreal, Canada, D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti (Eds), American Institute of Physics, New York, USA, Vol.19B, pp.1525-1532

137. S. Vaidyanathan, V. Moorthy, P. Kalyanasundaram, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1998, Effect of different stages of tensile deformation on manetic Barkhausen emission in high strength low alloy steel, Proc. 25th Review of Progress in QNDE, Utah, USA, Plenum Publication Corporation, New York, USA, Vol.18B, pp.1837-1845

138. M. Thavasimuthu, K.V. Rajkumar, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 1998,

Ultrasonic examination of thin walled stainless steel tubes by synthetic aperture focusing technique, Proc. 25th Review of Progress in QNDE, Utah, USA, Plenum Publication Corporation, New York, USA, Vol.18B, pp.1987-1993

139. C.V. Subramanian, A. Joseph, A.S. Ramesh and Baldev Raj, 1998, Wall thickness measurements of tubes by internal rotary inspection, Proc. 7th European Conference on Nondestructive Testing, Roskilde, Denmark, pp.613-619

140. Baldev Raj, B. Venkataraman, C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar and A. Lakshminarayana,

1998, Intelligent welding using NDE sensors, Proc. 7th European Conference on Nondestructive Testing, Roskilde, Denmark. pp.1244-1250

141. B. Venkataraman, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 1998, Suitability of

Gadolinium based systems for X-ray real time radiography, Proc. 7th European Conference on Nondestructive Testing, Roskilde, Denmark, pp.2701-2710

142. B.P.C. Rao, Baldev Raj, G. Hubschen and H.J. Salzburger, 1998, Time-of-flight measurements

with shear horizontal waves, Proc. 7th European Conference on Nondestructive Testing, Roskilde, Denmark, pp.2979-2986

143. Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, 1997, Frontiers in quality management and in-service

performance assessment through nondestructive testing and evaluation, “Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials” (Eds.) A. Mitra, N. Parida, D.K. Bhattacharya and N.G. Goswami, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, pp.1-19

144. K.V. Kasiviswanathan, S.K. Hotta, C.K. Mukhopadhyay and Baldev Raj, (1997), Miniature

shear punch test with online acoustic emission monitoring for assessment of mechanical properties, ASTM STP-1329 (Eds.) W.R. Corwin, S.T. Rosinski and E. Vanwalle, The American Society for Testing of Materials (1997)

145. Baldev Raj, (1997), Development and application of nondestructive testing and evaluation

techniqaues for Indian nuclear power plant components, International Conference on “Problems and Prospects for Nuclear Energy in Developing Countries” (Eds.) T.S. Iyengar, V. Venkat Raj and S.K. Mehta, Indian Nuclear Society, Mumbai 1, pp.132-156





146. Baldev Raj, 1996, Nondestructive evaluation and material properties III, P.K. Liaw, O. Buch, R.J. Aresenault and R.E. Green Jr. (Eds.), Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, USA (

147. K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj,1996, Role of nondestructive testing in failure analysis

towards weld reliability, Monograph on “Weld Failures” (Eds.) T.K. Pal and M.K. Mitra, Metallurgical Engineering Department, Jadavapur University, Calcutta, pp.135-150

148. R.K. Singh Raman, J.B. Gananmoorthy and Baldev Raj, 1996, Acoustic emission monitoring of

the cracking/spallation in the oxide scales developed over microstructurally different regions of a ‘chrome-moly’ ferritic steel, Trends in Nde Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 2481-2485

149. B.B. Jha, A.S. Khanna and Baldev Raj, 1996, Study of spallation characteristics of oxide

scales in 2.25Cr-1Mo ferritic steel by acoustic emission technique, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 2519-2523

150. S. Venkadesan, P. Palanichamy, M. Vasudevan and Baldev Raj, 1996, Ultrasonic velocity

measurements – A potential sensor for intelligent processing of austenitic stainless steel, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 557-560

151. Vaidehi Ganesan, P. Palanichamy, C. Rajagopalan, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj,

1996, Ultrasonic characterization of 748 K embrittlement in 12% Cr-ferritic steel, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 2239-2242

152. P. Kalyanasundaram, M. Paul, Baldev Raj and W. Arnold, 1996, Characterization fo creep and

fatigue damage using laser generated ultrasound, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 22243-2246

153. R. Ramesh, C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1996, Acoustic emission

during hydrogen absorption and desorption in palladium, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 2533-2536

154. P. Barat, P. Mukherjee, P. Kalyanasundaram and B. Raj, 1996, Ambiguity of source location in

acoustic emission technique, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 2569-2572

155. C.V. Subramanian, A. Joseph, A.S. Ramesh, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev

Raj, 1996, Wall thickness measurements of tubes by internation rotary inspection system (IRIS) – A comparative study with metallography, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 985-988

156. T. Jayakumar, C.K. Mukhopadhyay and Baldev Raj, 1996, Acoustic emission techniaque for

characterization of deformation, fatigue, fracture and phase transformation and for leak detection with high sensitivity – Our experiences, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 309-314





157. C.Ponraju, P. Palanichamy, Letha Sebastian, S. Viswanathan, A. Natarajan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1996, Online measurement of residual monomer during polymerization of acrylamide using ultrasonics, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 729-732

158. M.T. Shyamsunder, B.P.C. Rao, C. Babu Rao, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and

Baldev Raj, 1996, Studies on defect detectability in banded stainless steel tubes, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 1745-1748

159. S. Vaidyanathan, V. Moorthy, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1996, Evaluation of carburization

depth in service exposed ferritic steel using magnetic Barkhausen noise analysis, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 1639-1642

160. S. Saravanan, B. Venkataraman, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1996, NDE for ceramic

insulator blanks by radiography, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 1405-1408

161. C.Babu Rao, V.S. Ravichandran, P. Munshi and Baldev Raj, 1996, Effect of object functions

on tomographic reconstruction – A numerical study, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 1443-1446

162. M.T. Shyamsunder, C. Rajagopalan, K.K. Ray, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and

Baldev Raj, 1996, Characterization of eddy current signals using different types of artificial neural networks, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 1875-1879

163. Baldev Raj and C. Rajagopalan, 1996, Artifical intelligence to maximize contributions of

nondestructive evaluation to materials science and technology, Trends in NDE Science & Technology (Eds) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, Proc. 14th WorldConference on Nondestructive Testing, New Delhi, December 8-13, 1996, pp. 47-57

164. B.P.C. Rao and Baldev Raj, 1996, Potential applications of finite element modeling of eddy

current test phenomenon, “Trends in NDE Science & Technology” Proc. 14th World Conference on NDT, (Eds.) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, New Delhi (1996) pp.375-280

165. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, 1996, Acoustic emission technique for

characterisation of deformation fatigue, fracture and phase transformation and for leak detection with high sensitivity – Our experiences, “Trends in NDE Science & Technology” Proc. 14th World Conference on NDT, (Eds.) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, New Delhi (1996) pp.309-316

166. B. Venkataraman, S. Saravanan, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj, 1996,

Performance evaluation of real time radiographic systems, “Trends in NDE Science & Technology” Proc. 14th World Conference on NDT, (Eds.) C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar, New Delhi (1996) pp.1401-1404 (Best Paper Award)





167. Vijay Kumar, Surajit Sengupta and Baldev Raj, 1996, materials modeling and design: An introduction, Frontiers in Materials Modelling and Design, Proc. Conf. On Frontiers in Materials Modelling and Design, Kalpakkam August 20-23, 1996, (Eds) V. Kumar, S. Sengupta and Baldev Raj, Springer Verlag, Berlin (1996), pp.3-7

168. Baldev Raj, P. Kalyanasundaram, R. Sivaramanivas and C. Babu Rao, 1996, Nondestructive

evaluation of defects : A model based approach, Frontiers in Materials Modelling and Design, Proc. Conf. On Frontiers in Materials Modelling and Design, Kalpakkam August 20-23, 1996, (Eds) V. Kumar, S. Sengupta and Baldev Raj, Springer Verlag, Berlin (1996), pp.410-417

169. Baldev Raj, 1995, A perspective on materials characterization for technology advancement

and industrial growth: Emphasis on nondestructive evaluation, Bulletin of Materials Science (Ed) Baldev Raj, Proc. Materials Science Section of the 82nd Indian Science Congress, 1995 Vol.19(6) (1996) pp. 839-855

170. Baldev Raj, 1996, Nuclear methods of material characterization, “100 hears of X-rays and

Radioactivity” (Eds.) D.D. Sood, H.C. Jain, V.R. Reddy, K.L. Ramkumar and S.G. Kulkarni, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (1996) pp.519-540

171. T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and P. Rodriguez, 1995, Assessment of microstructural degradation

in metallic materials by acoustic and magnetic methods, Proc. of the International Conference on “Computational Mechanics 1995 – Theory & Applications”, (Eds.) S.N. Atluri, G. Yagawa and T.A. Cruse, July 30 to August 3, 1995, Hawaii, USA, Vol.1 (1995) pp.1377-1382

172. C.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Jayakumar, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj, 1995,

characterisation of ageing induced martensite transformation phenomenon in cold worked AISI type 304 stainless steel using acoustic emission technique, Advances in Physical Metallurgy, (Eds.) S. Banerjee and R.V. Ramanujan, Gordon and Breach Publishers, New York (1995) p.542

173. C. Babu Rao, B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj, 1994, Standardisation of methodologies for

characterisation of leak sources and notches by microfocal radiography, “Isotopes and Radiation Technology in Industry”, (Eds.) S.M. Rao and K.M. Kulkarni, Perfect Prints, Mumbai, pp.407-413

174. C. Rajagopalan, B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj, 1994, An expert system to aid radiographic

testing of components, “Isotopes and Radiation Technology in Industry”, (Eds.) S.M. Rao and K.M. Kulkarni, Perfect Prints, Mumbai, pp.491-495

175. Baldev Raj and C. Babu Rao, 1993, Laser techniques for materials evaluation, Applications of

Lasers, (Ed.) S.A. Ahmed, et. al., Wiley Eastern Publishers (1993)

176. Sundaram C V and Baldev Raj, 1992, Aspects of History of Chemistry and metallurgy in ancient and medieval India, paper presented at the Indo French symposium on the history and development of science and France, Kovalam, Madras,Oct.1992

177. T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, H. Willems and W. Arnold, 1991, Influence of microstructure on

ultrasonic velocity in nominic alloy PE16, Prof. 17th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative NDE, D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti (Eds.), Plenum Press, New York, Vol. 10B, pp. 1693-1699

178. P. Kalyanasundaram, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and C.R.L. Murthy, 1990, Structural integrity

monitoring of PHWR components by acoustic emission technique, Proceedings of the International Conference on “Advances in Structural Testing, Analysis and Design”, (Eds.) V.S. Arunachalam, et. al., Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., Bangalore (1990) pp.1344-1350

179. T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj, D.K. Bhattacharya, P. Rodriguez and O. Prabhakar, 1990, Studies

on AE in nimonic alloy PE-16 during tensile deformation and fracture, “Nondestructive Testing”, (Eds.) J. Boogard and G.M. Van Dijk, Elsevier Press, pp.1475-1477





180. Baldev Raj, 1990, NDE for corrosion assessment and analysis of corrosion failure, “Metallic

Corrosion: Principles and Control”, (Eds.) A.S. Khanna, S.N. Malhotra, K.S.V. Shantaram and M.K. Totlani, Wiley Eastern Ltd., Bombay, pp.269-293

181. Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and P. Rodriguez, 1984, Influence of grain size and strain rate on

AE during deformation and fracture of a type 316 stainless steel – Preliminary results, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Frature, Plenum Press, 5 (1984) pp.3433-3439 and 2013

182. Baldev Raj, C.K. Iyer, P. Kalyanasundaram and P. Rodriguez, 1981, Design and safety

aspects on neutron radiography rig for examination of irradiated fuel and control rods, “Neutron Radiography”, Reidel Publishing Co., USA (1981) pp.209-217

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS IN HANDBOOKS/ENCYCLOPEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA

1. NDT of Art Objects

B. Venkataraman, B. Raj, C. Segebade and S Ranganathan

Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, Edited by Saleem

Hashmi, Elsevier, 2015 (A Major update of manuscript)

2. NDT for Analysis of Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials

D. Stegemann, B. Raj and Anish Kumar



3. Fatigue Testing: Thermal andThermomechanical K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and B. Raj



4. Mechanical Testing: Overview B. Raj, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and A K Bhaduri Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, Edited by Saleem Hashmi, Elsevier, 2015 (A Major update of manuscript)

5. Liquid metal corrosion in nuclear reactor and accelerator driven systems T. Gnanasekaran, R.K.Dayal and Baldev Raj Chapter 11: Liquid Metal Corrosion, Nuclear Corrosion Science & Engineering, Damien Féron (Ed.), Woodhed Publishing Ltd., U.K. (in press)

6. Status of Fast Reactors Baldev Raj and P. Chellapandi Part III Fission: Broad Application Reactor Technology, Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia: Science Technology and Applications, Steven B. Krivit (Editor in-chief), John Wiley & Sons Inc., USA, pp. 193-230

7. Design Principles of Nuclear Materials Baldev Raj and M. Vijayalakshmi Chapter 13, Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia, Steven Krivit, John Wiley & Sons Inc., USA (2011), p.188-222

8. Metallurgy: Bronzes of South India

Baldev Raj, B. Venkataraman and M. Vijayalakshmi





Encyclopaedia of Classical Indian Sciences, Helaine Selin and Roddam Narasimha (Eds.), Universities Press, Hyderabad (2007), pp. 264-273

9. Zinc and its Alloys: The Ancient Smelting Technology Baldev Raj, M. Vijayalakshmi and B.Venkataraman Encyclopaedia of Classical Indian Sciences, Helaine Selin and Roddam Narasimha(Eds) Universities Press, Hyderabad(2007),pp.278-286

10. Cathodic and anodic protection

U. Kamachi Mudali, H.S. Khatak and Baldev Raj Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry Vol.4 Corrosion and Oxide Film, pp.393-434 M.Stratmann and G. Frankel (Eds.), VCH Publishers, Weinheim, Germany (2003)

11. Nondestructive evaluation – An overview Baldev Raj Encyclopedia of Materials: Science & Technology Elsevier Science Publishers (2001)

12. Mechanical Testing – An overview

Baldev Raj and K. Bhanu Sankara Rao Encyclopedia of Materials: Science & Technology Elsevier Science Publishers (2001)

13. Thermal and thermomechanical fatigue testing

K. Bhanu Sankara Rao and Baldev Raj Encyclopedia of Materials: Science & Technology Elsevier Science Publishers (2001)

14. NDT techniques for analysis of microstructures and properties of metallic materials

B. Stegemann and Baldev Raj Encyclopedia of Materials: Science & Technology Elsevier Science Publishers (2001)

15. NDT of art objects

B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj and Segebade Encyclopedia of Materials: Science & Technology Elsevier Science Publishers (2001)

13. History of metallurgy in India

C.V. Sundaram, Baldev Raj and C. Rajagopalan Invited paper “Chemistry, and Chemical Technical Techniques in India”, Chapter I in History of Science,Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization”, B.V. Subbarayappa (Ed), published by Centre for Studies in Civilizations Vol. IV, Part I (1999) p.23-53

PAPERS IN HANDBOOKS/ REFERENCE BOOK NDT for Corrosion- Sensors book- kamachi – pick the chaperts in both books where Dr BR is authored

1. On the design, fabrication and characterization of cMUT devices J Jayapandian, K Prabakar, C.S.Sundar and Baldev Raj (Wiely chapter on cMUT MEMS sensor) forth coming





2. Science-Based Technologies: Towards Sustainable and Adequate Energy for India (A Monograph of INSA), Baldev Raj, U. Kamachi Mudali and Indranil Manna, Indian National Science Academy, 2014 (forthcoming)

3. Core Materials

Baldev Raj Chapter 11, Fast Spectrum Reactors, Alan Walter (Ed.), Springer Verlag, 2010,pp 299-364

4. Sodium Fast Reactor Design: Fuels, Neutronics, Thermal-Hydraulics, Structural Mechanics and Safety

Jacques Ronault, P. Challapandi, Baldev Raj, Philippe Dufour, Christian Latge, Laurent Paret, Pierre Lo Pinto, Gilles H. Rodriguez, Guy-Marie Gautier, Gian-Luigi Fiorini, Michel Pelletier, Dominique Gosset, Stephane Bourgand, Gerard Mignot, Frederic Varaine, Bernard Valentin, Patrick Masoni, Philippe Martin, Jean-Claude Queval, Daniel Broc and Nicolas Devictor Handbook of Nuclear Engineering – Nuclear Engineering Fundamentals, Dan Gabriel Cacuci (Ed), Springer Science+Business Media LLC (2010), Volume 4 Reactors of Generations III and IV, pp2321-2710

5. Plant life management (PLiM) practices for sodium cooled fast neutron spectrum reactors (SFRs) Baldev Raj, P. Chellapandi, T. Jayakumar, B.P.C. Rao and K. Bhanu Sankara Rao Chapter 22 in “Understanding and Mitigating Ageing in Nuclear Power Plants: Materials and Operational Aspects of Plant Life Management (PLiM)”, Philip G. Tipping (Ed.), Series in Nuclear Energy, Woodhead Publishing Ltd. (2010), pp. 795-837

6. Advanced ferritic and ferritic/martensitic steels for fast reactor applications

Baldev Raj and Muraleedharan Vijayalakshmi Reference Book titled “Comprehensive Nuclear Materials”, Rudy Konings (Ed.), Elsevier Publications, U.K. (2011)

7. Security trends and challenges in wireless networks S.A.V. Satya Murty, Baldev Raj, P. Gireesanand K.M. Sivalingam Hand book of Security and Networks, Yang Xiao, Hui Chen and Frank H. Li (Eds.), World Scientific Press, 2009

8. Nondestructive testing as applicable to welding industry Baldev Raj and C.V. Subramanian Welding Engineering Handbook, (Eds.) R. Sundararajan, S. Vijaybhaskar and G.C. Amarnathkumar, Radiant Publishing (P) Ltd., Secunderabad, pp.332-348 9. Microstructures evaluation in castings by nondestructive test methods Baldev Raj, C.V. Subramanian and T. Jayakumar Invited article in “Castings Handbook”, (Ed.) O. Prabhakar, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

10. Failure of martensitic stainless steel ball valve Rakesh Kaul, N.G. Muralidharan, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj ASM Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, (Ed.) Khlefa A. Easklul, Vol.II (1993) pp.262-266 11. Failure of AM 350 stainless steel bellows T. Jayakumar, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj ASM Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, (Ed.) Khlefa A. Easklul, Vol.II (1993) pp.119-121

12. Failure of a copper condenser dashpot Rakesh Kaul, N.G. Muralidharan, N. Raghu, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj ASM Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, (Ed.) Khlefa A. Easklul, Vol.II (1993) pp.99-106

13. Transgranular stress-corrosion cracking failure in AISI 304L stainless steel dished ends during storage D.K. Bhattacharya, J.B. Gnanamoorthy and Baldev Raj ASM Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, (Ed.) Khlefa A. Easklul, Vol.II (1993) pp.135-137





14. Intergranular stress-corrosion cracking failure in AISI type 316 stainless steel dished end near weld joints

D.K. Bhattacharya, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj ASM Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, (Ed.) Khlefa A. Easklul, Vol.II (1993) pp.126-129

15. Corrosion failure to stainless steel thermowells D.K. Bhattacharya, Baldev Raj, E.C. Lopez and V. Seetharaman ASM Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, (Ed.) Khlefa A. Easklul, Vol.II (1993) pp.160-162 16. Failure of AISI type 347 stainless steel bellows Rakesh Kaul, N.G. Muralidharan, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj ASM Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, (Ed.) Khlefa A. Easklul, Vol.II (1993) pp.259-261 17. Failure of a yoke body of master slave manipulator due to casting defect N.G. Muralidharan, K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj ASM Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, (Ed.) Khlefa A. Easklul, Vol.II (1992) pp.215-217

18. Intergranular corrosion failure in Zn-Al alloy solenoid valve seats T. Jayakumar, D.K. Bhattacharya, Baldev Raj and P. Rodriguez ASM Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, (Ed.) Khlefa A. Easklul, Vol.II (1992) pp.421-423

Books/Monographs Authored

1. Materials for Energy Systems Baldev Raj and S.Raju Indian Institute of Metals,Open Access Publication IIM Website, INAE Website, IGCAR Website Executive Summary; Metal News(2014)(Accepted) 2. Miniaturised Testing of Engineering Materials V.Karthik, K.V.Kasiviswanathan & Baldev Raj CRC-Press, Taylor & Francis Group (In preparation) 3. Sodium Cooled Fast Reactors with Closed Fuel Cycle P.Chellapandi, P R Vasudeva Rao & Baldev Raj

CRC Press, Taylore & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2015 4. Surface Modification Technologies XXIII

T. Sudarshan, U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj Valardocs Publishers (2010)

5. Signal Processing and Imaging Baldev Raj, P. Kalyanasundaram and B. Venkataraman Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (2010)

6. Text Book of Nano Science & Technology

B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, Baldev Raj, B.B. Rath and James Murday University Press, Hyderabad (2010)

7. Practical liquid penetrant testing

B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj V.A. Chandramouli (Ed.), Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (2009)





8. Practical Radiography

Baldev Raj and B. Venkataraman Narosa Publishing House &National Certification Board of Indian Society for Nondestructive Testing (2007)

9. Phase evolution diagrams – A new approach to ‘Mean metal temperature’ of ferritic components (Monograph)

M. Vijayalakshmi and Baldev Raj University Press, Hyderabad (2005)

10. Metal Sciences in India

R.K. Dayal, R.V. Subba Rao and Baldev Raj Metal Sciences Division, Indian Institute of Metals (2004) (CD version)

11. Science and technology of Ultrasonics V. Rajendran, P. Palanichamy and Baldev Raj Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (2003) Co-publishers Alpha Science, Europe

12. Text Book of Industrial Radiography B. Venkataraman and Baldev Raj

Narosa Publishing House and National CertificationBoard of Indian Society for Nondestructive Testing (2003)

13. Neutron Radiography – Principles and Applications (Monograph)

Venkataraman, Baldev Raj and K. Viswanathan Published by Neutron Radiography Working Group of India and Indian Society for Nondestructive Testing (1999)

14. Nondestructive Testing of Welds

Baldev Raj, C.V. Subramanian and T. Jayakumar Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (1999) – Co-publishers ASM International, USA & Alpha, Europe

15. Where Gods Come Alive (A monograph on South Indian Bronzes)

Baldev Raj, C. Rajagopalan and C.V. Sundaram Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi (1997)

16. Practical Nondestructive Testing Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and M. Thavasimuthu Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (1997), Second edition (2002) – co-publishers ASM International,

USA & Alpha, Europe

17. Ionising Radiation in Nondestructive Evaluation (Monograph) Baldev Raj and B. Venkataraman Indian Society for Radiation Physics (1989)

18. Metal Sciences in India

R.K. Dayal, R.V. Subba Ral and Baldev Raj Metal Sciences Division, Indian Institute of Metals (1994)

Books Edited





1. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy: Thematic Issue: Science Based Technologies for

Sustained and Adequate Energy for India, Vol. 81(4), Sept. 2015; Baldev Ra, Indranil manna and U Kamachi Mudali (eds)

2. The Mind of an Engineer Purnendu Ghosh, Baldev Raj (eds) Springer (India) Private Limited. New Delhi

3. Materials and Failures in MEMS and NEMS (Materials Degradation and Failures Series) Atul Tiwari and Baldev Raj (Eds) Scrivener Wiley Publishing, 2015

4. Sensor Science and Technology Baldev Raj, U. Kamachi Mudali and B. Venkataraman Narosa Publishers Ltd, New Delhi (in Press)

5. Distributed Manufacturing to Enhance Productivity

Baldev Raj, Mike Gregory, Manoj Kumar Tiwari Special Issue: International Journal of Production Research (in press)

6. Internal Corrosion of Pipelines Anil Bhardwaj, Baldev Raj (eds), 2015 Narosa Publishing House Pvt Limited ISBN: 978-81-8487-413-6

7. Research and Innovation 2014 Baldev Raj, Krishnaveni Damodaran PSG Institutions

8. Nanotechnology in Realizing sutainable Energy Van de Voorde Marcel, Baldev Raj & Yashwant Mahajan Wiley Publishers (Proposed 2015)

9. Thermal Degradations in Materials/reaction mechanisms in Thermal Edited by Atul Tiwari, Prabhakar Singh & Baldev raj Wiley Publishers-Publication – details to be add

10. Non destructive evaluation of corrosion and corrosion assisted cracking

Edited by : Raman Singh, U. Kamachi Mudali, & Baldev Raj (In press) Wiley Blackwell Publishers

11. Practical Neutron Radiography Testing

Edited by Baldev Raj & K Viswanathan Narosa Publications, (2013)

12. Practical Magnetic Particle Testing

Edited by Baldev raj & Dr.B.Venkatraman Narosa Publications, (2013)

13. Science Based Technologies for Sustainable and Adequate Energy for India

Edited by Baldev Raj, Indranil Manna and U Kamachi Mudali Indian National Science Academy, Monograph (Under Review)

14. Do’s and Do not- Storage & Transit





Edited by Dr.Baldev Raj & Dr.U.Kamachi Mudali, Authored by P.K.Mathew Confederation of Indian Industry-Corrosion Management Committee

15. Do’s and Do not- Corrosion Inhibitor Application

Edited by Dr.Baldev Raj & Dr.U.Kamachi Mudali, Authored by Dr.Anil Bhardwaj Confederation of Indian Industry –Corrosion Management Committee

16. Do’s and Do not-Stainless Steel Edited by Dr.Baldev Raj & Dr.U.Kamachi Mudali, Authored by Dr.B.K.Shah Confederation of Indian Industry-Corrosion Management Committee

17. Do’s and Do not – Titanium & Zirconium

Edited by Dr.Baldev Raj & Dr.U.Kamachi Mudali, Authored by Dr.B.K.Shah Confederation of Indian Industry –Corrosion Management Committee

18. Advances in Manufacturing Technologies Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar, G. Sasikala, B.P.C. Rao and P.V. Sivaprasad IIM-Universities Press Series, Hyderabad (2012)

19. Advances in Manufacturing Technologies – Vol. I & II

S. Venugopal and Baldev Raj Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (2012)

20. Atoms with Msission

Technology Book on 50 years of DAE( Commemorative volume) This covers technologies developed and matured from 1960-2010

21. Pressure Vessels and Piping – Codes Standards, Design and Analysis (Vol.I)

Baldev Raj, B. K. Choudhary and K. Velusamy Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (2009)

22. Pressure Vessels and Piping – Materials and Properties (Vol.II) Baldev Raj, B.K. Choudhary and Anish Kumar Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (2009)

23. Pressure Vessels and Piping – Manufacturing and Performance (Vol.III) Baldev Raj, B.K. Choudhary and Shaju K. Albert Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (2009)

24. Pressure Vessels and Piping – Inspection and Life Management (Vol.IV) Baldev Raj, B.K. Choudhary and Anish Kumar Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (2009)

25. Corrosion Reviews- Extra Special Issue 2009 on Corrosion in India Baldev Raj and U. Kamachi Mudali Freund Publishing House Ltd., Israle (2009)





26. Perspectives in Materials Characterization G. Amarendra, Baldev Raj and M.H. Manghnani universities Press, Hyderabad (2008)

27. Advances in Stainless Steel

Baldev Raj, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, T. Jayakumar, P.V. Sivaprasad, Saroja Saibaba and P. Shankar Univesities Press, Hyderabad (2008)

28. Corrosion Science & Technology – Mechanism, Mitigation and Monitoring

U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi – Co-publishers Alpha Science International Ltd., UK and ASM International (2008)

29. .Corrosion Prevention and Control

Baldev Raj, U. Kamachi Mudali and S. Rangarajan Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi – Co-publishers Alpha Science International Ltd.,UK and ASM International (2007)

30. Practical Eddy Current Testing

B.P.C. Rao Baldev Raj and B.Venkataraman (Series Editors), Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi – co-Publishers, Alpha Science International Ltd., UK (2007)

31. Practical Acoustic Emission

P. Kalyanasundaram, C.K. Mukhopadhyay and S.V. Subba Rao,Baldev Raj and B. Venkataraman (Series Editors), Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi – co-Publishers, Alpha Science International Ltd., UK (2007)

32. Practical magnetic particle testintg

D.J. Varde and A. Nerurkar Baldev Raj and B. Venkataraman (Series Editors), Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi – co-Publishers, Alpha Science International Ltd., UK (2007)

33. Welding Technology for Engineers

Baldev Raj, V. Shankar and A.K. Bhaduri Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi – Co-publisher ASM International, USA (2006)

34. Frontiers in the Design of Materials

Baldev Raj, S. Ranganathan, S.L. Mannan, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, P. Shankar and M.D. Mathew University Press, Hyderabad – co-publishers Orient Longmann (2006)

35. Atoms with Mission – The Sage of Atomic Energy Programme in India (1954-2004)

Baldev Raj Publication Division, Department of Atomic Energy (2005)

36. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies: Closing the Fuel Cycle

Baldev Raj and P.R. Vasudeva Rao Published by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, 2007

37. Advances in Materials Characterization

Baldev Raj, G. Amarendra and Murali Manghnani University Press, Hyderabad - Co-publishers Orient Longmann 2006

38. Welding Technology for Engineers

Baldev Raj, V. Shankar and A.K. Bhaduri





Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi – Co-publishers ASM International & Alpha Europe (2006)

39. Corrosion of Austenitic Stainless Steels – Mechanisms, Mitigation & Monitoring H.S. Khatak and Baldev Raj Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (2002) – Co-publishers ASM International, USA

40. High Nitrogen Steels and Stainless Steels: Manufacturing, Properties and Applications

U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (2002) – Co-publishers ASM International, USA (Also published in Chinese language by Chemical Industry Press, Beijing,China)

41. Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Plants

P. Kalyanasundaram, B. Venkataraman, Baldev Raj and R.P. Kapoor Indian Society for Nondestructive Testing, Kalpakkam Chapter and Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, January 22-24, 2002

42. Image Analysis in Materials and Life Sciences

Babu Rao, P. Kalyanasundaram, K.K. Ray and Baldev Raj Oxford IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (2001)

43. Materials Ageing and Life Management – 3 Volumes

Baldev Raj, K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, T. Jayakumar and R.K. Dayal Allied Publishers Ltd., Chennai (2000)

44. NDE Science & Technology for Quality Improvement

Baldev Raj, M.T. Shyamsunder and S. Ranganathan Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi (2000)

45. Frontiers in Materials Modelling and Design Vijay Kumar, Surajit Sengupta and Baldev Raj Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (1997)

46. Trends in NDE Science and Technology ( 5 Volumes)

C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Baldev Raj, C.R.L. Murthy and T. Jayakumar Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,1996

47. Non-Destructive Evaluation C.R.L. Murthy, Baldev Raj, O. Prabhakar and A. Srinivasulu Interline Publishers, Bangalore (1993).

Guest Editor of Special Issues of Journals/Encyclopedia 1. Modern Aspects of Functional Materials, Editors Baldev Raj, S.C. Sharma, Westley Cantwell, Co Editors,

D. Sivalingaiah, T.N. Ramesh, R.G. Sharath Chander, Dedicated to Prof. C.N.R. Rao, Tumkur University Publications

2. Twenty Five Years of Fast Breeder Test Reactor (Part 1) Baldev Raj Newsletter published on the occasion of Silver Jubilee Celebration of FBTR-RML, Kalpakkam,October 10,2010, published by Indian Nuclear Society

3. Proceedings of International Conference on Nano Science & Technology (ICONSAT 2008)





Baldev Raj, C.S. Sundar, A.K. Arora and A.K. Tyagi Vol. 9, No.6, September 2009, American Scientific Publishers, USA

4. High Performance Structural Materials Baldev Raj and Divakar Ramachandran Special Issue of Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals Vol.16, Issue 2 (2009)

5. Spectroscopy of Cold Molecules Baldev Raj Special issue of Indian Institute of Science Journal, Vol.85 No.6, November-December 2005

6. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research & Development in India Baldev Raj and P.R. Vasudeva Rao International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science & Technology Vol.1 (2-3), IndesciencePublishers (2005)

7. NDE Research & Development at IGCAR, Kalpakkam

Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation, Vol. 4 (1), June 2005

8. NDT in India Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar Special Issue of INSIGHT – European Journal of NDT Vol.45 Number 1, January 2003

9. High Nitrogen Steels and Stainless Steels Baldev Raj, U. Kamachi Mudali and V.S. Srinivasan

Special Issue on “High Nitrogen Steels”, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals 55 (4&5) (2002)

10. Frontiers in Materials Science & Engineering Baldev Raj and K. Bhanu Sankara Rao

Special Issues of SADHANA – Engineering Journal of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore Volume 28, Part 1-4 (2003) (2 volumes), pp.1-864

11. Subject Editor in the area of Mechanical Testing & Nondestructive Testing – Encyclopedia of Materials Science & Technology, Elsevier Science Publishers, Oxford, UK contributing more than 50 articles (250 pages of Encyclopedia)

12. Frontiers in Materials Science and Engineering Baldev Raj Special Issue of Bulletin of Materials Science, 19(6) (1996) Published by Indian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with Materials Research Society of India and Indian National Science Academy (1997)

13. R. Prabhakar and Baldev Raj Proceedings of the National Symposium on Acoustics (NSA)1994 December 15-12, 1994, Kalpakkam, published as a Special Volume (XXII) of the Journal of Acoustical Society of India

Status Papers

Report 1. Report on Standards, Spatial Framework and Technologies for National GIS, Mukund Rao, V S

Ramamurthy, Baldev Raj, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, April 2015





2. Report on Wind Energy Systems in India: Present Status & Recommendation for Growth(2014) Dr.Baldev Raj Chairman, Dr.Sanak Mishra, Co-Chairman Indian National Academy of engineering and Indian Institute of Metals On invitation of Member Energy and Member R&D, Planning Commission

3. Blueprint for promotion of R&D in Iron and Steel(2014) Baldev Raj, Sanak Mishra, T Mukherjee, A K tyagi, sanjay Chandra, K Marutiram, S S Mohnaty, ACR Das, R K Vijayavergia On invitation of Secretary Ministry of Steel

4. Peer Review Report of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur(2014)

Baldev Raj(Chairman), Pramath Raj Sinha, Raghu Upadhya, kuppanniengar Aprameyan, D. D. Sarma, Jitendra Malik, Satya P Chauhan, On invitation of Minister Human Resources Development & Chairman IIT,Council 2014

5. Mission 2017: Indigenous advanced ultra coal fired fossil plant Baldev Raj Presentation to the Prime Minister,2011

6. Basic sciences in detection of explosives Baldev Raj Presentation made to Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt. of India, January 16, 2004

7. A perspective on nuclear fuel cycles and associated technologies

Baldev Raj Presentation made to Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and senior Officers of DAE, January

8. Nondestructive investigation of ancient Vishnu idols Baldev Raj, C. Babu Rao and D.K. Bhattacharya Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Evaluation of National Strategies for Fingerprinting of Ancient Icons and Idols (1991)

9. Application of science and technology in the conservation of metallic objects of cultural heritage Baldev Raj Department of Science & Technology for Evolving National Programme (1990)

10. Acoustic emission during tensile deformation and fracture in austenitic alloys Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar World Meeting on Acoustic Emission, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA (1989)

11. Nondestructive evaluation in India – Status, deficiencies and recommendations and technology on thrust area Baldev Raj Materials Committee of Department of Science & Technology, (1988)

12. Materials for the year 2000: National priorities – Nuclear Materials P. Rodriguez, Baldev Raj, S.L. Mannan, S. Venkadesan and D.K. Bhattacharya Status paper to the Scientific Committ for advice to Prime Minister.

12. Materials for energy systems Baldev Raj & S Raju Planning Commission, Member Energy, Member R&D and Colleagues, May 2013 International Benchmark





1. Kamini Criticality Benchmark : ‘U233-MET-THERM-001

S. Ganesan, G.J. Prasad, E. Radha, P.V. Ramalingam, C.P. Reddy, G. Srinivasan and Baldev Raj International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments, USA (2005)

IAEA : Pespectrives in India’s Nulcear Programme 1. Assessment of nuclear energy systems based on a closed nuclear fuel cycle with fast reactors

G. Dyck, Y.I. Kim, N. Kukharchuk, X. Mi, R. Nakai, Baldev Raj, A. Vasile,S. Ygay and V. Kagramanyan A report of the 8 nation initiative on the International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO), International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, IAEA-TECDOC-1639 (2010)

2. Eddy current testing techniques for nuclear power plants

Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar An Introduction of Seleted Advanced Techniques in Non-destructive Testing – A Training Guide Book, Internatinational Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria IAEA-TECDOC-, pp. 22-41

3. Magnetic Barkhausen emission technique

Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar An Introduction of Seleted Advanced Techniques in Non-destructive Testing – A Training Guide Book, Internatinational Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria IAEA-TECDOC-, pp. 53-70

4. Thermal imaging for nuclear industry

Bakdev Raj and T. Jayakumar An Introduction of Seleted Advanced Techniques in Non-destructive Testing – A Training Guide Book, Internatinational Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria IAEA-TECDOC-, pp. 116-134

5. Status of R&D on adanced fast reactor fuel cycles at IGCAR

P.R. Vasudeva Rao, K. Nagarajan, R. Natarajan and Baldev Raj Joint Case Study on Assessment using the INPRO Methodology for an Innovative Nuclear Energy System based on a Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle with Fast Reactors (CNFC-FR), Obninsk, Russia, March 16-18, 2005

6. A perspective on the fuel options for India Baldev Raj 4th Technical Working Group meeting on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options and Spent Fuel Management (TWGNFCO), International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, May 23-25, 2005

7. Development of innovative fast reactor and fuel cycle: Indian perspective Baldev Raj 2nd STC Meeting on Joint Study on Assessment using the INPRO Methodology for an Innovative Nuclear Energy System based on a Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle with Fast Reactors (CNFC-FR), International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, July 4-6, 2005

8. Thorium fuel cycle development in India Baldev Raj 2nd STC Meeting on Joint Study on Assessment using the INPRO Methodology for an Innovative Nuclear Energy System based on a Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle with Fast Reactors (CNFC-FR), International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, July 4-6, 2005

Standards for Bureau of Indian Standards





1. Impact Echo Testing of Concrete (January 2004)

Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj

2. Indian Standard on Quantification and Certification of NDT Personnel (January 1990). Standard evolved after national debate and consensus and satisfies conditions for International acceptance of NDT personnel of India (Revision of standard 2003) Baldev Raj and B. Venkataraman

3. Recommended Practice of Eddy Current Testing of Installed Non-ferromagnetic Heat Exchanger Tubing using Dual Frequency Method , January 1991 Baldev Raj and M.T. Shyamsunder

4. Glossary of Terms for Signal Analysis Related to NDE, December 1990 No Internatioal standard is available on this subject. Baldev Raj and C. Rajagopalan

5. Recommended Practice for Magnetic Particle Examination of Steam Turbine Rotor Blade M. Thavasimuthu, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj

International Institute of Welding Documents 1. Experiences in In-situ repair welding of steam turbine shrouds and blades,

Baldev Raj, A K Bhaduri IIW International Conferences, 65th IIW Annual Assemble Denver, Colodaro,USA(2012) S-3/P-1

2. Improvement in creep resistance of modified 9Cr-1Mo steel weldment by boron addition C R Das, S K Albert, J Swaminathan, A K Bhaduri, Baldev Raj, B S Murty 63rd IIW Annual Assembly, Istanbul,Turkey(2010)IX-2336-10; Welding in the world 56(7/8)(2012) 10-17

3. Real-time Monitoring of weld pool during GTAW usng infra-red thermography and analysis of infra-red thermal images M. Vasudevan, N. Chandrasekhar, V. Maduraimuthu, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj 62nd IIW Annual Assembly, Singapore(2009) V-1432-09; Welding in the World55(7/8)(2011) 83-89

4. Estimation of hardness in nickel-base hardface deposit on 316LN stainless steel by magnetic techniques, Gopa Chakraborty, V Ramasubbu, S K Albert, A K Bhaduri, N Thirumurugan, A Bharathi, Baldev Raj 63rd IIW Annual Assembly, Istanbul, Turkey(2010) V-1474-10; Welding in the world 56(1/2) (2012) 101-110

5. Recent Developments of structural welds and pipes for the fast reactor programme in India, Baldev Raj and A K Bhaduri IIW International Conference, 63rd IIW Annual Assembly, Istanbul Turkey,Ed.M.Kocak(2010) 453-464

6. Evaluation of hot cracking susceptibility of some austenitic stainless steels and a nickel –base alloy G Srinivasan, A K Bhaduri, V Shankar, Baldev Raj 20th IIW Annual Assembly, Dubrovnik ,Croatia(2007) ii-1644-07; Welding in the World 55(7/8) (2008) 4017

7. Prediction of ferrite number in stainless steel using Bayesin Neural Network Model





M.Vasudevan,A.K.Bhaduri,Baldev Raj 59th IIW Annual Assembly, Quebec City, Canada(2006) ii-1595-06; Welding in the World 51(7-8)(2007) 15-28

8. Hardfacing of austenitic stainless steel with nickel base NiCr alloy

A K Bhaduri, S K Albert,C R Das,Baldev Raj IIW International Conference, 61st IIW Annual Assembly.Graz, Austria(2008) Welding in the world 52(s) Eds.P.Mayr,G.Posch.H.Cerjak(2008) 665-670

9. Welding research in India – Current interests and future directions Baldev Raj International Institute of Welding Document No. ICRA-2005-IND-01

10. Modeling the solidification mode in austenitic stainless steel welds M. Vasudevan, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj IIW International Conference, 58th IIW Annual Assembly, Prague, Czech Republic (2005); Welding in the world 49(s) (2005) 380-387

11. Effect of GTAW fluxes on the bead/ geometry, microstructure and mechanical properties of austenitic stainless steel M. Vasudevan, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj International Institute of Welding Document No. ICRA-2005-IND-30

12. Nondestructive microstructural damage assessment of scaled down PFBR main vessel under core disruptive accident loading V. Ganesan, P. Kalyanasundaram, P. Chellapandi, S.C. Chetal and Baldev Raj International Institute of Welding Document No. ICRA-2005-IND-84

13. Bayesian neural network analysis of ferrite number in stainless steel welds M. Vasudevan, M. Muruganath , A.K. Bhaduri, Baldev Raj and K. Prasad Rao International Institute of Welding Document No. II-C-312-05

14. Feedback from weld related failures in austenitic stainless steel bellows towards indigenous design and fabrication K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj International Institute of Welding Document No.V-1016-93

15. Residual stress analysis in weldment – Theoretical approach S. Murugan, P.V. Kumar, Baldev Raj and M.S.C. Bose International Institute of Welding, Document No.V-1014-93

16. Residual stresses and their evaluation in welds P. Palanichamy, A. Joseph, D.K. Bhattacharya and Baldev Raj International Institute of Welding, Document No.V-995-92

17. A method to locate defect accurately during ultrasonic examination of austenitic stainless steel wledments P. Barat, V.C. Padaki, E.C. Lopez, Baldev Raj and D.K. Bhattacharya International Institute of Welding, Document-87

18. Ultrasonic inspection of austenitic stainless steel weldments – Our experiences V.C. Padaki, P. Barat, Baldev Raj and D.K. Bhattacharya International Institute of Welding, Document No.V-C-432-84





Popular Articles

1. Directed & systematic approaches towards sustainability in the 21st century Indian National Academy of Engineering-News Letter, May 2013 2. Nanofluids for diverse applications John Philip & Baldev Raj Nano News-South Africa, Vol.8, August 2012 3. Ultralow friction and high wear resistance of TiC/ a-C: H nanocomposite coatings Niranjan Kumar & Baldev Raj Nano News-South Africa, Vol 9, September 2012

4. Soft computing in materials science and engineering M . Vasudevan and Baldev Raj Metal News, Vol.12, no.1, February 2009, pp. 15-21 5. Men that Matter Baldev Raj SteelTech (2009) 6. Science and spirituality have much in common Baldev Raj IIM Metal News, Vol.11 (4), August 2008, p.37 7. Memoir of C.V. Sundaram (1929-2008) Baldev Raj Current Science 95(11), December 10, 2008, pp. 1629-1630 8. Prospects of metallurgy in India Baldev Raj Minerals & Metals Review, XXXV (6), pp. 25-26

9. ‘SMART nanofluid’ for future cooling applications Baldev Raj, John Philip and Shima Minerals & Metals Review, XXXV (6), pp. 27-31

10. India and the INPRO R.K. Sinha and Baldev Raj Nuclear India,Vol.41 (1-2), July-August 2007, pp.4-7 11. International collaboration: IGCAR experience Baldev Raj Nuclear India, Vol. 39 (11-12), May-June 2006

12. History and evolution of Fast Breeder Reactor design in India – A saga of challenges and successes

Baldev Raj IGC Newsletter, Vol. 69, July 2006

13. Energy Security for India – A challenge to material scientists & technologists

Baldev Raj IGC Newsletter, Vol.68, April 2006

14. New Year Message

Baldev Raj





IGC Newsletter, Vol.67, January 2006

15. Dare to dream

Baldev Raj IGC Newsletter, Vol.66, October 2005

16. Current synergy with academia-research institutres-industry to realize mature technology for fast

breeder reactors Baldev Raj IGC Newletter, Vol. 65, July 2005

17. The evolution of Chemistry programme at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Baldev Raj IGC Newsletter, Vol.64, April 2005

18. New Year Message

Baldev Raj IGC Newsletter, Vol.63, January 2005

19. The story of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Baldev Raj IGC Newsletter, Vol. 61, July 2004

20. The stofy of Fast Breeder Test Reactor

Baldev Raj IGC Newsletter, Vol.62, October 2004

21. Fast Breeder Programme: An inevitable option for energy security

Baldev Raj Nuclear India 3-4 (2004) pp.2-9

22. Laser shock peening

Baldev Raj and U. Kamachi Mudali IIM Metal News 7(2) (2004) pp.18-19

23. An introduction to neural network and genetic algorithm with their metallurgical applications

V.S. Srinivasan, P. Shankar and Baldev Raj IIM Metal News 7(3) (2004) pp.19-23

24. Random walk

Baldev Raj Journal of Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation, Vol.2, No.1, June 2003

25. Random walk

Baldev Raj Journal of Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation, Vol.1, No.4, March 2003

26. Random walk

Baldev Raj Journal of Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation, Vol.1, No.2, September 2002

27. Random walk

Baldev Raj Journal of Non-Destructive Evaluation, Vol.21, No.2, June 2001





28. Random walk Baldev Raj Journal of Non-Destructive Evaluation, Vol.20, No.4, December 2000

29. Random walk

Baldev Raj Journal of Non-Destructive Evaluation, Vol.20, No.1, March 2000

30. Random walk

Baldev Raj Journal of Non-Destructive Evaluation, Vol.19, No.3, September 1999

31. Random walk

Baldev Raj Journal of Non-Destructive Evaluation, Vol.19, No.4, September 1999

32. Training and certification in NDT – Indian success story

Baldev Raj, V.A. Chandramouli, K. Balaramamoorthy and B. Venkataraman International Committee on NDT Journal, Issue 2, October 2003, p. 5

33. Nondestructive evaluation of Delhi Iron Pillar

Anish Kumar, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj IIM Metal News (2003) submitted

34. Memory Glass

Baldev Raj and U. Kamachi Mudali IIM Metal News Vol.6(1) (2003) p. 17

35. Technology management at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research – A few experiences

Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar Metal News, 5(5) (2002) pp. 10-21

36. Recent Advances in Magnetic Fluid Research

John Philip, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj IIM Metal News (2002)

37. Material Scientist’s Perspective on Collapse of the World Trade Centre

Baldev Raj IIM Metal News, 6(1) (2002) pp.21-22

38. Low cost, high performance plastic circuits

Baldev Raj IIM Metal News Vol.4 (2), August 2001, p.17

39. Fire in titanium tube bundles

Baldev Raj and U. Kamachi Mudali IIM Metal News, Vol.4(4), August 2001, p.14

40. Realised silicon-based lasers from nanocrystals

Baldev Raj IIM Metal News, Vol. 4(4) August 2001, p.18

41. Contributes “Random Walk” (on invitation) in Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation (published every

quarterly since March 2000)





42. “Fingerprinting”, India’s Bronze Gods Science - Random Samples, 283(5403), February 1999

43. Laser Ultrasound Technique for Nondestructive Material Characterisation

John Philip, P. Kalyanasundaram, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj Laser News 9(2) (1998) pp.6-11

44. Speech of Materials

Baldev Raj Golden Jubilee Souvenir of Department of Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on the of International Conference on Recent Advances in Met. Processes, July 16-19 (1997)

45. Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation for Improved Performance Reliability of Components in

Process Industries Baldev Raj Journal of Process Equipment and Piping Technology 12(3) (1996) pp.45-63

46. (Internet) Gateway to NDT Information Superhighway

Baldev Raj and C. Rajagopalan INSIGHT 38(1) (1996) p.20

47. Review of NDT Techniques

Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and B.P.C. Rao Chemical Industry Digest (1995) pp.131-137

48. Advances in Quality Management of Heat Exchangers

Baldev Raj Industrial Products Finder, February 1997

49. Nondestructive Evaluation of HTSCs at IGCAR

Baldev Raj Superconductors Newsletter, IIT Madras, 8(5) (1995)

Popular Books 1. A homage to Dr. Dara Pirozshaw Antia

Placid Rodriguez, Baldev Raj, S. Venkadesan and Alok Singh Publication Committee, The Indian Institute of Metals (2000)

2. Choice of topics in Mechanical Properties, Corrosion, NDT, Welding & Failure Analysis

Baldev Raj Course on Materials Science in Nuclear Energy, Graduates Trainees of Mechanical and Electronics Engineering, BARC Training School, Mumbai (2003) (on IGCAR Web Site)

Publications in Newspapers 1. A legend lives on – Homi Jahangir Bhabha (1909-1966)

Baldev Raj The Hindu, May 14, 2009

2. Heat maps for early detection of breast cancer Baldev Raj, M. Jayashree and B. Venkataraman The Hindu, May 25, 2006

3. Paradigm in science & technology Baldev Raj and John Philip





The Hindu, February 12, 2004

4. Mechanical Testing gets Miniaturised K.V. Kasiviswanathan and Baldev Raj The Hindu, May 25, 2001

5. Online nondestructive monitoring of railway tracks Baldev Raj and P. Kalyanasundaram The Hindu, September 2, 1999

6. No Need to Worry in Future for Electricity Baldev Raj Dinamalar, February 7, 1999

7. Nuclear Tech to Detect Pilferage of Idols Baldev Raj Observer, January 9, 1999

8. Hundred Years of Electron Discovery P. Shankar and Baldev Raj The Hindu, March 12, 1998

9. Where Excellence is Tradition? Baldev Raj The Hindu, March 28, 1997

10. Computer Simulation for Modelling and Design of Materials Baldev Raj, et. al. The Hindu, January 9, 1997

11. Filmless Radiography Technology Baldev Raj, et. al. The Hindu, April 15, 1995

12. Heat Maps Reveal Defects Baldev Raj, et. al The Hindu, September 28, 1994

Major News Items 1. Ringing in the Green Energy Revolution

Interaction- Dr Baldev Raj Converses with M J Krishna The Masterbuilder, May 2015, pp. 164-166

2. Detecting breast cancer using thermal imaging The Hindu, July 9, 2009

3. IGCAR tech imaging helps diagnose cancer

Deccan Chronicle, July 9, 2009 4. Schools as platform for budding scientists

Baldev Raj – on science educationwith specific focus in rural areas The New Indian Express, July 9, 2009

5. IGCAR Diretor stresses the need for best people in teaching profession





Baldev Raj Presential Address at the inaugural function of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research-Augmenting School Science Education through Teachers (IGC-ASSET 2009) The Hindu, July 9, 2009

6. FBTR: Mixed carbide fuel reaches natural end of life

Balde vRaj The Hindu, December 1, 2005

7. Popularising Science

Interview to DD1 and Podhigai Channels November 18, 2005

8. Science is fun

The Hindu, November 18, 2005 9. Setting world record of reprocessing 100,000 MWd/t Pu rich carbide fuel

The Hindu 10. Stretching Shelf Life of Colloids

The Hindu, March 20, 2003 11. Smart magnetic fluid

John Philip, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj The Hindu, January 31, 2002

12. Where robots dare

Baldev Raj and K.V. Kasiviswanathan The Hindu, January 23, 2003

13. Improving the economic viability of nuclear power plants

Baldev Raj The Hindu, April 25, 2002

14. Achieving 100000 MWd/t burn-up of indigenous carbide fuel

The Hindu

15. Characterization of Delhi Iron Pillar The Hindu, August 31, 2002

16. IGCAR Sets Sights Higher The Hindu, September 2, 2002

17. Realistic Evaluation of Materials The Hindu, September 12, 2002

18. Nuclear energy and glimpses of contribution of NDE from IGCAR Meet the Personality programme, Doordarshan Kendra, December 1996





Courses Delivered at Educational Institutes

1. Course on Current Research & Development in Materials for Mega Energy Systems (5 lectures) Baldev Raj

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 2007

2. Course on Challenges in Mega Project – Lessons learnt from Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Baldev Raj

Grate Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, March 2008

3. Course on Current Research & Development in Materials for Mega Energy Systems Baldev Raj

PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, December 29, 2008

4. A Series of Lectures on Materials for Energy Systems Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan under the auspices of Japan Society for Promotion of Science

Senior Visiting Fellowship, May 18 to June 6, 2009





Patents with Brief Description of Discovery

1. An Acrylamide based Gamma-ray Dosimeter using Ultrasonics (Patent application No. 247/BOM/98 filed on April 28, 1998)

P. Palanichamy, D. Ponraju, A. Natarajan and Baldev Raj

This invention relates to an ultraosnic device for measuring gamma-ray dosage from polymerization of a

monomer solution particularly acrylamide. The basic principle is that gamma-ray dosage induces

polymerisation in a monomer solution particularly acrylamide and the amount of polymerisation depends on the

dose level of gamma radiation. As the polymerisation takes place, ultrasonic velocity also increases in the

acrylamide. By measuring the ultrasonic velocity accurately, it is possible to estimate the dose level. Based on

the above principle, a device was realised. The advantages of this invention are:

Nondestrucive device for radiation measurements

Simple construction

Accuate and results are reliable over a long period

Measring range from 20 to 200 Gy

PC based.

2. An Ultrasonic Device for Measuring Residual Monomer in a Polymer Solution particularly Polyacrylamide (Patent application No. 248/BOM/98 filed on April 28, 1998) D. Ponraju, P. Palanichamy, A. Natarajan and Baldev Raj

Residual monomer in a polymer solution, polyacrylamide is highly toxic and realization of complete

polymerisation upto 99.9% is a prime factor for polymer industries. Hence, estimation of residual monomer

concentration upto 0.1% or less becomes important. This invention relates to an ultrasonic device for

measuring residual monomer concentration upto 0.1% in a polymer solution, particularly polyacrylamide. The

basic principle in this invention is that as the percentage of polymerisation increases (or as the monomer

concentration decreases) in a polymer solution, ultrasonic velocity increases. Also ultrasonic velocity increase

is found to be rapid when the monomer concentration reaches 0.1%. Based on the above principle an

ultrasonic device was realised. The advantages of this invention are:

It is nondestructive and low cost device

Accurate in construction

Accurate and results are reliable over a long period

Measuring range from 99% and upto 0.1% of monomer concentration.

3. An optical probe for qualitative evaluation/measurement of defects in a ferromagnetic material component (Patent No.: 186620) Inventors. J. Philip, C.B.Rao & B. Raj

Brief Description: The magnetic flux leakage (MFL) technique is often used in industry for in-service

inspection of ferromagnetic materials. This technique is used to locate and assess discontinuities such as

fatigue cracks, corrosion, erosion and abrasive wear in materials. The MFL technique is also used to detect

defects in steel products such as rods, tubes, blooms, bars and ropes. Commonly used flux leakage sensors





are magnetic particles, pickup coils, Hall probes, magnetodiodes and Forster microprobes. Among various MFL

techniques, magnetic particle testing (MPT) is most popular due to its simplicity and cost effectiveness. In MPT,

minute ferromagnetic particles are sprayed onto the specimen, using a dry or a wet method. Although this

technique is simple and relatively cheap, careful preparation of the test surface is required. Grease, oil and

other materials very common in most industrial environments will affect the mobility and visibility of the

particles. Also, demagnetization of the specimen is necessary after the test, to remove particles adhered to the

test object and to remove the residual magnetism. In magnetodiodes, the fractional increase in the electrical

resistivity of the material is proportional to the square of the magnitude of the magnetic field when applied at

right angles to the direction of current. Here, the resistivity saturates when we increase the field intensity to a

critical value, and the linear relationship disappears. Pickup coils are much larger than other probes and they

can easily miss fine defects or cracks. To the best of our knowledge, optical probes are not available for the

detection of magnetic flux leakage.

In this invention, we disclose a novel optical technique, which can be used for the measurement of magnetic

flux leakage from ferromagnetic specimens or components. This new flux leakage probe consists of

monodispersed ferrofluid confined between two thin transparent glass slides and a white light source for

illumination. By employing ferrofluid droplets of suitable size and surfactant concentration, we have

qualitatively identified the region where the defect is located in the test specimen by visually observing a color

change in the ferrofluid cell, in the vicinity of a crack or defect in the test specimen. The origin of this color

change in the back scattering direction is due to Bragg scattering from the droplet chains, formed by the leaked

magnetic flux in the presence of a defect. We disclose detail the procedure, the merits and potential uses of

this new technique for non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDT and E) applications.

4. An Optical Probe for Quantitative Evaluation/Measurement of Defects in a Ferromagnetic Material Component (Patent No. 186574) Inventors: John Philip, C. Babu Rao and Baldev Raj

Brief description: In this patent, we disclose details of a new optical technique suitable for quantitative

evaluation of defects in ferromagnetic materials/components. The basic principle of the technique is the same

as in the Patent 186620 but the present invention allows quantative evaluation of the defect. This new flux

leakage probe consists of monodispersed ferrofluid, a white light source for illumination and a custom tailored

spectrograph to measure the reflected light intensity and wavelength. By measuring the spectral pattern from

the ferrofluid probe, we evaluate the region where the flux leakage occur. By analyzing the spectral pattern,

we precisely obtain the exact location and the nature of defect present in the test material. We could detect a

slot of 0.6 mm width that was 5 mm inside a mild steel specimen (rear side MFL measurement), using the

ferrofluid emulsion cell (lift-off distance of 3 mm from the surface), magnetized with a Magnaflux Yoke.

5. Design and Development of Miniature Focussed Differential Surface Eddy Current Probe for Microcracks/Scratch Detection (Patent No. 190427) P. Kalyanasundaram, K.V. Kasiviswanathan, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj

The focussed differential eddy current surface probe has been designed with a horse-shoe/torroidal ferrite core

with a narrow air gap of less than 10 m between the poles. The coils are wound with high precision so that the eddy currents induced in the component are restricted to a small region, thus creating a focussed field. The focussed field minimises the lift-off of the probe. This technique establishes a sensitivity of scratch detection upto 20 microns deep. By using this newly designed focussed differential surface eddy current probe, significant enhancement of signal to noise ratio is achieved.





6. Leak Detection by Acoustic Resonance Technique (ART) (Application No. 556/BOM/99 dated 10.8.199) P. Kalyanasundaram, Y. Ramaseshu and Baldev Raj

The leak detection is based on the principle of acoustic resonance. In this technique an exciter produces a

base wave and is transmitted through the tube and the signal at the other end is sensed by the receiver. The

signature of the received signal is analysed by digital signal processing techniques. The presence of leak

creates acoustic disturbances on the received signal and changes the spectral content. The technique is

capable of detecting leaks of the order of 10-3 to 10-4 std cc/sec even in the presence of external noise and

wetting in the tubes. The heat exchanger tubes can be scanned very fast and the technique is ideal for

hazardous radiation and toxic chemical environments.

7. A Process for Producing Articles of Metals, Alloys and Ceramics with Etched Surfaces and an Apparatus for Laser based Etching of the Said Articles (Patent Number: 189001) Inventors: John Philip, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj

In this patent we disclose a new etching procedure, using a pulsed Nd:YAG laser, for revealing microstructures

in metallic and ceramic specimens has been developed.. This procedure would be useful for applications on

existing components, thin specimens and specimens under hostile environments, in a remote and non-contact

manner. The technique has been applied on a variety of nuclear materials such as UO2, Boron Carbide and

Zircaloy-2, to demonstrate its wider applications. Ceramic metals like UO2 and B4C are very difficult to be

etched by conventional techniques. It has been found that the microstructures obtained using this new laser

based etching (LBE) technique, many a time, have even better contrast, as compared to the chemically etched

specimens. For example, in UO2 specimens, the porosity at the grain boundaries and within the grains has

been clearly revealed by LBE. Unlike conventional etching techniques, LBE requires only polishing up to 600

grit level, whereas optical finish is essential for chemical and electrochemical etching. This technique can be

suitably adopted for examination of nuclear fuels both during production and after irradiation. Comparison of

these two microstructures reveals that laser etched specimen has a better contrast as compared to that

obtained by chemical etching. The porosity at the grain boundaries and within the grains could be clearly

revealed by LBE. It is also clear from the comparison that the real microstructure is not modified by the heat

produced by the laser beam. However, the laser energy should be suitably controlled to prevent the

temperature rise above which there could be change in the microstructural features.

8. An Improved Process for Providing Hard Chrome Nitride Coating on Substrates a Coated Substrate

so Prepared (Application No.: 807/BOM/1999 dated 17.11.99) Inventors: Arup Dasgupta, P. Kuppusami, V.S. Raghunathan and Baldev Raj

The invention relates to an improved process for providing hard chromium nitride coatings on variety substrates such as stainless steel, yittria stabilized zirconia and silicon. It particularly relates to chromium nitride coating using a combination of metal-organic source, namely chromium acetylacetonates, a catalyst, namely ammonium bifluoride or ammonium iodide, a gas ambient, namely nitrogen and hydrogen and a plasma assisted technique. The coating may be carried in a cold walled reaction chamber onto preheated substrates under controlled sub-atmospheric conditions. 9. A tunable optical band pass filter

(Application No 196063 dt. 05/06/2002)

Inventors: John Philip, T.Jayakumar, P.Kalyanasundaram, Baldev Raj





Brief Description: Here we disclose a ferrofluid based filter suitable for selecting different bands of wavelengths in the UV, Visible and IR region. Using ferrofluid based tunable optical filters, the desired range of wavelengths, bandwidth and percentage of reflectivity can be easily controlled by using suitably tailored ferrofluid emulsions. A single filter can be used for a wide range of wavelength. As the ferrofluid droplets are super-paramagnetic in nature, an applied field induces a magnetic dipole in each drop, causing them to form chains. Without an external field, these droplets have no permanent magnetic moments because of the random orientation of the magnetic grains within the droplets, due to thermal motion. An external magnetic field orients these magnetic grains slightly toward the field direction, which results in a dipole moment in each droplet. The magnitude of the magnetic dipole moment increases with the strength of the applied field until saturation is reached. At low concentration, one droplet thick chains are well separated and oriented along the field direction. We have exploited the property of controlling the spacing between the droplets where the pass band of wavelength can be chosen by choosing the appropriate magnetic field. Figure 1 (a-d) shows the Bragg reflected light from a ferrofluid based filter unit for different magnetic fields varying from 280-110 Gauss. 10. An Improved Apparatus for measuring colloidal forces (Application No.: 500/MUM/2002 dt.05/06/2002)

Inventors: John Philip, T. Jaykumar, P.Kalyanasundaram, Baldev Raj Brief Description: The present invention relates to an improved apparatus for measuring colloidal forces

between individual particles or droplets. The apparatus of the present invention is useful for measuring colloidal

forces in variety of industrial formulations employed in pharmaceutical, food, paint, insecticides, cosmetic,

lubrication, oil recovery etc. Accordingly, the present invention provides an improved apparatus for measuring

forces between colloidal particles or droplets as a function of distance, which comprises a solenoid capable of

providing a magnetic field in the range of 10 to 500 gauss, provided with a socket for connecting to a variable

current source, the colloid, whose force is to be measured being kept within the said solenoid by means of a

cuvette, the cuvette containing a ferrofluid emulsion (colloid) consisting of a magnetic material dispersed in a

carrier medium and stabilized with an inner surfactant and emulsified with water in the presence of an anionic

surfactant, a white light source, a polarizing beam splitting film module and two optical fiber modules being

fixed in such a way that they direct the incoming beam from the white light source and out going light beam

from the cuvette, a polarizing beam splitter turning the reflected light from the colloid by 90 deg. with

respect to the incoming beam and the out going light beam being sent to a monochromator, associated with

a holographic/ruled grating, for diffracting the light beam to a photodiode array whose out put being

connected to an interface card and a computer, for detecting the position of Bragg peak, its width and

intensity. By calculating the attractive dipole force within an infinitely long chain, the forces have been

calculated from the magnetic field and Bragg peak wavelength

11. Stabilized Magnetic Emulsion and a Process of Making it

(Application No.: 1154/MUM/02 dated 19.12.2002) Inventors: John Philip, T. Jayakumar, P. Kalyanasundaram and Baldev Raj

Brief Description: The present invention relates to a stabilized magnetic emulsion and a process of making it.

The present invention is useful applications in medicines, non-destructive devices, sensors etc. Our new

process removes some of the inherent limitations of electrostatic and steric stabilization methods. At the same

time, the new process has several additional merits compared to the existing stabilization techniques. In

addition to all the advantages of the steric method, the new technique also enable us to control the magnitude

and onset of repulsion by simply adding very low concentrations of surfactants, which would ultimately provide

better long-term stability for the colloidal formulation. This new process also eliminates the need for choosing





polymers with higher molecular weights (or high radius of gyration) for increasing the magnitude and range of

repulsion. This not only makes the procedure of stabilization easy but also makes it cost effective.

The merits of the new process is summarized below:

The spatial extension of the double layer is not sensitive to electrolyte concentration

The decay length is insensitive to surfactant concentrations.

Onset of repulsion can be tuned.

No need for polymers with very large molecular weights to increase the onset of repulsion This procedure allows us to convert a low molecular weight neutral polymer into a high molecular weight

polyelectrolyte or dibloc polyelectrolyte.

19. Tungsten inert gas welding flux for enhancing penetration in single pass for autenitic stainless steels (Application No. PCT/IN/2006/30442 dated 8.11.2006)

M. Vasudevan, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj

The object of present invention is to obtain enhanced penetration in single pass TIG welding and to reduce the number of passes required for welding section thickness greater than 3 mm in austenitic stainless steels and is to reduce the requirement of consumables or filler wire for welding section thickness upto 12 mm in austenitic stainless steels. The object of present invention is to reduce the distortion of tungsten inert gas welds and to produce welds with mechanical properties that are nodegraded through the use of flux. 20. Synthesis of non-ionic, porous, small, solid resin with chemically bonded crown ether

14. Ananda Babu, R. Kesavamoorthy, Gunesh Dhekne, G. Vaidyanathan and Baldev Raj (Application No. PCT/IN07/00461 dt. 24-9-07)

In this invention, we have outlined a new and novel process of synthesizing porous small solid polymer support with crown ethers bonded covalently to 3D network of the support. This is possible because the crown ether was functionalized with acryl group having a double bond that enabled co-polymerization of this functionalized crown ether with the precursor monomers of the porous polymer support. In this new product, crown ether, without and with trapped ion, cannot come out of the support, thus enabling the new product to keep them intact without any accidental or unwanted leakage or release of the ions and crown ethers. The particle size of the order of 100 micrometer is making it faster extractant or sensor. Crown ether is bonded uniformly in the solid to increase the trapping efficiency. Thus, this product is superior as compared to the old product in this important function. 21. A process for producing body centered cubic (B2) nickel aluminide (NiAl) coating of controlled

thickness on nickel-base alloy surfaces (Application No. PCT/IN07/00514 Dated 26-10-2007) G. Srinivasan, A.K. Bhaduri, Baldev Raj and V. Gopal

The present invention relates to aluminizing of nickel-base alloys and ,in particular, to a process for producing body centered cubic (B2) nickel aluminide (NiAl) coating of controlled thickness on nickel–base alloys surfaces. Importantly, the process of producing the nickel aluminide (B2 NiAl phase) coatings on nickel–base alloys is directed to achieve high hardness of 800 – 1100 VHN and dimensional tolerance of 80 ± 30 microns coating thickness. Advantageously, the process of the invention achieves desired nickel aluminide coatings with minimum environmental emission of toxic chemicals fumes and is thus also environment friendly. Moreover, the nickel aluminide coating of the present invention is possible without the need for masking of the unwanted regions of the components and more importantly can be attended both on flat and curved surfaces thereby favouring wide scale utilities of such aluminizing process. The process of the invention would facilitate





fabrication industries required to carry out surface modifications and engineering (protective coating) on nickel–base alloys desired for high temperatures such as nuclear industries, aircraft and gas turbine industries.

22. Penetration enhancing flux formulation for tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding of austenitic stainless

steel and its application (US Patent No. US-2010-0068559-A1 dated 18.3.2010– based on PCT/IN06/442) (Ukranian Application No. 2007 14987) (UK Patent No. 2446905 dated 16,1,2011)

M. Vasudevan, A.K. Bhaduri and Baldev Raj

The present invention is directed to a flux formulation and in particular to a Penetration Enhancing Activating Flux (PEAF) formulation preferably obtained as paste and to a method of carrying out Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding or alternatively termed, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) of Stainless Steels of grades and composition conforming to austenitic stainless steel especially the Standards AISI 304 and AISI 316. Importantly, the penetration enhancing activating flux (PEAF) formulation of the invention favours obtaining consistently superior weld quality, of section thickness up to around 12 mm in single pass welding, with an enhancement of about 300% weld penetration, as compared to conventional similar TIG welding applications. Advantageously, also the present invention would favour reducing the requirement of consumable filler material while carrying out TIG welding of austenitic stainless steel of section thickness above 3 mm, being the limit of penetration achieved in conventional TIG welding, and to reduce the number of weld passes. The penetration enhancing activating flux formulation would ensure radiographic quality welds with higher productivity and reduced overall welding costs without sacrificing important mechanical properties and the desired microstructure of the weld zone. The PEAF paste of the invention for the autogenous TIG welding process also mitigates the problem faced in the art of variable weld bead penetration with the variation in the base metal composition from one heat to another.

23. Development of a very high resistance to sensitization in austenitic stainless steel

through a special heat treatment resulting in grain boundary microstructural modification EP Patent No. 08159613.2-1215 dated 29.9.2008 R.K. Dayal, N. Parvathini, Swetha Mulki, Indradev Samajdar and Baldev Raj

The main objective is to enhance the sensitization resistance of austenitic stainless steel wrought products during its manufacturing stage by modifying the initial grain boundary nature so that a very high resistance to sensitization is achieved in the material. 24. Single fibre grid for reconstruction of signal in distributed optical fibre sensor system

696/MUM/2009 dated 17.7.2009 (Patent applied) 15. Babu Rao, C. Pandian, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj

The present invention proposes a single fiber grid in a predesigned configutation in which a given point is sensed by th same fibter more than once. Also a methodology is proposed to process the data obtained by the predsigned configuration to yield measurement with higher spatial resolution. 25. A crosslinked, microporous, spherical, solid absorber media; containing ammonium

molybdophosphate; for selective extraction of cesium from solutions 16. Ananda Babu, P. Kalyanasundaram, Baldev Raj, Gunesh B. Dhekne, R. Venkatesh

This invention relates to developkent and usage of a novel cesium absorber based on polycrylonitrile matrix and ammonium molybdophsophate as an active component for cesium uptake. This invention further relates to the process of synthesis of the said absorber. (in consideration of Department of Atomic Energy) 26. An innovative ‘cut-and-feed’ operation for enhancing the performance of ion-exchange

chromatographic separation International Application No.PCT/IN2008/000293 and US Patent Application No. 12/747,495





Anand Babu, B.K. Sharma, G. Mohanakrishnan and Baldev Raj (in consideration of Department of Atomic Energy)

27. Method and device for detection of cracks and planar defects in metallic rods/rounds using

ultrasonic time of flight diffraction (TOfD) technique Saju T. Abraham, Sukumar Manna, B.Venkataraman and Baldev Raj

(in consideration of Department of Atomic Energy) 28. Apparatus and method for authenticating hardcopy documents with images

T. Prasanth Kumar, S.A.V. Satya Murty, P.Swaminathan and Baldev Raj The objective of the invention is to provide a means for authenticating hardcopy documents, which involves both image and text content and that have to be authenticated and have moderately less physical space to offer for printing anyh encoded information on them. Another objective of the invention is also to make the verification procedure simpler, i.e. verification must not involve machines that reduce the mobility, hence, verification can be carried out even at a remote location. Another objective of the invention is also to make the manual verification procedure as minimum as possible. (in consideration of Department of Atomic Energy)

29. NON-IONIC POROUS, SMALL SOLID RESIN WITH CHEMICALLY BONDED CROWN ETHER Application number:EP20070870504 20070924

Inventor(s): [IN]; BABU CHINTALA CHERVU ANAND [IN]; KESAVAMOORTHY RASU [IN]; DHEKANE

GUNESH [IN]; VAIDYANATHAN GANESAN [IN] BALDEVRAJ DR

This invention relates to a no[eta]-ionic porous, solid resin with chemically bonded crown ether and a process for the preparation thereof. This invention further relates to a non-ionic, porous, solid resin for use in pollution control, analytical chemistry and in medical diagnosis.