Ramavath Bheekya Naik

Department Metallurgical Engineering
Designation Assistant Professor
Educational Qualification Ph.D
E-Mail rbnaik.mme@nitrr.ac.in
Contact Number 7799367389
Areas of Interest

Development and characterization of new composites.
Mechanical, Wear and conductivity studies of composites.
Solid state joining – friction welding and friction stir welding.
Metal additive manufacturing using fusion based and solid-state technologies.
Physical metallurgy 

Publications

Paper publications:

  1. R. Bheekya Naik, K. Venkateswara Reddy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar Development of high strength and high electrical conductivity Cu/Gr composites through friction stir processing “Materials Letters ” https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127437, 265 (2020) 127437.
  2. R. Bheekya Naik, K. Venkateswara Reddy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar Development of high strength and high electrical conductivity Cu-Zr alloy through Friction stir processing, Trans Indian Inst Met https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-019-01623-1 72, pages1431–1435(2019) march 4
  3. R. Bheekya Naik, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, Kanmani S Subbu, R. Arockia Kumar, Optimization of friction stir processing parameters for the development of Cu-W surface composite. Materials Science Forum, 2019, Vol. 969, pp 864-869 September-30 https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.969.864 
  4. R. Bheekya Naik, K. Venkateswara Reddy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar Development of high strength and high electrical conductivity Cu-Cr-Zr alloy through friction stir processing, Fusion Engineering and Design Volume 161, December 2020, 111962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.111962
  5. R. Bheekya Naik, K. Venkateswara Reddy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar, Microstructure, mechanical and wear properties of friction stir processed Cu-1.0%Cr alloys , Fusion Engineering and Design 164 (2021) 112202,  20 December 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.112202
  6. R. Bheekya Naik, K. Venkateswara Reddy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar, Development of high strength and high electrical conductive Cu and Cu–W composite by friction stir processing: Effect of traverse speed. Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science https://doi.org/10.1177/09544062221135514, 1 August 2022
  7. K. Venkateswara Reddy, R. Bheekya Naik, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar Damping capacity of friction stir processed commercial pure aluminium metal. Materials today: proceedings, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.09.059 27 (2020) 2061–2065 5 November 2019
  8. K. Venkateswara Reddy, R. Bheekya Naik, Golla Rama Rao, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar, Microstructure and damping capacity of AA6061/graphite surface composites produced through friction stir processing, Composites Communications 20 (2020) 100352 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coco.2020.04.018  August 2020
  9. K. Venkateswara Reddy, R. Bheekya Naik, Sandeep Yadav, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar, Measurement of Elastic Modulus and Damping Properties of Friction Stir Processed Pure Metals Using Impulse Excitation Technique. Advances in Applied Mechanical Engineering, 521-528 02 February 2020 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1201-8_58
  10. K. Venkateswara Reddy, R. Bheekya Naik, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, P. Chakravarthy, S. Janakiram, R. Arockia K Damping capacity of aluminium surface layers developed throughfriction stir processing Materials Letters 298 (2021) 130031  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130031  May 2021
  11. Koppula Venkateswara Reddy, Ramavath Bheekya Naik, Gankidi Madhusudhan Reddy, Chakravarthy Pammi, and Raju Arockia Kumar, Damping Property of AA6061/SiCp Surface Composites Developed through Friction Stir Processing. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2021) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-021-06201-5 8 September 2021
  12. K. Venkateswara Reddy, R. Bheekya Naik, Shiva Pawan Venna, Guttikonda Manohar, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, P. Chakravarthy & R. Arockia Kumar Damping properties of magnesium surface layers developed by friction stir processing,   https://doi.org/10.1080/2374068X.2023.2220247  02 Jun 2023.
  13. B.Shanmugarajan, Ramavath Bheekya Naik, G.Vimalan, P.Sathiya, G.Buvanashekaran, Physical simulation studies on laser weld heat affected zone of P92 material, Welding Research Institute (WRI) Journal Vol. 36 No. 2, April-June 2015, pp 16-23.
  14. Bheekya Naik, R. Development of Cu-(Gr + W) Hybrid Surface Composites Fabricated through Friction Stir Processing. J. of Materi Eng and Perform (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-10306-y

 

Conference proceedings/other journals publications

  • R. Bheekya Naik, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, Kanmani S Subbu and R. Arockia Kumar, Development of HSHC Cu-W composites by friction stir processing: Effect of traverse speed, CDAMIES-2018 proceeding has been published with the ISBN (9789386954008) pages 321-327

 

 

International/ National Conferences

 

  1. R. Bheekya Naik, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, Kanmani S Subbu, R. Arockia Kumar, Development of high strength and high electrical conductivity Cu-W composites through friction stir processing, Poster presentation in NMD-ATM 2017 held in BITS, KK Brila Campus, Goa, 11-14 Nov 2017.
  2.  Bheekya Naik, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, Kanmani S Subbu and R. Arockia Kumar, Development of HSHC Cu-W composites by friction stir processing: Effect of traverse speed, presented in CDAMIES-2018 held in NIT, Trichy, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India 18-20 Jan-2018
  3. R. Bheekya Naik, K. Venkateswara Reddy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar, Development of high strength and high electrical conductivity Cu-Zr alloy through Friction stir processing, presented a paper in ICAMPS- 2018 held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 25-27 Oct-2018
  4. R. Bheekya Naik, K. Venkateswara Reddy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar Microstructure, mechanical and wear properties of friction stir processed Cu-Cr alloy, presented a paper in IIM-NMD ATM-2018 held in Kolkata, India 14-16 Nov, 2018
  5. R. Bheekya Naik, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, Kanmani S Subbu, R. Arockia Kumar, Optimization of friction stir processing parameters for the development of Cu-W surface composite, presented a paper in ICRAMMT-2018 held in Hyderabad, Telangana, India 19-20 Nov-2018
  6. R. Bheekya Naik, K. Venkateswara Reddy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy and R. Arockia Kumar, Microstructure, mechanical and wear properties of friction stir processed Cu-0.5wt.%Cr high strength high electrical conductivity alloy, presented a paper in ICMMT-2019 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 26-28 April-2019
  7. R. Bheekya Naik, K. Venkateswara Reddy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy and R. Arockia Kumar, Development of high strength and high electrical conductivity Cu-Cr-Zr alloy through  friction stir processing, presented a paper in ICAM5-2019 held in NIT Warangal, India 25-27 September-2019
  8. R. Bheekya Naik, K. Venkateswara Reddy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar Development of high strength and high electrical conductivity Cu and Cu–W composite by friction stir processing: Effect of traverse speed  presented a poster virtual mode in ICAMMC-2021, held in SRM Institute Chenai, 2- 4 December 2021
  9. R. Bheekya Naik, K. Venkateswara Reddy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar Tribological behaviour of Copper-Graphene surface composite via green technology Friction Stir Processing, presented a paper in  IIM-NMD ATM-2022, held in Hyderabad, India 13-16 Nov. 2022
  10. K. Venkateswara Reddy, R. Bheekya Naik, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar, Damping capacity of friction stir processed metallic materials, Poster presentation in NMD-ATM 2018 held in Kolkata, India, 11-14 Nov 2018.
  11. K. Venkateswara Reddy, R. Bheekya Naik,, Sandeep Yadav, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar, Measurement of elastic modulus and damping properties of friction stir processed pure metals using impulse excitation technique, ICAMER – 2019, NIT Warangal, 2 – 4 May 2019.
  12.  K. Venkateswara Reddy, R. Bheekya Naik, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, R. Arockia Kumar, Damping capacity of friction stir processed commercial pure aluminium metal, MMM – 2019, NIT Trichy, 5 – 7 July 2019.
  13. R Bheekya Naik, J Vabhav Kumar, Sumit Kumar, V V Narayana Reddy, Study on microstructure and mechanical properties of 304L stainless fabricated using wire arc additive manufacturing, presented a paper in  METCENT-2023, held in IIT BHU Varanasi, India 26-20 Oct.2023 
  14. R Bheekya Naik, Development of Cu surface hybrid composite through Friction Stir Processing, presented a paper in  IMMT-2023, held in BITS Dubai, UAE 20-23 Nov.2023
  15. R. Bheekya Naik,K. Venkateswara Reddy, Garikapati Pruthvi Raju, R. Arockia Kumar, Exploring the role of rotational speed in the microstructure and damping capacity of Al/BN composites produced via friction stir processing, presented a paper in SICE 2024 held in VNIT Nagpur, October 22 To 24, 2024
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Professional Recognition/ Award/Honors

A Fellowship received by CSIR travel grant for attending the international conference in Malaysia.