Dr. Sriraman M. Ramanujam

Research Associate
Department of Mechanical Engineering
E-mail: smelatherura@vcu.edu
Phone: (804) 928-5294
Fax: (804) 827-7030

Address

401 West Main Street, Room E2234
P.O. Box 843015
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3015

Education

Ph.D. in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 2000
M.S. in Industrial Metallurgy (Materials Technology), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 1988
B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 1986

Research Experience

2004–2007: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering & Mechanics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
1998–1999: Research Fellow, Institut des Technologies et des Materiaux Avances, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
1989–1993: Senior Project Officer, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Research Interests

Corrosion and surface engineering
Ultrasonic cavitation and erosion
Fatigue and fracture, Ultrasonic frequency fatigue and gigacycle fatigue
Influence of ultrasonic vibrations on material structure and properties
Thermal treatments, Phase transformations, and residual stresses
Structure-property relationships

Honors

French government research fellowship, 1998–1999
Patents for developing a unique product & process of engineering significance, 1997
Best research paper award, NSRS '96, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 1996
Graduate assistantship (Doctoral program), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 1993–1996
Graduate assistantship (Master’s program), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 1986–1987

Publications and Conference Presentations

X.J. Cao, M.R. Sriraman, Q.Y. Wang, “Fatigue in Ti-6Al-4V at very high cycles,” Sixth Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing (PRICM6), Nov. 6–9, 2007, Jeju Island, Korea.
T. Li, Y.J. Liu, M.R. Sriraman, Q.Y. Wang, “Fatigue behavior of C38M steel in the long life regime,” Fourth International conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue (VHCF-4), Aug. 19–22, 2007, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
T. Li, M.R. Sriraman, C. Wang, Q.Y. Wang, “Gigacycle fatigue of precipitation hardening aluminum alloys,” Fourth International conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue (VHCF-4), Aug. 19–22, 2007, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
Q.Y. Wang, M.R. Sriraman, N.Kawagoishi, Q. Chen, “Fatigue Crack Growth of Bonded Composite Repairs in Gigacycle Regime,” International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 28 (2006), 1197–1201.
T. Li, Q.Y. Wang, Q.F. Dou, C. Wang, M.R. Sriraman, “Investigations on fatigue properties of die cast Mg alloy AZ91 HP at very high cycles,” Asian Pacific Conference on Fracture and Strength 2006 (APCFS ‘06) (Poster Session), Nov. 22–25, 2006, Sanya, China.
Q.Y. Wang, Z.G. Yang, M.R. Sriraman, S.X. Li, “Very high cycle fatigue of zero-inclusion and commercial high strength steels,” International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials IV (FDSM IV) (Poster Session), Sep. 17–22, 2006, Hyannis, U.S.A.
M.R. Sriraman, “Ultrasonic fatigue testing—a means of verifying the endurance limit,” keynote lecture delivered at the 6th Council Meeting and Symposium of the Sichuan Society of Mechanics (SSSM6), June 16–18, 2006, Chongzhou, China.
Q.Y. Wang, H. Zhang, S.L. Liu, M.R. Sriraman, “Super long life fatigue of AE42 and AM60 Magnesium alloys,” Key Engineering Materials, vols. 306–308, Mar 2006,181–186.
Q.Y. Wang, M.R. Sriraman, H. Zhang, S.X. Li, Z.G. Wang, “Very long life fatigue behavior of bearing steel AISI 52100,” Key Eng. Materials, vols. 297–300, Nov 2005, 1846–1851
Q.Y. Wang, Z.G. Yang, M. R. Sriraman, S.X. Li, “Gigacycle fatigue of zero-inclusion steel and some commercial high strength steels,” Twenty-First National Symposium on Reliability of Materials and Structures (NSRMS 2005), Dec. 14–15, 2005, Nagoya, Japan.
M.R. Sriraman and Q.Y. Wang, “Super long life fatigue-an overview,” First National Symposium on Super Long Life Fatigue (CCTAM 2005), Aug. 14–18, 2005, Chengdu, China.
M.R. Sriraman and R. Vasudevan, “The influence of ultrasonic cavitation on surface residual stresses in AISI 304 stainless steel,” Journal of Materials Science, 1998, vol.33, no.11, 2899–2904.
M.R. Sriraman and R. Vasudevan, “Some observations on the surface effects (macro and micro) of ultrasonic cavitation in samples of aluminum based materials and AISI 304 stainless steel immersed in water,” Ultrasonics International Conference (UI ’97) (Poster Session), July 1997, Delft, The Netherlands.
M.R. Sriraman and R. Vasudevan, “Shot peening effects - sans shots but with high intensity ultrasonic cavitation,” National Symposium of Research Scholars on Metals and Materials Research (NSRS '96), July 1996, IIT Madras, Chennai, India [to commemorate the Golden Jubilee Year of the Indian Institute of Metals, Calcutta, India], pp. 59–68.
M.R. Sriraman and R. Vasudevan, “High power ultrasonic generator for high cycle fatigue testing and surface hardening of metallic materials,” Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Feb.–Apr. 1996, vol. 49, nos.1–2, 73–78.
M.R. Sriraman and R. Vasudevan, “Some aspects on the damage caused in metallic materials by ultrasonic vibrations,” Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 1995, vol. 54, nos. 1–4, 47–53.
M.R. Sriraman and R. Vasudevan, “On fractures produced in materials by ultrasonic stress waves,” International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact mechanics (IMPLAST '93), Dec. 1993, New Delhi, India, pp. 481–487, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, India.
M.R. Sriraman, R. Vasudevan, P.K. Balasubramanian and K.V. Nagarajan, “Some observations on the fracture of materials under ultrasonic insonation,” ASM International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processes (ICAMPS '92), Feb. 1992, Bombay, India, pp. 474–494, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi.