Research Interests
Machining (Conventional & Non-conventional), finishing processes, FSP&Welding, MMC, Rapid Prototyping,Coating
BioSketch
PhD, Superfinishing (Magnetic abrasive finishing)
M.Tech., FE analysis of ECSM
Production Engineering, B.E.
Research
Book Chapter titled, "Magnetic Abrasive Finishing", in Nonconventional Finishing Technologies by Polish Scientific Publishers (PWN), Poland, page nos.125-140
scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=3FvUR1cAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
A) International Journals Papers (Published/Accepted/Comunmicated)
- R.S. Mulik and Vinod Yadava, Thermal stresses during electro-chemical spark machining, Int. J. Manufacturing Technology and Management, Vol. 7, Nos. 2/3/4, 287- 307 (2005).
- R.S. Mulik and P. M. Pandey, Mechanism of surface finishing in ultrasonic assisted magnetic abrasive finishing process, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 25, 1418-1427 (2010)*.
- R.S. Mulik and P. M. Pandey, Ultrasonic assisted magnetic abrasive finishing of hardened AISI 52100 steel using unbonded SiC abrasives, Int J of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials, 29, 68-77 (2011)*.
- R.S. Mulik and P. M. Pandey, Magnetic abrasive finishing of hardened AISI 52100 steel, Int J of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 55, 501-515 (2011).
- R.S. Mulik and P. M. Pandey, Experimental Investigations and Optimization of Ultrasonic Assisted Magnetic Abrasive Finishing Process, IMechE- Part B, J. of Engineering Manufacture, 225 (8), 1347-1362 (2011).
- R.S. Mulik, V. Srivastava and P. M. Pandey, Experimental investigations and modeling of temperature distribution in the work-brush interface during ultrasonic assisted magnetic abrasive finishing process, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 27, 1-9, (2012).
- R.S. Mulik and P. M. Pandey, Experimental investigations and modeling of finishing force and torque in ultrasonic assisted magnetic abrasive finishing, J. of Manufacturing Sci. (ASME), 134, 051008 (2012).
- V. Mishra, H. Goel, R.S. Mulik, and P.M. Pandey, Finite element analysis of magnetic abrasive finishing process to determine work-brush interface temperature, J Manufacturing Processes (SME), 16(2), 248 (2014)
- N Rattan, R S Mulik, Improvement in Material Removal Rate (MRR) Using Magnetic Field in TW-ECSM Process, Materials and Manufacturing Processes,32(1), 101-107 (2017).
- Nav Rattan and Rahul S. Mulik “Experimental investigations and multi-response optimization of magnetic field assisted TW-ECSM process”, Silicon 9(5), 663-673 (2017).
- M. Deepan, Chandan Pandey, N. Saini, M. M. Mahapatra, R. S. Mulik, Estimation of strength and wear properties of Mg/SiC nanocomposite fabricated through FSP route, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 39 (11), 4613–4622 (2017)
- JG Thakare, RS Mulik, MM Mahapatra, Effect of carbon nanotubes and aluminum oxide on the properties of a plasma sprayed thermal barrier coating, Ceramics International 44 (1), 438-451 (2018)
- SV Sujith, MM Mahapatra, RS Mulik, A New Hot Tearing Assessment by Using Stepped Ring Core Mold and the Effect of Strontium on the Hot-Tearing Resistance of Al–6 wt% Zn Based Alloy, doi.org/10.1007/s12666-017-1225-4.
- N Saini, C Pandey, MM Mahapatra, RS Mulik, Evolution of nano-size precipitates during tempering of 9Cr-1Mo-1W-V-Nb steel and their influence on mechanical properties, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 711, 37-43, (2018)
B) International Conferences Papers (Published/communicated)
- V.A. Kamble and R.S. Mulik, Shape Optimization of 'S' Type Load Cell Using Finite Element Method, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering-2006 (AME 2006),at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India. 1-3 December, 2006.
- R.S. Mulik and P. M. Pandey, Experimental study to determine work-brush interface temperature in magnetic abrasive finishing process, PFAM-19, University of Auckland (NZ), 14-17 January, 2011.
- R.S. Mulik and P. M. Pandey, Experimental investigations into the finishing force and torque in magnetic abrasive finishing process, ASME IMECE, November, 2013.
- R.S. Mulik, Navrattan, Parametric study into magnetic field assisted travelling wire electrochemical spark machining (TW-ECSM) process, 39th MATADOR Conference, Manchester University (U.K.), July, 2017.
C) National Conferences Papers (Published)
- R.S. Mulik, S.A. Pujari and K.P. Joshi, Evaluation of Electrochemical Arc machining (ECAM), National Conference on Computational Methods in Mechanical Engineering (Computime 05) at Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. 16-17 September, 2005.
- R.S. Mulik, V.R. Naik and K.P. Joshi, Use of Advanced Manufacturing Machining in Composites, National Conference on Recent Trends in Manufacturing at K.I.T. Kolhapur (M.S.), India. 6-8 January 2006.
Patent
Device for Ultrasonic Assisted Magnetic Abrasive Finishing Process (UAMAF) and process thereof. An Indian patent application has been filed (1200/DEL/2010).
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=3FvUR1cAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Honors And Awards
Students
Travelling Wire Electro chemical spark machining (ECSM)
01 Jan 2013 - 09 Feb 2018
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Navratan Kaushik
FABRICATION AND ANALYSIS OF AN ARTIFICIAL HUMAN HIP JOINT FOR SQUAT POSTURE
01 Jan 2013 - 21 Oct 2018
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ankit Saxena
PERFORMANCE STUDY OF TREPANNING TOOL FOR DEEP ANNULAR GROOVING
21 Jul 2014 - 03 Feb 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sharad Gaikwad
Performance study and Life prediction models on coating of CSEF steel welds
01 Jan 2014 - 05 Feb 2020
Other Supervisors: Dr. M. M. Mahapatra, Scholar: Jayant G. Thakare
Al 7xxx based Metal Matrix Composites
01 Jan 2015 - 15 May 2020
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sujit SV
heat treatment, hydrogen embrittlement and creep strength in P92 steel welds
01 Jan 2015 - 20 Jan 2020
Other Supervisors: Dr. M. M. Mahapatra, Scholar: Nitin Saini
Metal based Rapid Prototyping
01 Jan 2017 - 15 Sep 2022
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Umashankar Tripathi
high strain rate PMC applications
01 Jan 2018 - 09 Sep 2022
Other Supervisors: Prof. Avinash Parashar, Scholar: Ankur Chaurasiya
Application of hBN in machining
01 Jan 2018 - 10 Jul 2023
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ankit Kumar
Machining of ceramics
01 Jan 2019 - 23 Aug 2024
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Rajneesh Raghav
Simulation of WAAM process
01 Jan 2022 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Deepak Kumar Gupta
Coating for anti corrosion
01 Jan 2023 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Akanksha Jain
Functionally graded materials
01 Jan 2024 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Gaurav Sharma
Functionally graded materials, India
22 Jul 2024 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof. DK Dwivedi, Scholar: Amit Singh
Multimetalic additive manufacturing, India
01 Jan 2025 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ankur Srivastava
Fabrication with high density materials, India
19 Aug 2024 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Arun Chauhan
Miscellaneous
- MI-102, Manufacturing Techniques
MI-232, Manufacturing Technology - II
MI-435 Work System Design
MI-511C, Modeling and Simulation