Dr. Vijay Gautam

Mechanical Engineering

Phone:9868211819
Email: vijaygautam@dce.ac.in

Qualifications

PhD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi.

Areas of Interest

Plasticity and Metal Forming, Forming simulations, Production Engineering, Machine Design, Crash Analysis

Publications in International Journals:

  1. Konar, S., & Gautam, V. (2025). Investigations on Formability Enhancement of Friction Stir Tailor-Welded Blanks. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 147(3).
  2. Shahid, F., Tiwari, H., Panwar, M., & Gautam, V. (2025). Side Impact Crashworthiness of EVs: A Numerical Study in Material Efficacy. Engineering Headway, 17, 53-64.
  3. Kumar, R., & Gautam, V. (2025). Influence of Magnesium Content on Tensile Properties and Deformation Behaviour of Al–Mg–Si Alloy Sheets. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 78(2), 51.
  4. Yadav, R. D., & Gautam, V. (2025). Anisotropy and tensile characterization of dual phase steel sheets. In Advances in Sustainable Materials (pp. 305-319). Elsevier.
  5. Prasad, B., & Gautam, V. (2024). Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Formability of Two-Ply Clad Sheet of Stainless Steel and Aluminium Alloy. MAPAN, 1-14.
  6. Yadav, R. D., & Gautam, V. (2024). Effect of magnetic field on mechanical properties of an advanced high strength steel sheet. Materials Letters, 361, 136087.
  7. Yadav, R. D., & Gautam, V. (2024). Effect of Magnetic Field on Deformation Behavior of a Steel Sheet in Uniaxial Tension. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 52(1).
  8. Verma, U., Soni, A. K., & Gautam, V. (2023, December). Prediction of fatigue life of a main landing gear. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2943, No. 1). AIP Publishing.
  9. Saxena, S., Gautam, V., & Bautola, R. (2023, September). Experimental and Numerical Studies on the Forming Behavior of Interstitial-Free Steel Sheet. In International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (pp. 217-227). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  10. Basri, M. A., Gautam, V., Rai, M., & Rajput, N. (2023). Mechanical Characterization and Numerical Modeling of Moso Bamboo for a Collapsible Stretcher Cum Chair. In Advances in Material Science and Metallurgy: Select Proceedings of ICFAMMT 2022 (pp. 271-293). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  11. Sharma, P. K., Gautam, V., & Agarwal, A. (2023). Effect of punch profile radius and sheet setting on springback in V-bending of A 2-ply sheet. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, 9(2), 416-424.
  12. Ram, N., & Gautam, V. (2023). Characterization of Dry Sliding Behavior of a Si-Mo-Cr Ductile Cast Iron. FME Transactions, 51(1).
  13. Ram, N., & Gautam, V. (2022). Evaluation of Johnson-Cook material model parameters for Si-Mo-Cr ductile cast iron. Materials Today: Proceedings, 61, 16-20.
  14. Ram, N., & Gautam, V. (2022). Prediction of effect of alloying elements on properties of ferritic grade Si-Mo ductile cast iron using regression analysis. Materials Today: Proceedings.
  15. Sharma, P. K., Gautam, V., & Agarwal, A. (2022). Effect of punch profile radius and sheet setting on springback in V-bending of A 2-ply sheet. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, 1-9.
  16. Sharma, P. K., Gautam, V., & Agrawal, A. K. (2022). Investigations on effect of bending radius on springback behaviour of three-ply clad sheet. Materials Today: Proceedings.
  17. Kumar, A., Digavalli, R. K., Gautam, V., & Krishnaswamy, H. (2022). Characterization of Residual Stresses in Conventional Forming and Hydroforming of Tailor Welded Blanks. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 1-16.
  18. Tanwar, T., Gupta, S., Singh, A. K., & Gautam, V. (2022). Numerical Simulation of Frontal Crash for Toyota Yaris Using LS-DYNA. In Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Technology (pp. 45-55). Springer, Singapore.
  19. Jha H., Panpalia A., Suneja D., Ashpilya G., Kumar H., Gautam V. (2021) Estimation of Surface Roughness in Turning Operations Using Multivariate Polynomial Regression. In: Phanden R.K., Mathiyazhagan K., Kumar R., Paulo Davim J. (eds) Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4320-7_86.
  20. Rai, R., & Gautam, V. (2021). Simulation-Based Designed Process for Optimization of Blank Shape in the Deep Drawing Process. In Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (pp. 745-759). Springer, Singapore.
  21. Kumar A, Gautam V (2021) Formability of tailor welded blanks of high strength steel: A review. Materials Today: Proceedings. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.04.016.
  22. Shrivastava A., Kumar A., Bansal A., Gautam V. (2021) Design and Development of Single-Sided Front Suspension Girder Fork for Bicycle. In: Kumar A., Pal A., Kachhwaha S.S., Jain P.K. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9678-0_50.
  23. Konar S., Gautam V. (2021) Numerical Investigations on Steady-State Dynamic and Transient Rolling of Automobile Tire. In: Kumar A., Pal A., Kachhwaha S.S., Jain P.K. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9678-0_65.
  24. Jha, H., Panpalia, A., Suneja, D., Ashpilya, G., Kumar, H., & Gautam, V. (2021). Estimation of Surface Roughness in Turning Operations Using Multivariate Polynomial Regression. In Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering (pp. 947-957). Springer, Singapore.
  25. Sharma, P. K., Gautam, V., and Agrawal, A. K. (2021). "Analytical and Numerical Prediction of Springback of SS/Al-Alloy Cladded Sheet in V-Bending," Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 143(3).
  26. Gautam, V., Kumar, D. R., & Konar, S. (2020). Experimental and Numerical Characterization of Residual Stresses in Tailor Welded Blanks After Springback. In Advances in Simulation, Product Design and Development (pp. 79-92). Springer, Singapore.
  27. Singh, A. K., and Gautam, V. (2020). "Numerical Simulation of crashworthiness of a saloon car," Solid State Technology, 63(1s), pp. 07-18.
  28. Kumar R, Kumar G, Gautam V, Konar S Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Residual Stresses in AA6061 After Surface Treatment by Deep Cold Rolling. In: Narayanan RG, Joshi SN, Dixit US (eds) Advances in Computational Methods in Manufacturing, Singapore, 2019// 2019. Springer Singapore, pp 95-108.
  29. Gautam, V., & Kumar, A. (2019). Experimental and Numerical Studies on Formability of Tailor Welded Blanks of High Strength Steel. Procedia Manufacturing, 29, 472-480.
  30. Kumar, A., Kumar, D. R., & Gautam, V. (2019, November). Prediction of residual stresses in biaxial stretching of tailor welded blanks by finite element analysis. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 651, No. 1, p. 012039). IOP Publishing.
  31. Gautam, V., Raut, V. M., & Kumar, D. R. (2018). Analytical prediction of springback in bending of tailor-welded blanks incorporating effect of anisotropy and weld zone properties. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, 232(4), 294–306. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464420715624261.
  32. Gautam, V., & Kumar, D. R. (2018). Experimental and numerical investigations on springback in V-bending of tailor-welded blanks of interstitial free steel. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 232(12), 2178-2191.
  33. Kumar, A., Gautam, V., & Kumar, D. R. (2018). Maximum Bulge Height and Weld Line Displacement in Hydroforming of Tailor Welded Blanks. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 140(3), 031005.
  34. Vijay Gautam, Rahul Sharma and Ananya Bhardwaj "CFD analysis and comparison of different ventilation geometries for brake discs" ELK Asia Pacific Journals- 978-93-85537-06-6, pp.1-6, 2017.
  35. Vijay Gautam, Sahil Ahuja and Nanak Ram (2017) "Design and Solidification Simulation of Exhaust Manifold Made of SiMo Ductile Cast Iron" ELK Asia Pacific Journals- 978-93-85537-06-6, pp.1-6.
  36. Manoj Kumar, Vijay Gautam, Amit Ahlawat and Sumit Jain, "Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Deep Drawability of AA1200" IJAEM, Vol.2, Issue 7, pp 1178-1184, July 2016.
  37. Gautam V., Tewari PK, Shukla R. " Effect of Plastic Strain on Anisotropic Behaviour of AISI202" JSRR, Vol.5(7), pp.517-523, 2015.
  38. Rohit Shukla and Vijay Gautam "Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Negative Spring Back in V-Bending of if Steel", International journal of advance research and innovation, Vol.1, pp. 232-236, 2014.
  39. Gautam, V. (2014). Optimization of process parameters for Gas Tungsten Arc Welding of AA1100 Aluminium Alloy. Int. J. Curr. Eng. Technol, 4(2), 788-792.
  40. Gautam V., D. Ravi, Shukla A.K." Effect of Punch Profile Radius on Springback in V-Bending of Tailor Welded Blanks Welded in Transverse Direction" Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vols. 592-594 (2014) pp.1045-1049, DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.592-594.1045.
  41. V. Gautam "Finite element analysis of deflection of rolls and its correction by providing camber on rolls" published in international journal of research in aeronautical and mechanical engineering, (2013) vol.1, issue 6, pp.42-47.
  42. Vijay Gautam, "Effect of punch profile radius and localised compression on springback in V-bending of high strength steel and its FE simulation", International journal of mechanical engineering and technology (IJMET),(2012) vol.3, issue 3, pp 517-530.                                

Publications in International Conferences:

S.N.

 Title with page no.

Title of Conference

Date(s) of the event

Organized by

Whether International/ National

1

Optimization of GTAW process parameters for welding AA1100 aluminium alloy using Taguchi statistical Approach

International conference on "Special functions and their applications in science and Engineering" ICSFA-2011

8th to 10th Dec. 2011

RJIT, BSF Academy Tekanpur, Gwalior, MP, India

International

 

Prediction of failure using forming limit diagrams in FE analysis of aluminium alloys

International conference on "Special functions and their applications in science and Engineering" ICSFA-2011

8th to 10th Dec. 2011

RJIT, BSF Academy Tekanpur, Gwalior, MP, India

International

 

Effect of Punch Profile Radius and Anisotropy on Springback in U-Bending of EDDQ Steel Sheet and Its Fe-Simulations by Vijay Gautam, Ved Prakash and D Ravi Kumar

STME-2013

Oct 25-26, 2013

DTU

International

 

FE Simulation of variation of deflection in rolls with varying percentage reduction of sheet in a 2-high rolling mill

By Vijay Gautam

1st International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Sciences 2014-ICEST-2014

Jan-4 - 6, 2014

Manipal institute of Technology, Manipal

International

 

Tensile Behaviour of Austenitic Stainless Steel by Vijay Gautam

ICATET-2014

April 18-19, 2014

Arya college of engineering and technology, Jaipur

International

2

Effect of Punch Profile Radius on Springback in V-Bending of Tailor Welded Blanks Welded in Transverse Direction, By Vijay Gautam and D Ravi Kumar

IMECH-2014

June 13-14, 2014

NIT Trichy

International

 

Innovative Design and Analysis of a Y-type Automobile Jack by Akash and Vijay Gautam

ICAME-2014

Aug. 7-8, 2014

Alfalah University, Faridabad, India

International

5

Tensile behaviour of 3-ply laminate composite of sheet metals

ARIMPIE-2015

April 10-11, 2015

ITS Engineering College, Greater Noida, India.

International

6

Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Effect of Weld Zone on springback in V-Bending of Tailor Welded Blanks of High Strength Steel

5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014)

December 12–14, 2014

 

IIT Guwahati, Assam, India

International

7

Numerical prediction of bending force in V-bending of tailor welded blanks

17th ISME Conference On Advances in Mechanical Engineering

Oct. 3 - 4, 2015

IIT Delhi

National

8

Application of Rule of Mixtures to Predict Springback in V-Bending of Tailor Welded Blanks by Finite Element Simulation

CAE-2015

Dec. 10-12, 2015

GITAM University, Hyderabad

International

9

  Finite Element Analysis of Brake Disc Ventilation Geometry To Maximize Brake Cooling Efficiency Through Convective Heat Transfer        

CAE-2015

Dec. 10-12, 2015

GITAM University, Hyderabad

International

10

Computer Aided Design of a Fixture to Study Biaxial Behaviour of Engineering Materials in Tension

CAE-2015

Dec. 10-12, 2015

GITAM University, Hyderabad

International

11

Deep Drawing Behaviour of Cold Rolled Draw Quality Steel by Vijay Gautam

ICARI-2016

ICARI-ME-16-02-58

Feb. 27, 2016

Institution of Engineers, Delhi. (India)

International

12

Effect of Grain Size on elastic behavior in bending of cold rolled Steel

Sheets

Vijay Gautam

ICARI-2016

ICARI-ME-16-02-59

Feb. 27, 2016

Institution of Engineers, Delhi. (India)

International

13

Solidification Simulation of an Exhaust Manifold

Vijay Gautam

ICARI-2016

ICARI-ME-16-02-60

Feb. 27, 2016

Institution of Engineers, Delhi. (India)

International

14

Finite Element Analysis of Sheet Rolling in a Mill

Vijay Gautam

ICARI-2016

ICARI-ME-16-02-61

Feb. 27, 2016

Institution of Engineers, Delhi. (India)

International

15

Modelling and simulation of a connecting rod of high strength steel for IC Engine by Vijay Gautam

MANFEX-2016

Mar. 17-18, 2016

Amity school of engineering and Technology, Amity University, NOIDA

International

16

Effect of Grain Size on Springback in V-Bending of Interstitial Free Steel by

Vijay Gautam, Rohit Shukla, Jitendra Singh and D. Ravi Kumar

RAME-2016

Oct. 14-15, 2016

DTU

International

17

Design & Development of a Fixture to Study Biaxial Behavior of Engineering Materials in Tension

Vijay Gautam, Rakesh Singla and Sunil Kumar

RAME-2016

Oct. 14-15, 2016

DTU

International

17

Experimental Studies and Fe-Simulations on Spring Back In U-bending of Deep Draw Quality Steel Sheet by Vijay Gautam and Jitender Singh Rajawat

RAME-2016

Oct. 14-15, 2016

DTU

International

18

Optimization of EDM Process Parameters with Al-8% SiC

Composite Produced by Stir Casting Route

Pankaj Kumar Sharma, Vijay Gautam and Atul Kumar Agrawal

RAME-2016

Oct. 14-15, 2016

DTU

International

19

Formability Characterisation of AISI202 Stainless Steel

Prahlad Tewari, Vijay Gautam and D Ravi Kumar

RAME-2016

Oct. 14-15, 2016

DTU

International

20

"Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Formability of AA1200"

Manoj Kumar, Suresh Kumar , Vijay Gautam and Prahlad Tewari

RAME-2016

Oct. 14-15, 2016

DTU

International

21

Structural Analysis of Composite Laminates using Analytical and Numerical Techniques"

Divya Sanghi, Divyansh Singh and Vijay Gautam

IConGDM 2016

1st - 2nd  May 2016

Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Phuket, Thailand

International

DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/20167801043

22

"Forming Behaviour of Tri-ply Cladded Sheet Metal of Stainless Steels with Aluminium in Core"

By Vijay Gautam, Bijendra Prasad and D Ravi Kumar

AIMTDR-2016

16th to 18th Dec. 2016

College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA

6 th International & 27th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference

23

"Experimental and numerical studies on springback in U-bending of 3-ply cladded sheet metal"

ICMPC-2017

17th to 19th March, 2017

GRIET, Hyderabad

7th International conference on materials processing and characterization. Materials Today Proceedings: Elsevier

 

Editor/Reviewer of a SCI journals:

  1. Editorial board member to Nature Journals: Scientifc Reports
  2. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, IMechE UK London, JIF:0.848 (Source: Journal Citation Reports®, 2018 release, a Clarivate Analytics product) SCI Indexed.
  3. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Springer, JIF: 2.0, 2019, SCI indexed.
  4. Materials and manufacturing processes, Taylor Francis, JIF: 3.046, 2020 SCI indexed.
  5. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Elsevier, JIF:4.08, 2020, SCI indexed
  6. many more......

 

 

Ph.D. Guided students:

S. No.

Name of Student/ Enrolled Number

Title of Thesis

Year Completed/Degree awarded

1

Pankaj Kumar Sharma

2K16/ Ph D /ME/63

Experimental and numerical studies on springback of 2-ply and 3-ply laminate composites of aluminium and stainless steel sheets

 

14th Oct 2023 Awarded

2

Nanak Ram, 2K15/PhD/ME/04

Experimental and Numerical investigations of tribomechanical behaviour of SiMoCr ductile cast iron

25th Sep 2023 Awarded

3.

Ravi Datt Yadav 2K18/PhD/ME/511

Effect of Magnetization on Mechanical Properties of Steel Sheets During Forming

12th Aug 2024 Awarded

4.

Sankar Ram Thekkeli

2K17/PhD/ME/09

Multiphysics Modelling of Operational Stresses in A 1.5 T Superconducting Magnet for Whole-Body Clinical MRI Scanner

 

5th Sep 2024 Awarded

5.

Rakesh Kumar 2K18/Phd/ME/05

Investigations On Formability Of Tailor Welded Blanks Of Aluminium Alloy In Warm Working

Thesis writing

6.

Subhajit Konar 2K20/PhD/ME/508

Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Formability of Tailor Welded Blanks Prepared by Friction Stir Welding Process

 

Thesis writing

7.

Biijendra Prasad

2K20/PhD/ME/03

Investigations on Formability of a 2-Ply Laminate Composite of Aluminium and Stainless Steel

Thesis writing

8.

Praveen Kumar Singh

2K22/PhD/ME/504

Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Multi-Layered Clad Sheet Metal

SRC and experimental work is completed

9.

M. Anbalagan

2K23/ PhD/ME/508

Investigations on Inclined Rectangular Channel for Solar Air Heaters

SRC and experimental work is completed

10.

Shiv Prasad Singh

2K23/PhD/ME/504

Opto-Mechanical Design and Development of Retractable Baffle for Stray Light Control

SRC is completed

 

M. Tech. (Master Degree) guided

S.No.

Name of Student

Title of Thesis

Date of viva voce exam

1.

Rahul Rai (2K18/PIE/09)

Simulation based design process for minimizing earing defect in deep drawing

August 2020

2.

Ashwani Kumar Singh

Simulation of crash test of a saloon car with skin panels made of IF and AHS steels

August 2020

3.

Akash Chauhan

Numerical and experimental investigations on springback in warm bending of Al-alloy sheets

August 2020

4.

Subhajit Konar

 

Investigations on Formability of Tailor Welded Blanks prepared by Friction Stir Welding Process

August 2019

5.

Sahil Ahuja (2K16/PIE/15)

Design and Analysis of Automotive Brake Disc on the Basis of Temperature Distribution

August-2018

6.

Hemant Kumar 2K16/PIE/08

 

Residual Stresses in Tailor Welded Blanks due to Springback after Bending

August-2018

7.

Bijendra Prasad (2K14/PIE/04)

Formability Characterization of Tri-Ply Cladded Sheet

August-2016

8.

Prahlad Kumar Tewari

2K13/PIE/26

Formability characterization of AISI202 Stainless Steel

August-2016

9.

Amit Rawal

2K13/PIE/27

Analysis And Optimization Of Connecting Rod Using Carbon Fiber Composites

August-2016

10.

Rakesh Singla

2K14/CDN/14

Design and Development of a Fixture to Study Biaxial Behavior of Materials in Tension

August-2016

11.

Kunal Mathur

2K13/CDN/18

Finite Element Analysis of a Deep Drawing Process

August-2016

 

12.

Ashish Kumar Shukla

Springback Characterization of Tailor welded blanks in U-bending and its FEA

July-2014

13

Ved Prakash

Effect of Punch Profile radius on springback in U-bending of High Strength steel and its FEA simulation

May-2013

14

 

Parveen Kumar

Effect of Punch Profile radius on springback in V-bending of High Strength steel and its FEA simulation

July-2012

15

V.R.S. Prasanth Kothamasu Roll No.9057

Determination of effect of  weld region on springback in TWBs in V-bending operation and its FEA analysis using ABAQUS

Sep 2011

16

Gurveen Singh Roll no.10061

Finite Element Analysis Of Deep Drawing Of A Fuel Tank Exterior For A Motorbike

Oct 2011

17

Amit Kumar Soni   Roll no.9066

“Fatigue Life Estimation Of Landing Gears Of Fighter Aircraft Using Finite Element Analysis”

Sep 2011

18

Mr Nagraj, Roll no. 12652

Weldability and formability characterization of aluminium alloy in Tailor welded Blanks

July 2009

19

Mr RishiKant, Roll No. 2404

Analysis of Si -Mo S.G. Iron, Manufacturing techniques and effects of heat treatment on its microstructure using image analysis technique

July2007

20

Miss Om Sehgal, Roll No. 8609

Optimum design of gating system for a high pressure die casting of Al-Si10-Cu2 alloy

July-2006

 

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