Dr. Sisir Dhara


Dr. Sisir Dhara

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: sisirdhara[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 7044043176(O) 7044043176(M)

Research Publications


Journals:

Dhara, S., Basak, S., Panda, S. K., Hazra, S., Shollock, B., & Dashwood, R. (2016). Formability analysis of pre-strained AA5754-O sheet metal using Yld96 plasticity theory: Role of amount and direction of uni-axial pre-strain. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 24, 270-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2016.09.014.
Dhara, S., & Das, A. (2020). Impact of ultrasonic welding on multi-layered Al–Cu joint for electric vehicle battery applications: A layer-wise microstructural analysis. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 791, 139795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.139795.
Dhara, S., Taylor, S., Figiel, Ł., Hughes, D., & Hazra, S. (2022). Development of a novel testing methodology for in-situ microstructural characterisation during continuous strain path change. Materials Characterization, 183, 111610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2021.111610.
Kumar, N., Dhara, S., Masters, I., & Das, A. (2022). Substituting resistance spot welding with flexible laser spot welding to join ultra-thin foil of Inconel 718 to thick 410 steel. Materials, 15(9), 3405. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15093405.
Taylor, S., Dhara, S., Slater, C., & Kotadia, H. (2022). Identifying Optimal Hot Forming Conditions for AA6010 Alloy by Means of Elevated Temperature Tensile Testing. Metals, 13(1), 76. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13010076.
Dhara, S., Finuf, M., Zediker, M., Masters, I., Barai, A., & Das, A. (2023). Utilising blue laser over infrared laser to enhance control of penetration depth and weld strength for producing electric vehicle battery interconnects. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 317, 117989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2023.117989.
Dhara, S., Hughes, D. J., Huband, S., Taylor, S., & Hazra, S. (2024). An X-ray diffraction study of the influence of linear and changing strain paths on strain and texture evolution in AA6111-T4 aluminium alloy sheets. Materialia, 38, 102305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2024.102305.
Dhara, S., Taylor, S., Figiel, Ł., & Hazra, S. (2024). Effect of continuous and discontinuous non-proportional loadings on formability of DX54 sheet material. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 131, 463-477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2024.09.045.
Dhara, S., Rakshit, R., Hazra, S., Mandal, S., & Panda, S. K. (2025). Elucidating the deformation behaviour of DX54 steel under a continuous strain path change. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 37, 2627–2642. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2025.06.181.
Singh, R. P., Kumar, S., Brambley, E. J., Choudhary, S., Singh, P. K., & Dhara, S. (2025). Optimizing formability of incremental sheet forming using the straight groove test assessed with a variable wall angle conical frustum. Manufacturing Letters, 44, Supplement, 453-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2025.06.054.
Taylor, S., Dhara, S., Beaumont, R., Krauss, S., Zeybek, A., & West, G. D. (2025). These Ones are Small; Those Ones are Far Away: A Comparison of Macro and In-Situ Micro Tensile Testing Techniques. Materialia, 43, 102533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2025.102533.
Taylor, S., Dhara, S., Krauss, S., Zeybek, A., & West, G. (2025). Investigation into Formability of AA7020 Aluminium Under W-Temper Conditions with Differing Cooling Rates Combined with In-Situ EBSD Tensile Testing. Accepted for publication in Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China.
Dhara, S., Pakiyaraja, N., Gao, Y., Ruthven, A., & Hazra, S. (2026). Fracture behaviour of DP800 steel under different strain paths. Accepted for publication in Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals.

Conference Proceedings:

Dhara, S., Taylor, S., Shollock, B., & Hazra, S. (2020). A novel experimental set-up for in-situ microstructural characterization during continuous strain path change. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 967, No. 1, p. 012007). IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/967/1/012007.
Dhara, S., Taylor, S., Figiel, Ł., Hughes, D., Shollock, B., & Hazra, S. (2021). In-situ study of strain and texture evolution during continuous strain path change. ESAFORM 2021. https://doi.org/10.25518/esaform21.2168.
Dhara, S., Taylor, S., Figiel, Ł., Hughes, D., Shollock, B., & Hazra, S. (2022). A novel testing methodology for in situ microstructural characterisation during continuous strain path change. In NUMISHEET 2022: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes (pp. 287-300). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06212-4_26.
Hazra, S., Dhara, S., Taylor, S., & Figiel, Ł. (2024). The non-proportional loading of mild steel. Materials Research Proceedings, 41, 977-982. https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903131-107.