K. Kumar

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

K. Kumar is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Kumar has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 6 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in K. Kumar's work include Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (21 papers), Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis (19 papers) and Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (7 papers). K. Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (21 papers), Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis (19 papers) and Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (7 papers). K. Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and China. K. Kumar's co-authors include Satish V. Kailas, Moupiya Ghosh, T. S. Srivatsan, Rajiv S. Mishra, A.K. Ray, Hemantha Kumar, K. Kishore, Pradeep L. Menezes, T. S. Srivatsan and S. Seshan and has published in prestigious journals such as Materials Science and Engineering A, Scripta Materialia and Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources.

In The Last Decade

K. Kumar

27 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The role of friction stir welding tool on material flow and weld formation

2007 409 citations K. Kumar, Satish V. Kailas profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. Kumar India	13	1.2k	414	179	89	43	28	1.2k
Guohong Luan China	14	1.0k 0.9×	565 1.4×	123 0.7×	83 0.9×	16 0.4×	19	1.1k
Keng Yan China	17	1.2k 1.0×	534 1.3×	214 1.2×	70 0.8×	20 0.5×	28	1.2k
William H. Bingel United States	7	1.8k 1.5×	903 2.2×	320 1.8×	55 0.6×	23 0.5×	8	1.8k
Y.C. Chen Japan	6	848 0.7×	384 0.9×	156 0.9×	46 0.5×	27 0.6×	7	853
Yun-Mo Yeon South Korea	18	1.5k 1.3×	629 1.5×	239 1.3×	48 0.5×	28 0.7×	32	1.5k
T. Komazaki Japan	7	913 0.8×	418 1.0×	160 0.9×	42 0.5×	19 0.4×	15	928
D. Verdera Spain	16	745 0.6×	246 0.6×	196 1.1×	35 0.4×	28 0.7×	23	758
Sipokazi Mabuwa South Africa	15	506 0.4×	135 0.3×	144 0.8×	25 0.3×	32 0.7×	50	528
Jianqing Su United States	9	1.1k 0.9×	406 1.0×	401 2.2×	65 0.7×	10 0.2×	18	1.1k

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Kumar, K., et al.. (2025). Application of the Taguchi technique to examine the wear patterns of zircon flour reinforcement in stir-cast zinc aluminium composites. Results in Surfaces and Interfaces. 20. 100598–100598. 2 indexed citations

Kumar, K., et al.. (2025). Assessing Additive Manufacturing Techniques for Polymer and Metal Matrix Composites in Aerospace Applications. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals. 78(8).

Gopi, K. R., et al.. (2024). Effect of equal channel angular pressing on magnesium alloys − A review. Materials Today Proceedings. 2 indexed citations

Kumar, K., et al.. (2024). Simulating equal channel angular pressing of commercially pure aluminium using Johnson–Cook model. Materials Today Proceedings. 3 indexed citations

Dharumarajan, S., et al.. (2022). Shrink-swell soils of rice-based cropping system of old Deltaic Plains, Tamil Nadu: Their characterization and classification. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. 70(3). 306–312. 2 indexed citations

Kumar, K.. (2021). Effect of tool plunge depth (TPD) on the microstructure and mechanical properties of FSW dissimilar joints reinforced with SiC nano particles. Materials Today Proceedings. 52. 355–360. 3 indexed citations

Kumar, K., et al.. (2019). Effect of SiC nano particles on grain stability of friction stir processed AA7075. Materials Today Proceedings. 27. 2586–2590. 6 indexed citations

Kumar, K., et al.. (2017). A Bottom-Up Optimization Approach for Friction Stir Welding Parameters of Dissimilar AA2024-T351 and AA7075-T651 Alloys. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 26(7). 3347–3367. 15 indexed citations

Kumar, K., et al.. (2015). Optimization of FSW Parameters to Improve the Mechanical Properties of AA2024-T351 Similar Joints Using Taguchi Method. 5. 27–32. 12 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Moupiya, et al.. (2013). Friction Stir-Welded Dissimilar Aluminum Alloys: Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Physical State. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 22(12). 3890–3901. 39 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Moupiya, K. Kumar, & Rajiv S. Mishra. (2012). Process Optimization for Friction-Stir-Welded Martensitic Steel. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 43(6). 1966–1975. 24 indexed citations

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Kumar, K., Satish V. Kailas, & T. S. Srivatsan. (2011). The Role of Tool Design in Influencing the Mechanism for the Formation of Friction Stir Welds in Aluminum Alloy 7020. Materials and Manufacturing Processes. 26(7). 915–921. 28 indexed citations

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Kumar, K., et al.. (2010). Positional dependence of material flow in friction stir welding: Analysis of joint line remnant and its relevance to dissimilar metal welding. Science and Technology of Welding & Joining. 15(4). 305–311. 43 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Moupiya, K. Kumar, & Rajiv S. Mishra. (2010). Analysis of microstructural evolution during friction stir welding of ultrahigh-strength steel. Scripta Materialia. 63(8). 851–854. 107 indexed citations

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Kumar, K. & Satish V. Kailas. (2008). An experimental analysis on a friction stir welding defect (joint-line-remnant). NOT FOUND REPOSITORY (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore). 1 indexed citations

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Menezes, Pradeep L., K. Kumar, K. Kishore, & Satish V. Kailas. (2008). Influence of friction during forming processes—a study using a numerical simulation technique. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 40(11-12). 1067–1076. 48 indexed citations

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Kumar, K. & Satish V. Kailas. (2007). On the role of axial load and the effect of interface position on the tensile strength of a friction stir welded aluminium alloy. Materials & Design (1980-2015). 29(4). 791–797. 95 indexed citations

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Jayalakshmi, S., Satish V. Kailas, S. Seshan, K. Kumar, & T. S. Srivatsan. (2005). Damage Tolerant Magnesium Metal Matrix Composites: Influence of Reinforcement and Processing. Materials and Manufacturing Processes. 20(5). 747–760. 6 indexed citations

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Seshan, S., et al.. (2004). Influence of reinforcement on microstructure and mechanical response of a magnesium alloy. Current Science. 87(9). 1218–1231. 6 indexed citations

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Jayalakshmi, S., et al.. (2004). Influence of processing and reinforcement on microstructure and impact behaviour of magnesium alloy AM100. Sadhana. 29(5). 509–523. 5 indexed citations

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