Dr Nagasivamuni Balasubramani

Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Moodispaw, Michael and Luo, Alan A. (2025). Controlling the Fe-intermetallic phases and mechanical properties of secondary Al-9Si-1Fe alloy with Cr and Mn additions. Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 206, 135-152. doi: 10.1016/j.jmst.2024.04.014

Dargusch, Matthew S., Yang, Nan, Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Liu, Shiyang, Jing, Lei, Sen, Yu, Qu, Jiangtao, Wang, Gui and Cairney, Julie (2024). Magnesium-based bioceramic-enhanced composites fabricated via friction stir processing. Smart Materials in Medicine, 5 (3), 447-459. doi: 10.1016/j.smaim.2024.08.006

Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Moodispaw, Michael, Cinkilic, Emre, Miao, Jiashi and Luo, Alan A. (2024). Strontium effects on the formation of iron-intermetallic phases in secondary Al–9Si–0.6Fe alloys. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 55 (2), 550-568. doi: 10.1007/s11661-023-07267-7

Zhang, Jianyue, Miao, Jiashi, Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Cho, Dae Hyun, Avey, Thomas, Chang, Chia-Yu and Luo, Alan A. (2023). Magnesium research and applications: past, present and future. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 11 (11), 3867-3895. doi: 10.1016/j.jma.2023.11.007

Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Venezuela, Jeffrey, StJohn, David, Wang, Gui and Dargusch, Matthew (2023). A review of the origin of equiaxed grains during solidification under mechanical stirring, vibration, electromagnetic, electric-current, and ultrasonic treatments. Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 144, 243-265. doi: 10.1016/j.jmst.2022.09.067

Yang, Nan, Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Allavena, Rachel, Almathami, Sharifah and Dargusch, Matthew (2022). Microstructure refinement in biodegradable Zn-Cu-Ca alloy for enhanced mechanical properties, degradation homogeneity, and strength retention in simulated physiological condition. Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 125, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jmst.2022.03.006

Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Yang, Nan, Wang, Gui, StJohn, David and Dargusch, Matthew (2022). An overview and critical assessment of the mechanisms of microstructural refinement during ultrasonic solidification of metals. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 89 106151, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2022.106151

Dargusch, Matthew S., Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Yang, Nan, Johnston, Sean, Ali, Yahia, Wang, Gui, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Carluccio, Jiwon, Lau, Cora, Allavena, Rachel, Liang, Daniel, Mardon, Karine and Ye, Qingsong (2022). In vivo performance of a rare earth free Mg–Zn–Ca alloy manufactured using twin roll casting for potential applications in the cranial and maxillofacial fixation devices. Bioactive Materials, 12, 85-96. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.10.026

Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Yang, Nan, Venezuela, Jeffrey and Dargusch, Matthew (2021). Ultrasonic treatment for the refinement of brittle CaZn13 phases in a biomedical Zn-Cu-Ca alloy. Materials Letters, 305 130754, 130754. doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130754

Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Xu, Yanyi, Zhang, Yunhu, Zhai, Qijie, Wang, Gui, StJohn, David and Dargusch, Matthew (2021). Investigating the grain refinement mechanisms of pulsed electric current, ultrasonic and melt stirring solidification of pure aluminium. JOM, 73 (12), 3873-3882. doi: 10.1007/s11837-021-04904-7

Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Wang, Gui, StJohn, David H. and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2021). Mechanisms of the origin of fine and non-dendritic grains at the sonotrode–liquid metal interface during ultrasonic solidification of metals. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 52 (6), 2676-2688. doi: 10.1007/s11661-021-06264-y

Yang, Nan, Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Almathami, Sharifah, Wen, Cuie and Dargusch, Matthew (2021). The influence of Ca and Cu additions on the microstructure, mechanical and degradation properties of Zn–Ca–Cu alloys for absorbable wound closure device applications. Bioactive Materials, 6 (5), 1436-1451. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2020.10.015

Sivarupan, Tharmalingam, Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Saxena, Prateek, Nagarajan, Devarajan, El Mansori, Mohamed, Salonitis, Konstantinos, Jolly, Mark and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2021). A review on the progress and challenges of binder jet 3D printing of sand moulds for advanced casting. Additive Manufacturing, 40 101889, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.addma.2021.101889

Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Wang, Gui, StJohn, David H. and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2021). Current understanding of the origin of equiaxed grains in pure metals during ultrasonic solidification and a comparison of grain formation processes with low frequency vibration, pulsed magnetic and electric-current pulse techniques. Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 65, 38-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jmst.2020.04.080

Dargusch, M. S., Hamasaiid, A., Dour, G., Balasubramani, N. and Stjohn, D. H. (2020). Correction to: The Influence of In-Cavity Pressure on Heat Transfer and Porosity Formation During High-Pressure Die Casting of A380 Alloy. JOM, 72 (11), 4148-4148. doi: 10.1007/s11837-020-04376-1

Dargusch, M. S., Hamasaaid, A., Dour, G., Balasubramani, N. and StJohn, D. H. (2020). The influence of in-cavity pressure on heat transfer and porosity formation during high-pressure die casting of A380 alloy. JOM, 72 (11), 3798-3805. doi: 10.1007/s11837-020-04341-y

Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Wang, Gui, Easton, Mark A., StJohn, David H. and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2020). A comparative study of the role of solute, potent particles and ultrasonic treatment during solidification of pure Mg, Mg–Zn and Mg–Zr alloys. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 9 (3), 829-839. doi: 10.1016/j.jma.2020.08.006

Dargusch, M.S., Balasubramani, N., Venezuela, J., Johnston, S., Wang, G., Lau, C., Bermingham, M., Kent, D. and StJohn, D.H. (2020). Improved biodegradable magnesium alloys through advanced solidification processing. Scripta Materialia, 177, 234-240. doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.10.028

Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Wang, Gui, StJohn, David H. and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2019). The poisoning effect of Al and Be on Mg—1 wt.% Zr alloy and the role of ultrasonic treatment on grain refinement. Frontiers in Materials, 6 322. doi: 10.3389/fmats.2019.00322

Wang, Gui, Wang, Qiang, Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, Qian, Ma, Eskin, Dmitry G., Dargusch, Matthew S. and Stjohn, David H. (2019). The role of ultrasonically induced acoustic streaming in developing fine equiaxed grains during the solidification of an Al-2 Pct Cu alloy. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 50A (11), 5253-5263. doi: 10.1007/s11661-019-05448-x

Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni, StJohn, David, Dargusch, Matthew and Wang, Gui (2019). Ultrasonic processing for structure refinement: an overview of mechanisms and application of the interdependence theory. Materials, 12 (19) 3187, 3187. doi: 10.3390/ma12193187

Nagasivamuni, B., Wang, Gui, St John, David H. and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2019). Effect of ultrasonic treatment on the alloying and grain refinement efficiency of a Mg – Zr master alloy added to magnesium at hypo- and hyper-peritectic compositions. Journal of Crystal Growth, 512, 20-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2019.02.004

Nagasivamuni, B., Wang, Gui, StJohn, David H. and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2018). The effect of ultrasonic treatment on the mechanisms of grain formation of as-cast high purity zinc. Journal of Crystal Growth, 495, 20-28. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2018.05.006

Nagasivamuni, B. and Ravi, K. R. (2015). Discussions on the mechanism of grain refinement in ultrasonic treated Ti containing Mg–Al alloys. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 68 (6), 1161-1165. doi: 10.1007/s12666-015-0663-0

Christy Roshini, P., Nagasivamuni, B., Raj, Baldev and Ravi, K. R. (2015). Ultrasonic-assisted synthesis of graphite-reinforced Al matrix nanocomposites. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 24 (6) 1491, 2234-2239. doi: 10.1007/s11665-015-1491-4

Sri Harini, R., Nampoothiri, Jayakrishnan, Nagasivamuni, B., Raj, Baldev and Ravi, K.R. (2015). Ultrasonic assisted grain refinement of Al–Mg alloy using in-situ MgAl2O4 particles. Materials Letters, 145, 328-331. doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2015.01.132

Nagasivamuni, B. and Ravi, K.R. (2015). An analytical approach to elucidate the mechanism of grain refinement in calcium added Mg–Al alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 622, 789-795. doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.10.185

Lingadurai, K., Nagasivamuni, B., Muthu Kamatchi, M. and Palavesam, J. (2012). Selection of wire electrical discharge machining process parameters on stainless steel AISI grade-304 using design of experiments approach. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, 93 (2), 163-170. doi: 10.1007/s40032-012-0020-6

Nagasivamuni, B., Wang, Gui, St John, David H. and Dargusch, Matthew S. (2019). Mechanisms of grain formation during ultrasonic solidification of commercial purity magnesium. Light Metals Symposium, TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, United States, 10-14 March 2019. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_200

Balasubramani, Nagasivamuni (2021). Grain refinement mechanisms during ultrasonic solidification of metals. PhD Thesis, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/967c384

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