Department of Mechanical Engineering

List of paper published
(a) Journals
1. 2006, Kulwant Singh, Pandey Sunil and Arul Mani, “Recycling of submerged arc welding slag”, Australasian Welding Journal, Vol. 51, 2nd Quarter, 2006, pp. 34-38.
2. 2007, Kulwant Singh and Pandey Sunil, “Utilization of slag as a useful flux in submerged arc welding”, Indian Welding Journal, Vol. 40 (3), pp. 30-38.
3. 2007, Jagtar Singh and Kulwant Singh, “Productivity measurement model for district level government hospital”, Industrial Engineering Journal, Vol. 1(12), pp. 7-11.
4. 2008, Pandey Sunil, Kulwant Singh and K. Sahoo, “Chemistry of weld metal with recycled slag in submerged arc welding”, IWS Journal, 5(3), pp 52-57.
5. 2009, Kulwant Singh and Pandey Sunil, “Recycling of slag to act as a flux in submerged arc welding”, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Vol. 53(2009), pp.552-558.
6. 2009, Kulwant Singh and Sunil Pandey. “Recycled slag consumption in submerged arc welding and its effect on microstructure of weld metal”, Indian Welding Journal, Vol. 42 (4), pp. 46-51.
7. 2010, Jagtar Singh, Kulwant Singh and Gurdeep Singh, “Mathematical modeling of exhaust emission of a spark ignition engine on LPG”, Indian Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology, Vol. 4(1), pp. 95-100.
8. 2010, Gurmit Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jagtar Singh, “Mathematical modeling the effect of welding parameters on penetration in submerged arc welding” International Journal of Engineering Studies, Vol 2 (3), pp. 313-320.
9. 2010, Kulwant Singh, Hardeep Singh, Handip Singh, “Bead geometry with crushed slag in submereged arc welding”, Vol 5 (17), International Journal of Applied Engineering Research”, Vol. 5 (17), pp. 2901-2912.
10. 2010, Gurmit Singh, Navnit Goyal, Kulwant Singh, Jagtar Singh, “Mathematical modeling of process parameters in friction stir welding of aluminium” International Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology (IJAET), Vol.1 ( III), Oct.-Dec., 2010, pp. 145-158.
11. 2011, Gurmit Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jagtar Singh, “Developing parametric window and mathematical model to predict micro hardness of friction stir welded aluminium alloy AA 6082 joints” International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovations, Inderscience publisher, Vol. 2, No. 3/4., pp 279-287, DOI:0.1504/ijmatei.2011.042882.
12. 2011, Gurmit Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jagtar Singh, “Effect of axial force on mechanical and metallurgical properties of friction stir welded AA 6082 joints” Advanced Materials Research, Trans. Tech publication, Switzerland. Vols. 383-390 (2011), pp 3356-3360. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientefic.net/AMR.383-390, pp. 3356-3360.
13. 2011, Gurmit Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jagtar Singh, “Effect of process parameters on microstructure and mechanical properties in friction stir welding of aluminium alloy” , Journal of Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, Springer publication, Volume 64, Issue 4 (2012), Page 325-330
14. 2014, Gurmit Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jagtar Singh, “Modeling the effect of process parameters on tensile strength of friction stir welded aluminium alloy joints”, Experimental Techniques, Wiley publication, (IF: 0.583), Vol. 38, Issue 3, pp 63-71.
15. 2011, Jasvinder Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jatinder Garg, “Reuse of slag as a flux in submerged arc welding and its effect on chemical composition, bead and microstructure of weld metal”, International Journal of Surface Engineering and Material Technology, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp 24-27.
16. 2012, Jatinder Garg, Kulwant Singh, “Reuse of slag in stainless steel cladding and its effect on on chemistry of cladding” Journal of Environmental Research and Development,Vol 6, No 3A, Jan-March 2012, IF:0.157.
17. 2011, Jatinder Garg, Kulwant Singh, “Reuse of crushed slag to act as a flux for stainless steel cladding using submerged arc welding”, International journal of Applied Engineering Research, 6 (18):3045-49. (Scimago Impact Factor (SJR): 0.122)
18. 2013, Harish Arya, Kulwant Singh, Sanjay Singh, “Cooling rate effect on micro hardness for SAW welded mild steel plate”,International Journal on theoretical & applied research in mechanical engineering (IJTARME), vol 2, issue 2, pp 71-77).
19. 2016, Paramjeet Shakya, Kulwant Singh, Surinder Kumar Thakur, “Effect of various fluxes on weld characteristics in activated TIG welding process”, Journal of Basic and Applied Engineering Research (JBAER), Vol. 3, Issue 10, pp 879-882. Krishi Sanskriti Publication.
20. 2016, Garg J, Singh K. Slag recycling in submerged arc welding and its effects on the quality of stainless steel claddings. Material and Design, Elsevier, DOI 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.07.028, available online in press (Thomson Reuters Impact Factor (SCI): 3.997)
21. 2016, Garg J, Singh K. Effects of process parameters and recycled slag on flux consumption in submerged arc stainless steel cladding, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 9(28), DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i28/95405, July 2016. (Scimago Impact Factor (SJR): 0.27)
22. 2017, Gurmit Singh, Amandeep Singh Kang, Kulwant Singh, Jagtar Singh, Experimental comparison of friction stir welding process and TIG welding process for 6082-T6 aluminium alloy, Materials Today-Proceedings, Volume 4, Issue 2, Part A, pp 3590-3600.[SCI]
23. 2017, H. K. Arya, K. Singh, and R. K. Saxena, “Effect of plate thickness on dilution and bead height in SAW process,” Indian J. Sci. Technol. vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 1–10, 2017. (Thomson Reuters Indexed journal)
24. 2017, H. K. Arya, K. Singh, and R. K. Saxena, “Cooling time (t8/5) model for submerged arc welded pressure vessel steel using dimensional analysis,” J. Press. Vessel Technol., Dec 2017, Vol.139/ 061404-061406, Transactions of the ASME, Impact Factor: 0.729. [SCI]
25. 2018, TP Singh, J. Singh and K. Singh, “Enhancing the abrasive wear resistance of Rotory Blades material (AISI 30 Mn Cr B4) by cryogenic treatment” JSIR, Vol. 77,(02), Feb 2018, pp 92-97. IF: 0.557 [SCI]
26. 2018, Bhupinder Singh, Kulwant Singh and V.Sahni, “Modeling of the effect of process parameters on tensile strength of friction stir welded rare earth ZE-41 magnesium alloy joints” International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Volume 13, Number 5 (2018), pp 2882-2891, Research India Publications, IF: 0.149 (SJR)
27. 2018, Bhupinder Singh, Kulwant Singh and V.Sahni, “Predicting impact behavior of friction stir welded ZE-41 Magnesium alloy joints” Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 11(16), DOI;10.17485/ijst/2018/v 11i16/121652, April 2018, pp 1-12, IF: 0.251 (SJR)
28. 2018, Harish Kumar Arya, Kulwant Singh, Ravinder K Saxena, “Effect of weld cooling rates on mechanical and metallurgical properties of submerged arc welded pressure vessel steel” Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, August, 2018, Volume 140 (No.4), pp 041406-1 to 041406-7, DOI:10.1115/1.4040274, Transactions of the ASME, Impact Factor: 0.729. [SCI]
29. 2020, Aditya Kumar, Kulwant Singh, “Development of exothermic flux for enhanced penetration for submerged arc welding process” Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems” , Vol. 19, No. 01, pp. 131-146. (March 20). [Scopus][WOS].
30. 2019, Sumit Saini and Kulwant Singh, “Some feasible studies for recycling of steel slag as a useful flux for submerged arc welding”, Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 19, No. 02, pp 277-289 (2020). [Scopus][WOS]
31.     2020, Sumit Saini, Shankar Singh, Kulwant Sigh, Abhishek Singh“Some studies into weldability of rice husk ash aluminium matrix composite using TIG welding” Materials  Today Proceedings,Vol 24, Part 2, Pages 298-307. May 20 [Scopus], SNIP: 0.694
32.       2020, Subrat Kumar Dang, Kulwant Singh, “Predicting tensile-shear strength of nugget using M5P model tree and random forest: An analysis.” Computers in Industry, Oct, 2020, 103345. [SCI], IF:3.954
33.       Garg J., Garg S.B., Singh K. (2021) A Critical Evaluation of Mathematical Modeling Approaches in the Scientific Research. In: Marriwala N., Tripathi C.C., Kumar D., Jain S. (eds) Mobile Radio Communications and 5G Networks. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 140. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7130-5_59

34.   2021, Sumit Saini, Kulwant Singh, “Recycling of steel slag as a flux for submerged arc welding and its effects on chemistry and performance of welds”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-06866-1.  SCI, IF:3.26
35.       2022, Sumit Saini, Kulwant Singh, J. Garg, “Experimental investigation and optimization weld bead shape factor and form factor using recycled steel slag as a flux in submerged arc welding”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 125 (2022) 012038, doi:10.1088/1757-899X/1225/1/0120381 (Feb 2022) WOS
36.       Paramjeet Shakya, Kulwant Singh & Harish Kumar Arya (2022) Influence of Magnets on Arc Shape and Bead Geometry in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2022.2075890, Vol. 38, Issue 4, p 401- 408, (May 2022) SCIE, IF:4.8
37.       2022, Sumit Saini, Kulwant Singh,”Waste to wealth: Recycling of steel slag as flux for submerged arc welding process and its effect on mechanical and metallurgical properties of welds”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mecanical Engineers, Part-C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/09544062221089253, SCI, IF: 2.0, April 30,2022.
38.       2022, Sumit Saini, and Kulwant Singh. “Utilisation of steel slag as welding flux and its chemical and thermal characterisation.” Materials Science and Technology 39, no. 3 (2023): 369-380. IF: 1.8, SCI, Taylor and Francis..
39.       2023, Sumit Saini, Kulwant Singh, Influence of welding conditions and flux composition on chemistry of welds using recycled steel slag in submerged arc welding” Proceedings of the Institution of Mecanical Engineers, Part-E: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, SCI, IF:2.4, June 4
40.       2023, Sumit Saini, and Kulwant Singh. “Experimental investigations and optimization of weld bead characteristics during submerged arc welding using recycled steel slag as a flux.” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering (2023): 09544089221150713. SCI, IF 2.4.,
41.       2023, Garg, Jatinder, Kulwant Singh, Love Kumar, and Lalta Prasad. “Development of submerged arc welding flux from rice straw ash.” Materials and Manufacturing Processes (2023): 1-10. https:/doi,org/10.1080/10426914.2023.2238043, July 13,2023. SCIE, IF:4.8
42.       2023, Paramjeet Shakya, Kulwant Singh, and Harish Kumar Arya. “Influence Of External Magnetic Field On Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of Pressure Vessel Steel (SA 516 Grade 70) Welds Using Gas Tungsten Arc Welding,” Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Vol. 145, p 061504-1 to 9, SCIE, IF 1.0 [Oct 23]
43.       2024, Shakya P, Singh K, Arya HK. Development of parametric window and optimization of process parameters to predict bead profile in magnetically controlled gas tungsten arc welding. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering. SCI, IF:2.4. May24. doi:10.1177/09544089241253549
 
44.   2024, Navneet Goyal, Kulwant Singh, “Waste to wealth: Development of cladding flux from steel slag for submerged arc welding” Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, May 2024, SCI, IF: 2.3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01694243.2024.2355262
(b) International Conference
1. 2004, R.Arulmani, Sunil Pandey, Kulwant Singh, “Hard facing of plough share”, International Symposium on Welding, SOJOM 2004, WRI, Tiruchirappalli,
2. 2005, Kulwant Singh, Pandey Sunil, “Effect of recycled slag on bead geometry in submerged arc welding”, 14th ISME International Conference on Mechanical Engineering in knowledge age, Dec.12-14, 2005. Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi, India.
3. 2006, Amit Jindal, Jatinder Garg and Kulwant Singh, “Mathematical modeling of bead geometry and metal deposition rate in submerged arc welding”, Asian Conference on Intelligent System and Network (AISN-2006), February 24-25, 2006, Haryana Engineering College, Jagadhri, Haryana, India.
4. 2007, Kulwant Singh, Sunil Pandey and A.S.Shahi, “Development of technology for recycling submerged arc welding slag”, Global Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE-2007) held from March 22-24, at NIT, Jalandhar, Punjab. Paper code-326.
5. 2007, A. S. Shahi, Sunil Pandey and Kulwant Singh, “Modeling of dilution in stainless steel cladding deposited through mechanized GMAW and UGMAW process using RSM approach”, Global Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE-2007) held from March 22-24, at NIT, Jalandhar, Punjab. Paper code-328.
6. 2008, Kulwant Singh, Pandey Sunil, “Recycled slag consumption in submerged arc welding”, IIW International Congress (IC-2008) held from January 8 to 10, at Chennai, pp. 959-964.
7. 2008, A. S. Shahi, Sunil Pandey and Kulwant Singh, “Dillution and corrosion rate of GMAW stainless steel cladding through auxiliary preheating of welding wire, IIW International Congress (IC-2008) held from January 8 to 10, at Chennai, pp. 959-964.
8. 2008, Jagtar Singh, Kulwant Singh and Richa Sahni, “Optimization of welding parameters in friction stir welding of aluminium”, International Welding Symposium on Advances in Materials and Joining- Challenges and Opportunities organized by IWS during February 13-15, New Delhi.
9. 2008, Kulwant Singh, Pandey Sunil, “Economics of recycling submerged arc welding slag” ASM Conference, USA.
10. 2008, Richa Sahni, Jagtar Singh, Kulwant Singh, Pandey Sunil, “Effect of welding parameters on mechanical properties in friction stir welding of aluminium”, SOJOM 2008, Tiruchirappalli, pp. 515-524.
11. 2010, Kulwant Singh, Pandey Sunil, “Productivity improvement through slag recycling in submerged arc welding”, International Conference on Road Map for Excellence in Welding” held at India Habitat Center, New Delhi during 19-20 November, 2010.
12. 2010, Gurmeet Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jagtar Singh, “ The effect of welding parameters on bead width and reinforcement in submerged arc welding”, International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering, held at NIT Jalandhar, Dec., 3-5, 2010, pp 100-105.
13. 2010, Gurmeet Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jagtar Singh, “Influence of process parameters on impact toughness of friction stir welded AA 6082 aluminium alloy joints”, International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering, held at NIT Jalandhar, Dec., 3-5, 2010, pp 220-225.
14. Garg J, Singh K, (2011) “Reuse of Slag in Stainless Steel Cladding and Its Effect on Chemistry of Cladding” in the proceedings of 4th International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-11), Dec. 2011, NIT Surat (Gujrat) India.

15. 2010, Harish Arya, Anant Maheshwari, Surinder Kumar, Kulwant Singh,”Experimental determination of weld pool temperature and to generate temperature profile for GMAW”, 2nd International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE 2010)
16. 2011, Harish Arya, Kulwant Singh, Ravindra K Saxena, “Influence of cooling rate on mechanical properties of weld in SAW, Annual International Conference on Materials Science, Metal and Manufacturing”, Dec 12-13, 2011, Singapore, DOI:10.5176/2251-1857¬-M336.
17. 2015, Harish Arya, Kulwant Singh, Ravindra K Saxena, “Effect of welding parameters on penetration and bead width for variable plate thickness in submerged arc welding”, 17 th International Conference on Robotics and Mechanical Engineering (ICRME 2015), Aug 27-28, 2015, pp 2482-2486, Paris, France.
18. 2016, Tajinder pal Singh, Jagtar Singh, Kulwant Singh, “An investigation on abrasive wear behaviour of rotary blade (AISI 30Mn CrB4) under different quenching parameters” Proceedings of International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE-2016), held at NITJ.

19. 2018, Bhupinder Singh, Kulwant Singh, Varinder Sahni, “Defect free welding of rare earth containing ZE-41 magnesium alloy by using friction stir welding: An experimental approach” 2nd International Conference on Research and Innovations in mechanical engineering (ICRIME-2017), held on Dec. 22-24, 2017at GNEC, Ludhiana.
20. 2019, Mukesh Kumar,Manisha Kumari, Deenbandhu Kumar and Kulwant Singh, “Development of exothermic flux for enhanced metal deposition rate, penetration and reinforcement in submerged arc welding” Proceeding of International Conference held at BGIET, Sangrur.

(c) National Conference
1. 2003, Hazoor Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jagtar Singh, “Energy saving in welding processes” Proceedings of National Conference on Emerging Energy Technologies (NCEET-03), March 28-29, Mechanical Engineering Department, NIT, Hamirpur (HP).
2. 2003, Kulwant Singh, N.Mohan and Pandey Sunil, “Submerged arc welding fluxes- A review,” Proceeding of NWWT-2003 (National Workshop on Welding Technology in India: Present status and future trends) held on April 25-26, organized by SLIET, Longowal, Punjab, India, pp. 200-210.
3. 2003, Kulwant Singh, Pandey Sunil, Narender Mohan, Hazoor Singh, “Investigation into flux consumption in submerged arc welding”, Proceedings of NCME-2003 (National Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering), held on Oct. 31-Nov. 1, at TIET, Patiala, Punjab, India, pp. 557-562.
4. 2003, N. Mohan, Kulwant Singh and Pandey Sunil, “Flux formulation and element transfer behaviour in submerged arc welding”, Proceeding of NWWT-2003 (National Workshop on Welding Technology in India: Present status and future trends), held on April 25-26, organized by IWS & IITD at SLIET, Longowal, Punjab, India, pp. 21-30.
5. 2003, Narender Mohan, Sunil Pandey, Kulwant Singh, Sachin Maheshwari, “Flux designing and element transfer behavior in submerged arc welding”, Proceedings of NCME-2003 (National Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering), held on Oct. 31-Nov. 1, at TIET, Patiala, Punjab, India, pp. 534-538.
6. 2006, Kulwant Singh and Pandey Sunil, Chemical composition of weld with recycled slag in submerged arc welding, Nation Symposium on Welding Technology (NSWT-06), Feb 24-25, 2006, SLIET, Longowal.
7. 2006, Amit Jindal, Manoj Mittal and Kulwant Singh, Enhanced productivity through metal powder additions in SAW- A review, National conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Applications of Computational Techniques, BGIET, Sangrur, 5-6 April, 2006, pp 93-96.
8. 2007, Kulwant Singh, Pandey Sunil and A.S.Shahi, “Operating characteristics of recycled slag in submerged arc welding”, Proceedings of WPQ-2007 (National Conference on Welding Productivity and Quality) organized by Naval Research Board and Naval Materials Research Laboratory-DRDO, Ambernath, Thane, held on February 19-21, 2007, pp. 247-257.
9. 2007, A.S. Shahi, Kulwant Singh and Sunil Pandey, Parametric optimization and comparison of penetration in GMA and Universal-GMA stainless steel cladding, Proceedings of WPQ-2007 (National Conference on Welding Productivity and Quality) organized by Naval Research Board and Naval Materials Research Laboratory-DRDO, Ambernath, Thane, held on February 19-21, 2007, pp. 247-257.
10. 2007, Kulwant Singh and Pandey Sunil, “Best out of the waste: Recycling submerged arc welding slag”, National Conference on Design, Dynamic and Manufacturing, 16-17 March, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SLIET, Longowal.
11. 2007, Kulwant Singh and Sunil Pandey, “Modeling the effect of welding parameters on bead geometry in submerged arc welding using recycled slag” Proceedings of All India Conference on Recent Developments in Manufacturing & Quality Management (RDMQM-07), October 5-6, 2007, Mechanical Engineering Department, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh.
12. 2010, Jatinder Garg and Kulwant Singh, “Recycling of submerged arc welding slag for ecomomy and environment”, National Conference on Advancement and Futuristic Trends in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, February 19-20, 2010, Department of Mech. Engg., Yadavindra College of Engineering, Talwandi Sabo, Punjab.
13. 2010, Kulwant Singh and Jagtar Singh, “Influence of slag flux mixture on mechanical properties of weld metal in submerged arc welding” National Conference on Advancement and Futuristic Trends in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, February 19-20, 2010, Department of Mech. Engg., Yadavindra College of Engineering, Talwandi Sabo, Punjab.
14. 2010, Gurmeet Singh, Kulwant Singh and Deepti Jaiswal, “Mathematical modeling of process parameters in friction stir welding of aluminium alloy, National Conference on Advancement and Futuristic Trends in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, February 19-20, 2010, Department of Mech. Engg., Yadavindra College of Engineering, Talwandi Sabo, Punjab.
15. 2010, Kulwant Singh, Hardeep Singh, Handeep Singh, “Bead geometry with crushed slag in submerged arc welding”, National Conference on Precision Manufacturing, March 26-27, 2010, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SLIET, Longowal, Punjab.
16. 2011, Jatinder Gatg, Jasvinder Singh, Kulwant Singh,”Some studied in reuse of crushed slag in submerged arc welding and its effect on the physical appearance, bead geometry and microhardness of weld metal” Proceedings of National Conference on Advancements and Futuristic Trends in Mechanical and Materials Engineering” 7-8 October, 2011, PTU, Jalandhar.
17. 2012, Gurmit Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jagtar Singh, “Effect of process parameters on impact toughness and elongation in friction stir welded of aluminium alloy joints using response surface methodology” National Conference on Advancements in Mechanical Engineering and Energy Environment” January 6-7, 2012, SLIET, Longowal.
18. 2012, Harish Arya, Kulwant Singh, “Effect of current, voltage and travel speed on microhardness of SAW welded mild steel plate”, National Conference on Advancements in Mechanical Engineering and Energy Environment” January 6-7, 2012, SLIET, Longowal.
19. 2014, Lakhveer Singh, Kulwant Singh, “Effect of heat input on sensitization behavior of 21% Cr Austenitic steel using GTAW process”, TEQIP-II Sponsored National Conference on Latest Developments in Materials, Manufacturing and Quality Control organized by Mech. Engg. Department of GZSPTU, Bathinda during Feb 13-14, 2014. ISBN 978-93-5156-187-3. Page 107-112.