Dr.K.Murugan

@annamalaiuniversity.ac.in

Assistant Professor (Grade-III)
Annamalai University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Finite element analysis of solids and structures
752

Scholar Citations

15

Scholar h-index

21

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Optimization and finite element analysis of electroplated Ni–ZrO 2 coatings for improved heat transfer performance
    JK Manoj, U Arunachalam, B Guruprasad, K Murugan, M Mariappan
    International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 1-17 , 2026
    2026
  • Effect of Nano–Nickel on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of WC–6 Wt.% Co
    SB Chandrasekhar, K Murugan, D Sivaprahasam
    International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 23 (2), e70166 , 2026
    2026
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of SS316L Fabricated via MIM Using Agar Binder System
    D Sivaprahasam, SS Sarma, K Murugan, SB Chandrasekhar
    Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 1-6 , 2026
    2026
  • SHAP Enhanced Machine Learning Prediction of Structure–Property Relationships in Plasma Sprayed Lanthanum Zirconate Coatings for TBC Applications
    S Karthikeyan, K Murugan, V Mugendiran, DT Kumarasamy, SS Prabu
    Ceramics International , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • High-temperature oxidation behaviour of slurry-based silicide coating on TZM alloy
    DV Lakshmi, PS Babu, N Selvaraj, SB Chandrasekhar, LR Krishna, ...
    International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 107543 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Comparative Analysis of High-Temperature Erosive Wear Behavior of Inconel 718 Superalloys Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing and Casting
    R Harichandran, DV Lakshmi, K Murugan, GS Kumar
    Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 1-11 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Spontaneous crystallization of hydroxyapatite in CeO2-58S bioglass composite matrix
    S Vasanthavel, E Manivannan, K Murugan, H Arumugam, S Kannan
    Ceramics International , 2025
    2025
  • High-temperature oxidation resistance of Fe 2 Al 5 surface modified mild steel
    K Murugan, N Chandramani, K Gopika, SB Chandrasekhar
    Research in Materials Science 1 (1), 2563515 , 2025
    2025
  • EVIOT-Futuristic Automation System for Electric Vehicle CS Charging Point Prediction and Booking System
    K Murugan
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Analysis of Characteristics of PCM Inside Altered Design of Shell and Tube Thermal Energy Storage Unit.
    R Jayaraman, RE Joseph, P Maheskumar, VK Devi, AR Venkataramanan, ...
    International Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems (IJVSS) 17 (1) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Probing the structural, mechanical, biomineralization, resorbability and biocompatibility characteristics of ZrO2–CaSiO3 composite dependent on cerium substitutions
    S Vasanthavel, MM Alam, K Murugan, A Kumar, S Kannan
    Ceramics International 50 (19), 35799-35809 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Solar-photocatalytic treatment of industrial wastewater using mechanically doped CNS-TiO2 and synergistic TiO2 incorporation: A promising cost-effective approach for industrial …
    H Kuruva, VB Khavala, BR Mishra, K Murugan, T Thomas, BS Murty
    Materials Research Bulletin 177, 112825 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 17
  • Effect of Scandium Interlayer Friction Stir Welding on the Aluminium Alloys
    M Mathanbabu, K Murugan, B Guruprasad, D Thirumalaikumarasamy, ...
    International Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems 16 (3), 419-423 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Enhancing photocatalytic efficiency and durability: Ag-modified CNS–TiO2 thin films for sustainable industrial wastewater treatment
    H Kuruva, VB Khavala, BR Mishra, K Murugan, T Thomas, BS Murty
    Optical Materials 150, 115180 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Photocatalytic degradation of multi-organo-sulfur industrial wastewater using TiO2 produced from modified sulfate process
    H Kuruva, VB Khavala, BR Mishra, K Murugan, T Thomas, BS Murty
    Journal of Water Process Engineering 53, 103805 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 10
  • The State-of-the-art Energy Management Strategy in Hybrid Electric Vehicles for Real-time Optimization
    S Dasi, R Sandiri, T Anuradha, TS Sri, S Majji, K Murugan
    2023 International Conference on Inventive Computation Technologies (ICICT … , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Experimental analysis of tungsten carbide ceramic material coated engine using prosopis juliflora methyl ester
    S Kannan, S Mahalingam, K Murugan
    Journal of Ceramic Processing Research 24 (1), 158-163 , 2023
    2023
  • Failure Mode Effective Analysis of Suspension System for Heavy Load Vehicles
    M Mathanbabu, B Guruprasad, K Murugan, S Deepak, M Anbarasu, ...
    International Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems 15 (5), 711-715 , 2023
    2023
  • Energy management in a hybrid electric vehicle for the operating total cost minimization based machine learning
    V Perumal, TG Arul, K Murugan, B Guruprasad
    AIP Conference Proceedings 2519 (1), 050008 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • Experimental analysis of single cylinder four stroke ceramic coated diesel engine powered with biodiesel blends
    T Ganesan, K Murugan, R Prakash, N Kathiravan
    Journal of Ceramic Processing Research 23 (5), 625-628 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Optimizing HVOF spray process parameters to attain minimum porosity and maximum hardness in WC–10Co–4Cr coatings
    K Murugan, A Ragupathy, V Balasubramanian, K Sridhar
    Surface and Coatings Technology 247, 90-102 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 179
  • Synthesis, characterization and demonstration of self-cleaning TiO2 coatings on glass and glazed ceramic tiles
    K Murugan, R Subasri, TN Rao, AS Gandhi, BS Murty
    Progress in Organic Coatings 76 (12), 1756-1760 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 79
  • Anticancer effect of fucoidan on cell proliferation, cell cycle progression, genetic damage and apoptotic cell death in HepG2 cancer cells
    P Arumugam, K Arunkumar, L Sivakumar, M Murugan, K Murugan
    Toxicology reports 6, 556-563 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 60
  • Optimisation of HVOF spray process parameters to achieve minimum porosity and maximum hardness in WC-10Ni-5Cr coatings
    PR Rajendran, T Duraisamy, R Chidambaram Seshadri, A Mohankumar, ...
    Coatings 12 (3), 339 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 48
  • Nanostructured α/β-tungsten by reduction of WO3 under microwave plasma
    K Murugan, SB Chandrasekhar, J Joardar
    International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 29 (1), 128-133 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 37
  • Synthesis and characterization of nano silicon and titanium nitride powders using atmospheric microwave plasma technique
    SM Kumar, K Murugan, SB Chandrasekhar, N Hebalkar, M Krishna, ...
    Journal of Chemical Sciences 124 (3), 557-563 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 32
  • Investigations on the photocatalytic activity of sol–gel derived plain and Fe3+/Nb5+-doped titania coatings on glass substrates
    R Subasri, M Tripathi, K Murugan, J Revathi, GVN Rao, TN Rao
    Materials Chemistry and Physics 124 (1), 63-68 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 32
  • Oxidation resistant TiO2–SiO2 coatings on mild steel by Sol–Gel
    V Krishna, R Padmapreetha, SB Chandrasekhar, K Murugan, R Johnson
    Surface and Coatings Technology 378, 125041 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 25
  • Enhancing the corrosion resistance of low pressure cold sprayed metal matrix composite coatings on AZ31B Mg alloy through friction stir processing
    A Mohankumar, T Duraisamy, R Chidambaramseshadri, T Pattabi, ...
    Coatings 12 (2), 135 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 24
  • Photo-induced monomer/dimer kinetics in methylene blue degradation over doped and phase controlled nano-TiO 2 films
    K Murugan, J Joardar, AS Gandhi, BS Murty, PH Borse
    RSC advances 6 (49), 43563-43573 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 18
  • Solar-photocatalytic treatment of industrial wastewater using mechanically doped CNS-TiO2 and synergistic TiO2 incorporation: A promising cost-effective approach for industrial …
    H Kuruva, VB Khavala, BR Mishra, K Murugan, T Thomas, BS Murty
    Materials Research Bulletin 177, 112825 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 17
  • Green Machining Characteristics Study of Al-6063 in CNC Milling Using Taguchi Method and Grey Relational Analysis
    SMH R. SureshKumar , S. SenthilKumar , K. Murugan
    Hindawi Advances in Materials Science and Engineering , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 17
  • Optimization ofCNCEndMillingProcessParametersof Low-Carbon MoldSteelUsingResponseSurfaceMethodologyand Grey RelationalAnalysis
    SVP R. SureshKumar , S. SenthilKumar , K. Murugan, B. Guruprasad , Sreekanth ...
    Hindawi Advances in Materials Science and Engineering , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 16
  • Developing empirical relationship to predict hardness in WC-10Co-4Cr HVOF sprayed coatings
    K Murugan, A Ragupathy, V Balasubramanian, K Sridhar
    Procedia Materials Science 5, 918-927 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 16
  • Development of Ni-Al 2 O 3 In-Situ Nanocomposite by Reactive Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering
    V Udhayabanu, KR Ravi, K Murugan, D Sivaprahasam, BS Murty
    Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 42 (7), 2085-2093 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 16
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties of M62 high-speed steel powder consolidated by high-temperature gas extrusion
    D Sivaprahasam, SB Chandrasekhar, K Murugan, KVP Prabhakar
    Materials Research Innovations 24 (1), 52-57 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 15
  • Thermo-mechanical analysisofTailor-madefunctionallygraded materials throughFrictionstirprocessing
    NB V. Santhosh a, D.N.AgasiaPrakash a, K.Murugan b
    Materials Today:Proceedings, , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 14
  • Effect of Scandium Interlayer Friction Stir Welding on the Aluminium Alloys
    M Mathanbabu, K Murugan, B Guruprasad, D Thirumalaikumarasamy, ...
    International Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems 16 (3), 419-423 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Enhancing photocatalytic efficiency and durability: Ag-modified CNS–TiO2 thin films for sustainable industrial wastewater treatment
    H Kuruva, VB Khavala, BR Mishra, K Murugan, T Thomas, BS Murty
    Optical Materials 150, 115180 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Photocatalytic degradation of multi-organo-sulfur industrial wastewater using TiO2 produced from modified sulfate process
    H Kuruva, VB Khavala, BR Mishra, K Murugan, T Thomas, BS Murty
    Journal of Water Process Engineering 53, 103805 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 10