Assistant Professor in Mechanical EngineeringOffice Location: Burke 246Phone: (814) 898 7588Fax: (814)8 986 125Email: cpn10@psu.edu ProfileBiographyDr. Chetan Nikhare is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He earned a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Nagpur University, India in 2003, M.Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India in 2006, and the Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Deakin University, Australia in 2010.Dr. Nikhare joined the Penn State Behrend faculty in August 2012. Prior to joining the faculty, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Mechanical Engineering Department at University of New Hampshire. To date, he has performed different aspects of numerical and analytical modeling for material undergoing mechanical processes. He learned constitutive modeling of mild steel and advanced high strength steels and microstructural modeling during his graduate and post-graduate studies. His research interest are, but not limited to, experiments and numerical simulation of sheet metal and bulk forming in various deformation mode, fatigue and fracture, hydroforming and analytical modeling of material mechanics and processes. TeachingCourses for Spring 2012Materials Science and EngineeringManufacturing LaboratoryCourses taughtManufacturing Engineering and Design ResearchDr. Nikhare is doing research actively in the following areas:Sheet Metal forming and HydroformingMicro-formingMulti-scale modelingThermo-mechanical modelingAnalytical modelingDRX modelingFatigue and fracture PublicationsPublications in refereed journal proceedingsC. Nikhare, M. Weiss and P. D. Hodgson, Necking and fracture of advanced high strength steels, Materials Science and Engineering A, 528 (2011) 3010-3013.C. Nikhare, A. Asgari, M. Weiss and P. D. Hodgson, Fracture of DP590 steel: A Multi-scale Modelling approach, Steel Research International, (2010) 1450-1453.C. Nikhare, M. Weiss and P. D. Hodgson, Die closing force in low pressure tube hydroforming, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 210 (2010) 2238-2244.C. Nikhare, M. Weiss and P. D. Hodgson, FEA comparison of high and low pressure tube hydroforming of TRIP steel, Computational Materials Science, 47(1) (2009) 146-152.C. Nikhare, M. Weiss and P. D. Hodgson, Experimental and Numerical investigation of low pressure tube hydroforming on stainless steel, Steel Research International, (2008) 272-279.C. Nikhare, K. Narasimhan, Effect of prestrain on formability and forming limit strains during tube hydroforming, Computers, Materials, & Continua, vol. 7 no. 3 (2008) 129-138.C. Nikhare, K. Narasimhan, Limit strains comparison during tube and sheet hydroforming and sheet stamping processes by numerical simulation, Computers, Materials, & Continua, vol. 7 no. 1 (2008) 1-8Publications in refereed conference proceedingsC. Nikhare, R. A. C. Filho, L. M. V. Tigrinho and P. V. P. Marcondes, Influence of blank holding force on the forming limits of DP590 steel, Proc. of IDDRG2012, Mumbai, India, Nov 25-28 (2012).C. Nikhare, Tube forming through flaring process with bend-unbend mechanics, Proc. of IDDRG2012, Mumbai, India, Nov 25-28 (2012).C. Nikhare, Y. P. Korkolis and B. L. Kinsey, Numerical analysis of restrike process on Al-2008-T4 aluminum alloy square pan drawing, Proc. of IDDRG2012, Mumbai, India, Nov 25-28 (2012).S. Dhote and C. Nikhare, Springback simulation with deformation induced heating, Proc. of IDDRG2012, Mumbai, India, Nov 25-28 (2012).C. Nikhare, Y. Korkolis and B. L. Kinsey, Numerical investigation of residual formability and deformation localization during continuous-bending-under-tension, Proc. of ASME 2012 International Manufacturing Science & Engineering Conference, Indiana, USA, June 4-8 (2012).C. Nikhare and P. D. Hodgson, Novel hybrid material crash structure for front rail, Proc. of ASME 2011 International Manufacturing Science & Engineering Conference, Oregon, USA, June 13-17 (2011).C. Nikhare, W. Wu, J. Cao and B. L. Kinsey, Investigation of deformation path during micro-tube flaring, Proc. of ASME 2011 International Manufacturing Science & Engineering Conference, Oregon, USA, June 13-17 (2011).C. Nikhare, A. Asgari, M. Weiss and P. D. Hodgson, Multi-scale Modeling of DP590 steel, Proc. Of National conference on Sheet Metal Forming-2009, Mumbai, India, November 19-20 (2009).C. Nikhare, M. Weiss and P. D. Hodgson, Crash investigation of side intrusion beam during high and low pressure tube hydroforming, Proc. of TUBEHYDRO, Taiwan, September 6-9 (2009).C. Nikhare, M. Weiss and P. D. Hodgson, An investigation of complex shapes during low pressure tube hydroforming, Proc. of IDDRG2009, Denver, Colorado, USA, June 1-3 (2009).C. Nikhare, M. Weiss and P. D. Hodgson, Numerical investigation of high and low pressure tube hydroforming, Proc. of Numisheet, Switzerland, September 1-5 (2008).C. Nikhare, P. V. Marcondes, M. Weiss and P. D. Hodgson, Experimental and Numerical evaluation of forming and fracture behaviour of high strength steel, Proc. Of New Developments on Metallurgy and Applications of High Strength Steels, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 26-28 (2008).C. Nikhare, P. D. Hodgson, Numerical investigation of ramp and constant pressurization system during tube crushing process, Proc. of International conference on Advances in Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT), Chennai, India, February 6-8 (2008).N. Birajdar, M. Bhanage, C. Nikhare, K. Narasimhan, Hydroforming: An Emerging Manufacturing Technology, Proc. of International conference on Advances in Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT), Chennai, India, February 6-8 (2008).C. Nikhare, K. Narasimhan, Effect of prestrain on forming limit strains during tube hydroforming, Proc. of North American Hydroforming Conference & Exhibition, London, Ontario Canada, September 25-27 (2006).C. Nikhare, K. Narasimhan, Hydroforming: A new forming technology, Proc. of National conference on Latest Developments in Welding Technology - WELDCON 2006, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, June 21-22 (2006).C. Nikhare, K. Narasimhan, Numerical comparison of limit strains during tube hydroforming and sheet stamping processes, Proc. of ESAFORM 2006, Glasgow, United Kingdom, April 26-28 (2006), 395-398.C. Nikhare, Manoj Ghadmode, Hydroforming: An innovative technology, Paper presentation competition- Fervor - 2006, COEP, Pune, March 10-12 (2006) (awarded 2nd Prize).C. Nikhare, Forming limit strains during hydroforming and sheet stamping processes, Proc. of In house symposium on Materials Research 2006, IIT Bombay, March 4 (2006).C. Nikhare et. al, Novel material composites for MEMS technology, Proc. of Indo-Singapore symposium on Advanced Functional Materials, IIT Bombay, February 24-26 (2006) (Poster Presentation). ServiceProfessional MembershipMember of ASMEMember of Sheet Metal Forming Research Association (SMFRA), IndiaMember of the Australian Research Network for Advanced Materials (ARNAM)Member of AutoCRC, AustraliaActive Participation in Professional and Learned SocietiesChair/Co-Chair for ASME Conference, 2012ReviewerFinite Elements in Analysis and DesignASME – Journal of manufacturing Science and EngineeringInternational Journal of Material FormingASME 2012 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering ConferenceIDDRG 2012 International Deep Drawing Research Group Conference
