Himanshu Sekhar Maharana

Tribological Aspects of Thermally Sprayed Red Mud-Fly Ash and Red Mud-Al Coatings on Mild Steel

Harekrushna Sutar, Subash Chandra Mishra, Santosh Kumar Sahoo, Himanshu Sekhar Maharana & Ananta Prasad Chakraverty · Chemical Science International Journal · 2014

The present research work explains the dry sliding wear characteristics of thermally sprayed red mud and its composite coatings. Composite of red mud, fly ash and aluminium are plasma sprayed at 6, 9, 12 and 15 kW operating power levels. The coatings were experimented to study th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ACSJ/2014/12691

Friction and Wear Behaviour of Plasma Sprayed Fly Ash Added Red Mud Coatings

Harekrushna Sutar, Debashis Roy, Subash Chandra Mishra, Ananta Prasad Chakraverty & Himanshu Sekhar Maharana · Physical Science International Journal · 2014

The present investigation aims at evaluating the effect of fly ash addition on sliding wear behaviour of pure red mud. Plasma sprayed coatings composed of red mud and varying percentage of fly ash were considered for the wear behavior study. Plasma spraying technique was used wit...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/PSIJ/2015/12624

Progress of Red Mud Utilization: An Overview

Harekrushna Sutar, Subash Chandra Mishra, Santosh Kumar Sahoo, Ananta Prasad Chakraverty & Himanshu Sekhar Maharana · Chemical Science International Journal · 2014

Red mud is a solid waste residue of the digestion of bauxite ores with caustic soda for alumina production. Its disposal remains a worldwide issue in terms of environmental concerns. During the past decades, extensive work has been done by a lot of researchers to develop various...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ACSJ/2014/7258