(b)    Short Research Papers Published in Journals

 b1.       Rodriguez, P. and Krishna Rao, K. (1964-65) Yield Strength Variation in Polycrystalline Silver-Palladium Alloys. J. Inst. Metals, 93

b2.       Rodriguez, P. (1968) A Method for Determining the Thermal and Athermal Components of Flow Stress from Stress - Relaxation. J. Mat. Sci., 3, 98-101.

b3.       Rodriguez, P. (1968) Comments on `Impurities and Thermal Components of Flow Stress in B.C.C. Metals', J. Mater. Sci., 3, 452-453.

b4.       Ramani, S.V. and Rodriguez, P. (1970) The Work-hardening Parameters of Polycrystalline Materials, Scripta Metall., 4, 755-760.

b5.       Mannan, S.L. and Rodriguez, P. (1971) The Strength-Differential Phenomenon in Zircaloy-2, Scripta Metall., 5, 71-74.

b6.       Rodriguez, P., Mannan, S.L., Dasgupta, P., Vagarali, S.S. and Samuel, K.G. (1973) Stress Relaxation in Zirconium, Titanium and Their Alloys, Scripta Metall., 7, 671-679.

b7.       Mannan, S.L. and Rodriguez, P. (1973) Strength-Differential Effect in Zirconium Alloys, Scripta Metall., 7, 1069-1074.

b8.       Ray, S.K., Samuel, K.G. and Rodriguez, P. (1977) Deformation Dynamics in Zircaloy-2: A Reexamination Allowing Variations in Preexponential Factor and Activation Entropy, Trans. Ind. Inst. Metals, 30, 112-114.

b9.       Dayal, R.K., Gnanamoorthy, J.B. and Rodriguez, P. (1979) Investigations on a Failed I-Beam, Trans. Ind. Inst. Metals, 32 (5), 421-424.

b10.     Mannan, S.L., Samuel, K.G. and Rodriguez, P. (1982) Stress-Strain Relation for 316 Stainless Steel at 300 K, Scripta Metall., 16, 255-257.

b11.     Bhattacharya, D.K., Sivaraman, G., Baldev Raj and Rodriguez, P. (1982) Failure in a Transmission Shaft, Practical Metallography, 19, 293-296.

b12.     Jayakumar, T., Bhattacharya, D.K., Baldev Raj and Rodriguez, P. (1982) Failure of Ribs of an Air Compressor, Practical Metallography, 19, 361-362.

b13.     Jayakumar, T., Bhattacharya, D.K., Baldev Raj and Rodriguez, P. (1982)  Failure of Zn-Al Solenoid Valves, Practical Metallography, 19, 539-542.

b14.     Kasiviswanathan, K.V., Baldev Raj, Kalyanasundaram, P. and Rodriguez, P. (1982) A Vacuum Set-Up for Estimation of Gas Quantity and Pressure in Sealed Capsules, Vac. News, 12 (4), 16-19.

b15.     Dayal, R.K., Parvathavarthini, N., Gnanamoorthy, J.B., Rodriguez, P. and Prasad, Y.V.R.K. (1984) Intergranular Attack During Crevice Corrosion of Stainless Steels, Materials Letters, 2 (3) 248-252.

b16.     Mannan, S.L. and Rodriguez, P. (1984) Correlation Between Constant Nominal Strain Rate Tension Tests and Constant Nominal Stress Creep Tests for an AISI 316 Stainless Steel, High Temp. Mater. Proc., 6, 225-227.

b17.     Khatak, H.S., Gnanamoorthy, J.B. and Rodriguez, P. (1985) Failure Analysis of an Admiralty Brass Condenser Tube, Practical Metallography, 22, 99-109.

b18.     Rao, K.B.S., Vijayalakshmi, M., Valsan, M., Mannan, S.L. and Rodriguez, P. (1986) Uniform Matrix Cavitation During Low Cycle Fatigue of Type 304 Stainless Steel, Scritpa Metall., 20, 989-993.

b19.     Dayal, R.K., Parvathavarthini, N., Rodriguez, P. and Gnanamoorthy, J.B. (1986) Influence of Grain Size on Crevice Corrosion of Austenitic Stainless Steels, Trans. Ind. Inst. Metals, 40, 74-76.

b20.     Rao, K.B.S., Vijayalakshmi, M., Mannan, S.L. and Rodriguez, P. (1989) On the Mechanism of Uniform Matrix Cavitation in High Temperature Fatigue, Scripta Metall. 23, 157-160.

b21.     Jayakumar, T., Baldev Raj, Bhattacharya, D.K., Rodriguez, P. and Prabhakar, O. (1989) Influence of Presence of Hard Secondary Phase on Acoustic Emission Generated During Tensile Deformation and Fracture in Nimonic Alloy PE 16, Jr. Acoust. of India, Vol.XVII, pp.169-173.

b22.     Gill, T.P.S., Shankar, V., Vijayalakshmi, M. and Rodriguez, P. (1992) Influence of Carbon on the Transformation Kinetics of Delta-Ferrite in Type 316 Stainless Steel Weld Metals, Scripta Metall. Mater. 27, 313-318.

b23.     Jayakumar, T., Baldev Raj, Bhattacharya, D.K, Rodriguez, P. and Prabhakar, O. (1991) Effect of the Combined Presence of and MC Phase on Acoustic Emission Generated During Tensile Deformation in a Ni-Base Superalloy, Scripta Metall. Mater., 25, 2733-2738.

b24.     Mathew, M.D., Sasikala. G., Mannan, S.L. and Rodriguez, P. (1994) Effect of Stress on the Transformation Behaviour of Delta Ferrite in Type 316 Stainless Steel Weld Metal, J. Mater. Sci. Letters, 13, 194-196.

b25.     Gill, T.P.S.,  Shankar, V.,  Pujar, M.G.,  and Rodriguez, P. (1995) Effect of Composition on the Transformation of d-Ferrite to s in Type 316 Stainless Steel Weld Metals, Scripta Metall. Mater., 32, 1595-1600.

b26.     Samuel, K.G., Mannan, S.L. and Rodriguez, P. (1996) Another Manifestation of Dynamic Strain Ageing, Journal of Materials Sciences, Letters, 15, 1697-1699.

(c)   Scientific Reviews

 c1.       Rodriguez, P. and Arunachalam, V.S. (1968) Influence of Interstitials on the Mechanical Properties of Group IV b Metals, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay, BARC-373.

c2.       Rodriguez, P. and Dasgupta, P. (1972) Thermally Activated Processes in Deformation, Recent Developments in Metallurgical Science and Technology, Ind. Inst. Metals Silver Jubilee Symposium, New Delhi, 1972, Ind. Inst. Metals, Calcutta, Vol. II, 47-71. (Invited paper)

c3.       Rodriguez, P., Bhattacharya, D.K. and Mannan, S.L. (1976) Delta Ferrite in Austenitic Steel Welds, Proc. Seminar on Welding for Specialised Applications and Safety in Welding, 6-7 August 1976, Madras, pp A1-A15; Indian Inst. of Welding, Madras.

c4.       Rodriguez, P. and Reddy, A.S. (1979) Metallurgical Problems in the Welding of High Alloy Steels, Proc. Seminar on Welding of High Alloy Steels, Proc. Seminar on Welding in Fertilizer and Petrochemical Industries, Jan.19-20, 1979, Indian Inst. of Welding, Madras, K1-K28.

c5.       Rodriguez, P. (1980) Dislocation Dynamics Studies - A Status Report, Proc. ICMS-I Int. Conf. on Emerging Frontiers in Metal Sciences, Varanasi, Nov.1977, Trans. Ind. Inst. Metals (Eds. T.R. Anantharaman et al) 245-257. (Invited paper)

c6.       Rodriguez, P. and Sundaram, C.V. (1981) Nuclear and Materials Aspects of the Thorium Fuel Cycle, J. Nucl. Materials, 100, 227-249. (Invited paper)

c7.       Rodriguez, P. (1983) Irradiation Hardening and Irradiation Embrittlement-An Overview, Proc. Symposium on Radiation Effects in Solids, BARC, Bombay Nov.23-25, 1983, BARC, Bombay (Ed.G.P. Tiwari) Deptt. of Atomic Energy, Bombay , (1983) 17-50. (Invited paper)

c8.       Rodriguez, P. (1984) Serrated Plastic Flow, Bull. Mater. Sci., 6 (4) 653-663. (Invited paper)

c9.       Rodriguez, P., Krishnan, R. and Sundaram, C.V. (1984) Radiation Effects in Nuclear Reactor Materials - Correlation with Structure, Bull. Mater. Sci., 6 (2), 339-367.

c10.     Krishan, K., Rodriguez, P. and Sundaram, C.V. (1984) Investigation of Metallurgical Aspects of Radiation Damage with Medium Energy Accelerators, Ind. J. Physics, 58A, 25-34. (Invited paper)

c11.     Sundaram, C.V., Rodriguez, P. and Mannan, S.L. (1986) Recent Trends in Fast Breeder Reactor Materials, J. Institution of Engineers (India) Metallurgy and Materials Science Division 67, 1-11. (Invited paper).

c12.     Azad, A.M., Sreedharan, O.M. and Rodriguez, P. (1989) Applications of Phase Diagrams to Fast Reactor Materials, J. Alloy Phase Diagrams, 5, 1-26. (Invited paper)

c13.     Rodriguez, P. and Ray, S.K. (1988) Deformation Dynamics at Low and Ambient Temperatures, Bull. Mater. Sci., 10, 133-154 (contains original research results) (Invited Paper).

c14.     Rodriguez, P. and Vijayalakshmi, M. (1989) Recent Advances in Physical Metallurgy of Stainless Steels, Proceedings INCOSS-89: International Conference on Stainless Steels, Feb.2-4, 1989, Bombay, 227-265. (Invited Paper)

c15.     Rodriguez, P. and Mannan, S.L. (1990) Development of Special Steels for Fast Breeder Reactors, Indian J. Technology, 28, 281-295. (Invited Paper)

c16.     Rodriguez, P., Mannan, S.L. and Rao, K.B.S. (1989) Life Prediction Methods for Creep-Fatigue Conditions, Trans. Ind. Inst. Metals, Vol.42 (supplement) S25-S43. (Invited paper)

c17.     Rodriguez, P. and Mannan, S.L. (1990) Improved Cladding and Structural Materials for FBRs, Preprints of Second Annual Conference on Nuclear Power - Advanced Fuel Cycles, Indian Nuclear Society, Bombay, January 5-6 1990, 8.1 - 8.13 (Invited Paper).

c18.     Rodriguez, P., Baldev Raj, Mannan, S.L. and Krishan, K. (1989) Radiation Damage in Fast Reactor Materials and Components, Proceedings, Symposium on Post-Irradiation Examination in Nuclear Programme, Nov.29-Dec.1, 1989 Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Bombay, 1989, 1,4.1-4.29. (Invited Paper)

c19.     Rodriguez, P. (1991) Nucleation and Growth of Cracks and Cavities under Creep-Fatigue Interactions, Working Party on Initiation and Growth of Cracks in Materials, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. (Invited Paper)

c20.     Rodriguez, P. (1991) Irradation Effects in Zirconi-um Alloy Core Components of PHWRs, Proceedings Symp. on Zirconium Alloys for Reactor Applications (ZARC-91 ) Dec. 12-13, 1991, BRNS, DAE, Bombay, 46-95. (invited paper)

c21.     Rodriguez, P. (1990) Strength of Metals and Alloys - A Historical Perspective, Prceedings Int.Conf. on Fifty Years of Evolution of Metallurgy 8-9 April 1990, Deptt. of Metallurgy, B.E. College, Howrah, 105 - 132. 

c22.     Baldev Raj, Bhattacharya, D.K. and Rodriguez, P. (1993) Development of In-Service Inspection Techniques For Nuclear Power Plants In India, Intl. J. Pres. Ves. & Piping, 56, 183-211 (invited paper).

c23.     Rodriguez, P., Baldev Raj and Jayakumar, T. (1993) Failure Analysis in Nuclear Industry - Specialities and Ensuring Strategies, Trans. Ind. Inst. Metals,  46, 111-126.

c24.     Rodriguez, P. and Rao, K.B.S. (1993) Nucleation and Growth of Cracks and Cavities under Creep-Fatigue Interaction, Progress in Materials Science, 37, 403-480.

c25.     Rodriguez, P. (1993) Dynamic Strain Ageing (DSA) and Grain Boundaries - Some Interesting Results of Hall-Petch Analysis in DSA Regime, Working Party on: Mechanical Properties of Interfaces, 23 Aug.-3 Sept. 1993, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, SMR.703-21.

c26.     Rodriguez, P. and Rao, K.B.S. (1997) Mechanistic Approach to Low Cycle Fatigue Life Prediction, Metals, Materials and Processes, 9(3), 243-258. 

c27.     Bhaduri, A.K., Venkadesan, S., Rodriguez, P. and Mukunda, P.G. (1994) Transition Metal Joints for Steam Generators - An Overview, Int. J. Pres. Ves. & Piping, 58, 251-265.

c28.     Rodriguez, P. and Gill, T.P.S. (1994) High Temperature Transformations in Austenitic Stainless Steel Weld Metals, Proceedings Int. Conf. Physical Metallurgy, BARC, Bombay, March 9-11, 1994, 530-541

c29.     Rodriguez, P. and  Mannan, S.L., (1995) High Temperature Low Cycle Fatigue,  Sadhana, 20(1), 123-164.

c30.     Rodriguez, P., Chakravarty, S.,  Muralidharan, B.G. and Gill, T.P.S. (1995) Improvement in Weldability of Materials through Rare Earth Additions, Seminar on Recent Developments in the Science and  Technology of Rare Earths, Dec. 14 - 16, 1995, Cochin;  Metals, Materials and Processes, 9, (1), 283-313.

c31.     Rodriguez, P., (1996)  Sixty Years of Dislocations, Bulletin of Materials  Science 19 (6), 857-872.

c32.     Rodriguez, P. and  Venkadesan, S. (1994) Serrated Plastic Flow Revisited, Proceedings of Non-Linear Phenomena in Materials Science. (Transtech Publishers)  Also published in Key Engineering Materials (1995) 103, 257 - 266.

c33.     Rodriguez, P., (1995) Influence of Metalurgical Variables on Stress Corrosion Behaviour of Austenitic Stainless Steels, Journal of the Electrochemical Society of India, 44(3), F43-F50.

c34.     Rodriguez, P., (1996) Transformations in Stainless Steel Weld Metal during High Temperature Service, ESAB Technical Jnl. OKWELD, 1, 10-14..

c35.     Rodriguez, P., and  Baldev Raj, (1997) Development of In-service Inspection Techniques for Nuclear  Power Plants in India, Int. J. Pressure Vessels & Piping, 73, 59-68.   

c36.     Rodriguez, P.,  (1998) Mixed Plutonium - Uranium Carbide Fuel in Fast Breeder Test Reactor ,   Bul.  Mater.  Sci., 22(3), 215-220.

c37.     Rodriguez, P., Mannan, S.L., and Mathew, M.D., (1999) Role of Diffusion in Creep  Deformation, Met. Mat. and Processes, 11(3&4) , 271-288.