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Item Assessing Criteria for Casting and Deformation Suitability of Metals and Alloys(Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, 2025) Kimstach, Tetiana V.; Uzlov, Kostiantyn I.; Bilyi, Oleksandr P.; Mazorchuk, Volodymyr F.; Repyakh, Serhii I.ENG: Purpose. Based on existing criteria for predicting the suitability of metals and their alloys for manufacturing products from them by deformation or casting analysis develop a set of dimensionless parametric criteria and their quantitative scales. Their using will allow increasing the predicting accuracy of metals and alloys for their processing by pressure or casting suitability and feasibility. Methodology. The work uses phenomenological approach to systematic analysis results of metals and alloys mechanical and individual casting properties interpreting under uncertainty conditions, drawing on literature reference data, expert evaluation data and the authors’ own research results. The authors’ own data have been obtained experimentally using standard methods for mechanical properties determining and due to original authors’ method for technical purity metals and alloys based on them cast samples values of their absolutely hindered linear shrinkage determination during casting. Findings. The authors first proposed parametric dimensionless criteria and scales to them (criteria groups). Their application allows one, through such groups combinations, to assess suitability of any alloy or metal for its use possibility for products manufacturing by casting and/or pressure processing. Originality. For the first time dimensionless parametric criteria have been developed and proposed for use at initial stages of new alloys or technologies elaboration for products from them manufacturing as well as their quantitative scales for preliminary assessment (prognosis) of alloys processing feasibility by pressure or casting, regardless of their type and method. Practical value. Developed criteria and their quantitative scales using will allow alloys developers and specialized enterprises employees to save time and expenses both for alloy elaboration and for its implementation into production.Item Determining the Thermally-Stressed State of Motor-Driven Bowls for Transporting Liquid Slag(РС ТЕСHNOLOGY СЕNTЕR, Kharkiv, 2024) Povorotnii, Viktor V.; Shcherbyna, Iryna V.; Zdanevych, Serhiі V.; Diachenko, Nina K.; Kimstach, Tetiana V.; Solonenko, Lyudmila I.; Usenko, Ruslan V.ENG: Slag bowls were chosen as the object of research, as important components of blast furnace, steelmaking, and ferroalloy shops of metallurgical enterprises. The main problem of operation of any slag trucks is their limited durability and frequent destruction of slag bowls. The reason for these problems is changes in the shape of the bowls during operation, manifested in the formation of narrowing places in the area of the support ring – for rail-mounted bowls, destruction of supporting pins – for rail-mounted slag trucks, or cracks in the walls. Those defects appear as a result of cyclic thermal effects of liquid slag on the bowl. Based on the results of computer simulation, it was established that the main role in the destruction of the support pins of motor-driven slag bowls belongs to temperature changes. The temperature stresses arising in the bowl are localized in the area of the slag mirror (200–250 MPa for 25L steel, 280–350 MPa for 30HML steel). The results provide grounds for improving the presented slag bowl to reduce temperature stresses in its walls and structures of the supporting trunnions. The results reported here are explained by the fact that with uneven heating of elastic bodies, temperature stresses appear, which, under certain configurations of temperature loads, lead to the destruction of structures. The findings from these studies are recommended to be used at enterprises for the design and manufacture of slag bowls, as information on the localization of dangerous places of the structure. In addition, the data presented here could be useful for metallurgical enterprises for detailed technical diagnosis of bowls in their dangerous places.Item Influence of Ice Structure on Vitability of Frozen Sand-Water and Sand-Clay Mixtures(Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, Ukraine, 2024) Solonenko, L. I.; Uzlov, Kostiantyn I.; Kimstach, Tetiana V.; Mianovska, Ya. V.; Yakymenko, D. Yu.ENG: Purpose. To establish influence regularity of sand, water and clay preparation conditions on vitability of frozen mixtures made from combinations of these components and to increase the castings quality in foundries, as well as to improve technologies for artificial freezing of soils for underground constructions. Methodology. In this research, sand, clay, and water are used. Ice quality is estimated visually after water freezing at -15 °C in glass tubes. Frozen mixtures’ vitability at -15 °C is studied on beam-type samples. As indicators of survivability, the time to 1 mm bending of samples on supports and the time to their destruction are accepted. The time is recorded with a stopwatch, the temperature with an alcohol thermometer, the mass with electronic scales and the deflection arrow with a clock-type indicator. Findings. The presence and amount of water-soluble impurities in rare water significantly influence the nature, size and distribution of gas bubbles in ice, as well as frozen sand-water mixtures vitability. Frozen mixtures’ survivability increases with water content in them increasing, and, for sand water mixtures, survivability is maximum if ice has a homogeneous structure. Among mixtures with clays, the mixture with non-swollen kaolin clay has the greatest vitability. Regarding survivability, recommendations for manufacturing products from frozen foundry mixtures have been developed. Originality. For the first time, deformation change kinetics (bending arrows) under the influence of beam-type samples’ self-mass from mixtures of quartz sand and water and quartz sand, clay and water frozen at -15 °C, which have been previously prepared in different ways, have been investigated. Insights into the influence of various factors and ice quality on the vitability of frozen mixtures have been further developed. Practical value. The obtained results can be useful for expanding ideas about natural frozen soils’ behavior during their cyclic temperature changes, soils artificially frozen during mine shafts elaboration, escalators’ and junctions’ tunnels, etc. when constructing subways. In foundries, the developed recommendations will reduce technological losses and will improve casting quality made using frozen casting molds and cores from sand-water or sand-clay-water mixtures, castings’ patterns and their pouring systems from sand-water mixtures.Item Kinetics of Quartz Sand and Its Mixtures Drying by Microwave Radiation(Dnipro University of Technology, 2021) Solonenko, Lyudmila I.; Repiakh, Serhii I.; Uzlov, Kostiantyn I.; Mamuzich, I.; Kimstach, Tetiana V.; Bilyi, Oleksandr P.ENG: Purpose. Kinetics research and description of drying by microwave radiation mechanism development of quartz sand and its mixes with sodium silicate in limited quantity of water steam medium. Methodology. Distilled water, sodium silicate solute and quartz sand have been used in this research. Study has been performed on sand samples weighing 200 g. Mixtures drying and structuring have been performed by microwave radiation with power of 700W with frequency of 2.45 GHz in air and in saturated water weighing 1 g steam medium. Accuracy of temperature measurement is 1, mass is 0.02 g. Realized in this investigation drying kinetics has been specified as specimen weight change dependence and moisture evaporation from this mixture rate vs. drying duration. Dependencies have been built on the results of video recording and corresponding chrono-gravimetric measurements data digitalization. Mixtures during heating by microwave radiation temperature changes registration has been performed with an interval of 1560 s. Samples average heating rate has been estimated by calculation based on results in their temperature change determination during first 2 minutes of heating with microwave radiation. Findings. For the first time, microwave drying kinetics of quartz sand and its mixtures with sodium silicate in limited water medium (structured by SMS-process) has been studied. For the first time, based on SMS-process material balance, analytical dependence has been developed. This dependence application allows sand-sodium-silicate mixture structured by SMS-process maximum mass to calculate when using sodium silicate solute (silicate module 2.83.0) for quartz sand cladding and 1 g of saturated water steam for mixture structuring. It has been established that when mixtures structuring according to SMS-process water extraction from them takes place in three stages at ~100, 100108 and at 125138. Maximum appropriate heating temperature of sand-sodium-silicate mixture during structuring by SMS-process has been recommended as ~125. Exceeding of specified temperature leads to hydrated water from mixture releasing in steam form and its condensation on colder working surface of model-rod rigging. Resulting condensate leads to mixture restructuring in contact with equipment places and, accordingly, sharp quality deterioration in prepared molds and rods. For manufactured molds and rods quality stabilization, it has been recommended to pre-dry the quartz sand cladded with sodium silicate solute in microwave field for at least 3 minutes before structuring according to SMS-process. Originality. For the first time, data on drying kinetics has been obtained and quartz sand and its mixtures with sodium silicate in limited water steam medium microwave drying mechanism description has been developed. Influence of number of SMS-process basic parameters on structured quartz sand weight regularities has been established. Practical value. Research results will be useful in terms of ideas expanding about the processes that accompany granular materials drying, as well as in technologies and equipment for drying and structuring fine-grained dielectric materials and their mixtures development, creating new capillary-porous media, etc. under microwave radiation influence.Item Perturbation of the First Form of Oscillations of Liquid Metallurgical Slag in the Slag Car Bowl in Transient Operating Modes(TECHNOLOGY CENTER PC, Kharkiv, 2025) Povorotnii, Viktor V.; Yaichuk, Oleksandr O.; Karyachenko, Nataliia V.; Shcherbyna, Iryna V.; Pohrebniak, Rodion P.; Zdanevych, Serhiі V.; Kimstach, Tetiana V.; Diachenko, Nina K.ENG: The object of this research is the process of oscillation of liquid metallurgical slag in a slag bowl under the influence of acceleration. The work considers the oscillation processes in bowls used on railway and road slug cars, which differ in design and operating conditions. One of the key problems associated with the transportation of liquid slag is the dynamic instability of the melt, which leads to oscillations and splashing, which can pose a safety threat and reduce the efficiency of the transportation process. In this regard, the study of the dynamics of liquid slag in bowls of various designs is an urgent task aimed at optimizing transportation parameters and developing measures to reduce the risk of slag splashing. Based on the results of numerical modeling, it was established that the nature of the oscillations of liquid slag in the bowl significantly depends on the magnitude of the acceleration, the type of slag and the design of the bowl. In particular, the acceleration ranges at which different oscillation modes are observed, from minor surface disturbances to intensive slag splashing, have been determined. At the same time, the differences in the nature of oscillations for different types of slag and bowl designs lie within the limits determined by their physicochemical properties and geometric parameters. The results obtained allow to conclude that it is possible to develop measures for the operation of slag bowls, as well as their designs, in the direction of reducing the amplitude of liquid slag oscillations, which, in turn, contributes to increasing transportation safety and reducing dynamic loads on the bowl walls. The obtained data can be used in the design of new bowl designs to optimize their shape and internal elements in order to minimize slag oscillations. In addition, the information provided can be useful for metallurgical enterprises to develop effective methods for controlling and monitoring slag stability during transportation.Item Physical Modelling of Additives Dissolution Features in the Bath of an Induction Furnace Crucible(Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia, Milano, Italia, 2024) Molchanov, Lavr; Golub, Tetiana; Kononenko, Ganna; Koveria, Andrii; Kimstach, Tetiana V.ENG: The technology of melting metals in an induction furnace allows the production of a wide range of alloyed steels to meet the different needs of society and is more environmentally friendly as it produces fewer emissions. A special interest for modern metallurgy are the processes of alloying and deoxidizing, which occur directly in the induction furnace by introducing lump additives. In this work, the investigation of the process of melting of additives during induction melting has been studied in order to determine the optimal modes of introduction of deoxidizing and alloying additives into the melt, providing their maximum assimilation by the liquid metal. The study was carried out on the physical model simulating the crucible of a laboratory induction furnace equipped with a closed system of hydrodynamic circulation of liquid. The results demonstrate that the most rational place for the introduction of ferroalloys into the induction furnace crucible is the area of the melt located at a distance of 1/2 radius from the center of the crucible. There is also a tendency for the dissolution time to decrease as the depth of introduction into the melt increases. Considering that in practical industrial conditions, it is extremely difficult to organize the introduction of deoxidizing and alloying agents into the volume of metal melt, the necessity of holding the melt when introducing ferroalloy is reasonable.Item Si and Mn Effect on Mechanical Properties and Linear Shrinking of Non-Magnetic Cu-Al System Cast Bronzes(Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, 2025) Kimstach, Tetiana V.; Uzlov, Kostiantyn I.; Bilyi, Oleksandr P.; Repyakh, Serhii I.ENG: Purpose. To establish Si and Mn influence on mechanical properties level at 20 °C and aluminum bronzes structure with Al from 3 to 9 % mass content investigation. Methodology. Cast bronzes mechanical properties have been determined based on their fracture results on FP-100/1 machine and PSW-30 pendulum impactor. Microstructure has been examined using Neophot-21 optical microscope. Bronzes linear shrinkage coefficients have been calculated based on results of determining cast cylindrical samples lengths changes. Si and Mn complex influence on bronzes properties has been determined by the results of simplex triangles according to H. Scheffer plan constructing. Temperature has been measured with chromel-alumel thermocouple completed with electronic potentiometer. Bronzes chemical composition has been determined on EXPERT 4L analyzer. Findings. Silicon (up to 2 %) and manganese (up to 2 %) adding to Cu-Al system bronze, while aluminum content from 9 to 3 % reducing, leads to bronze ultimate tensile and yield strength decreasing during stretching and its plasticity increasing. At the same time, bronze structure, at any combination of Al, Si and Mn contents within their changes in studied limits, remains single-phase. Originality. For the first time, comprehensive assessment of influence of Si and Mn with simultaneous decrease in Al content on mechanical properties and linear shrinkage of Cu-Al-Si-Mn system cast bronzes has been carried out. It has been established that all bronzes of studied compositions have a single-phase structure and mechanical properties level that is inherent for pressure-worked bronzes. Practical value. The research results expand understanding about elemental and complex influence of Si and Mn on aluminum bronzes properties, provide an opportunity to choose a bronze with properties required level from its cast billet for deformation or to design castings taking into account the linear shrinkage values discovered in this work. The data obtained can also be the basis for new foundry, corrosion-resistant, non-magnetic bronzes, which have strength and density at the level of some carbon steel grades, development. Such materials have been used for parts that operate in chemically aggressive environments manufacturing, for control and measuring equipment and devices parts, for ship parts and naval devices, fittings, bushings, couplings, intrinsically safe tools, etc.Item Water Resistance of Structured Sand-Sodium-Silicate Mixtures(Dnipro University of Technology, 2021) Solonenko, L. I.; Repiakh, Serhii I.; Uzlov, Kostiantyn I.; Mamuzich, I.; Bilyi, Oleksandr P.; Kimstach, Tetiana V.ENG: Purpose. To establish regularities of changes in sand-sodium-silicate mixtures (SSSM) relative water resistance, structured by steam-microwave solidification method (SMS), on their structuring parameters and sodium silicate solute (SSS) dissolution conditions. Methodology. Technical purity water, SSS with 2.8–3.0 silicate modulus, quartz sand with 0.23 mm average particle size were used in this work. Studies were carried out on quartz sand samples, which were preliminarily cladded with 0.5–2.5 % (by weight) SSS and structured by SMS method. The fracture time of structured mixtures was evaluated on cubic specimens with 20 mm rib length, which were immersed in water at different temperatures. Findings. Changes in SSSM water resistance in water regularities depending on their manufacturing, use and storage conditions were established. Recommendations for SSSM rods removal from castings in water were developed. Originality. For the first time, it has been established that relative water resistance of the SSSM structured by SMS method decreases along with increase in water temperature in which it is destroyed. Depending on SSS mass used for quartz sand cladding in range 0.5–2.5 %, water resistance dependence on treatment in steam-microwave environment with 2–7 minutes’ running time acquires an inversion character with inversion point ∼3.1 minutes into the processing. For the first time, it has been discovered that in boiling water the relative water resistance of SSSM, structured by SMS-process and having preheating, monotonically increases with preheating temperature rising from 100 to 600 °С, sharply increases when heated to 600–700 °С and practically becomes absolute after preliminarily preheating to higher temperatures. Practical value. Research results will be useful in concepts of processes accompanying destruction of structured sands with water-soluble binders expanding, as well as in technologies and equipment development designed for SSS rods and mold rests removing from castings.