Development of a new design and model study of functioning of catapult for ladle sliding gate

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 540-546
Author(s):  
S. P. Eron’ko ◽  
B. I. Starodubtsev ◽  
E. A. Ponamareva ◽  
E. S. Tsykhmistro
Keyword(s):  
Block Design ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
External Action ◽  
Foreign Firms ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Outlet Channel ◽  
Practical Utilization ◽  
Gate Operation ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Power Block

Sometimes commencement of steel casting at CCM can’t be ensured in a regular mode because of formation of a crust above the nuzzle inlet. The crust can withstand the 3–5 m metal column weight. Design features of facilities, developed by foreign firms for the commencement of technological metal pouring from a ladle without application of oxygen considered, their drawbacks noted. Results of theoretical and experimental studies of strength indices of the solidified layer presented. The layer minimal thickness was also defined, which requires external action on it to ensure free pouring of liquid metal from steel ladles of various volumes. Obtained calculation and experiment data were used to justify design parameters of new catapult power elements. It was shown that the proposed catapults enable considerably decrease manufacturing costs comparing with the known foreign analogs. Besides, operation costs can be also decreased due to multiple application of most of components, thanks to their location outside the outlet channel of ladle sliding gate. For practical utilization two variants of the catapult power block design were recommended, which account particular conditions of sliding gate operation.

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES WITH CROSS-SHAPED SPATIAL CRACK UNDER TORSION WITH BENDING

2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (6) ◽  
pp. 13-25
Author(s):  
Vl.I. KOLCHUNOV ◽  
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A.I. DEMYANOV ◽  
M.M. MIHAILOV ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Experimental Determination ◽  
Calculation Method ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structures ◽  
Experimental Scheme

The article offers a method and program for experimental studies of reinforced concrete structures with cross-shaped spatial crack under torsion with bending, the main purpose of which is to check the design assumptions and experimental determination of the design parameters of the proposed calculation method. The conducted experimental studies provide an opportunity to test the proposed calculation apparatus and clarify the regularities for determining deflections, angles of rotation of extreme sections, and stresses in the compressed zone of concrete. For analysis, the article presents a typical experimental scheme for the formation and development of cracks in the form of a sweep, as well as characteristic graphs of the dependence of the angles of rotation of end sections.

Influence of Various Basin Types on Performance of Passive Solar Still: A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 789-802
Author(s):  
Tri Hieu Le ◽  
Minh Tuan Pham ◽  
H Hadiyanto ◽  
Van Viet Pham ◽  
Anh Tuan Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Water Depth ◽  
Thermal Efficiency ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Cylindrical Shape ◽  
Solar Still ◽  
Practical Utilization ◽  
Passive Solar Still ◽  
Passive Solar ◽  
The Impact

Passive solar still is the simplest design for distilling seawater by harnessing solar energy. Although it is undeniable that solar still is a promising device to provide an additional freshwater source for global increasing water demand, low thermal efficiency along with daily distillate yield are its major disadvantages. A conventional solar still can produced 2 to 5 L/m2day. Various studies have been carried out to improve passive solar stills in terms of daily productivity, thermal efficiency, and economic effectiveness. Most of the researches that relate to the daily output improvement of passive solar still concentrates on enhancing evaporation or/and condensation processes. While the condensation process is influenced by wind velocity and characteristics of the condensed surface, the evaporation process is mainly affected by the temperature of basin water. Different parameters affect the brackish water temperature such as solar radiation, design parameters (for example water depth, insulators, basin liner absorptivity, reflectors, sun tracking system, etc). The inclined angle of the top cover is suggested to equal the latitude of the experimental place. Moreover, the decrease of water depth was obtained as a good operational parameter, however, the shallow water depth is required additional feed water for ensuring no dry spot existence. Reflectors and sun-tracking systems help solar still absorb as much solar intensity as possible. The internal reflector can enhance daily yield and efficiency of stepped solar still up to 75% and 56% respectively, whereas, passive solar still with the support of a sun-tracking system improved daily yield up to 22%. Despite large efforts to investigate the impact of the different parameters on passive solar distillation, the effect of the basin liner (including appropriate shapes and type of material), needs to be analyzed for improvement in practical utilization. The present work has reviewed the investigation of the solar still performance with various types of basin liner. The review of solar stills has been conducted critically with rectangular basin, fins basin, corrugated basin, wick type, steps shape, and cylindrical shape basin with variety of top cover shapes. The findings from this work conclude that the basin liner with a cylindrical shape had better performance in comparison with other metal types and provides higher freshwater output. Stepped type, inclined, fin absorber, and corrugated shapes had the efficient performance.  Further exploration revealed that copper is the best-used material for the productivity of passive solar still.

Use of Digital Twins for Mathematical Modeling of Ultrasonic Cutting of Titanium Blanks

2021 ◽  
Vol 1037 ◽  
pp. 369-376
Author(s):  
Maxim Ilyushkin ◽  
Kirill Savelev ◽  
Oleg Krupennikov ◽  
Evgeniy S. Kiselev
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Ultrasonic Field ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Digital Twins ◽  
Machine Parts ◽  
Cutting Processes ◽  
Stock Removal ◽  
Processing Zone

The paper presents the results of numerical experimental studies of cutting titanium blanks using mathematical modeling programs, which make it possible to completely repeat technological processes in a computer (digital twin). The LS-DYNA product was used as a program to simulate the process of stock removal from titanium blank. It has been established that the use of this method adequately describes the cutting processes, including with the introduction of the energy of an ultrasonic field into the processing zone, can significantly reduce the duration of experimental research and evaluate the influence of the elements of the cutting mode and design parameters of the tool on the thermal power aspects of the formation of new surfaces of machine parts.

Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Users Evaluating Designs for Highlighting Key Words in Educational Lecture Videos

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Sushant Kafle ◽  
Becca Dingman ◽  
Matt Huenerfauth
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Educational Video ◽  
Word Level ◽  
Sentence Level ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Educational Videos

There are style guidelines for authors who highlight important words in static text, e.g., bolded words in student textbooks, yet little research has investigated highlighting in dynamic texts, e.g., captions during educational videos for Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH) users. In our experimental study, DHH participants subjectively compared design parameters for caption highlighting, including: decoration (underlining vs. italicizing vs. boldfacing), granularity (sentence level vs. word level), and whether to highlight only the first occurrence of a repeating keyword. In partial contrast to recommendations in prior research, which had not been based on experimental studies with DHH users, we found that DHH participants preferred boldface, word-level highlighting in captions. Our empirical results provide guidance for the design of keyword highlighting during captioned videos for DHH users, especially in educational video genres.

INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF REMOVAL OF SCALE FROM FLATS FOR HOLLOW BALLS

2021 ◽  
pp. 143-147
Author(s):  
А.В. Панфилова ◽  
А.В. Королев ◽  
О.П. Решетникова ◽  
Б.М. Изнаиров ◽  
А.Н. Васин
Keyword(s):  
Rotation Speed ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Surface Cleaning ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Technological Factors ◽  
Proportional Relationship ◽  
Sheet Products ◽  
Process Factors ◽  
Rolled Surface

Рассматриваются результаты проведения экспериментальных исследований способа удаления окалины с поверхности стального листового проката. Предложен новый способ и устройство для очистки поверхности листового проката от окалины режущими пластинами, вращающимися вокруг оси, перемещающейся поступательно вдоль обрабатываемой поверхности. Пластины наклонены в направлении вектора вращения на угол до 10 градусов и упруго поджимаются к обрабатываемой поверхности. Это обеспечивает возможность в процессе очистки поверхности воспроизводить макронеровности листового проката. Приведены результаты экспериментальных исследований, построены математические и графические зависимости, описывающие влияние факторов процесса на эффективность очистки поверхности проката. Показано, что наиболее значимое влияние на параметр оптимизации оказывает сила воздействия инструмента на поверхность заготовки. Причем это влияние реализуется в прямо пропорциональной зависимости. Другие исследованные факторы, а именно: угол наклона пластины, скорость ее вращения и подача, оказывают значительно меньшее влияние на степень очистки проката. Эти исследования были необходимы с точки зрения определения конструктивных параметров силовых элементов как технологической оснастки, реализующей указанный способ, так и технологической установки в целом. План эксперимента был принят, исходя из реальных производственных возможностей индустриального партнера, и соответствовал классическим представлениям теории резания. Описанные результаты дают возможность планировать дальнейшие эксперименты по изучению направлений использования данного способа Here we consider the results of experimental studies of the method of removing scale from the surface of steel sheet products. We propose a new method and device for cleaning the surface of rolled sheets from scale by cutting plates rotating around an axis moving translationally along the treated surface. The plates are tilted in the direction of the rotation vector at an angle of up to 10 degrees and are elastically pressed to the treated surface. This makes it possible to reproduce the macro-dimensions of sheet metal during the surface cleaning process. We present the results of experimental studies. We constructed mathematical and graphical dependences describing the influence of process factors on the efficiency of cleaning the rolled surface. We show that the most significant influence on the optimization parameter is exerted by the force of the tool's impact on the surface of the workpiece. Moreover, this influence is realized in a directly proportional relationship. Other factors studied, namely the angle of inclination of the plate, its rotation speed and feed, have a much smaller impact on the degree of cleaning of rolled products. These studies were necessary from the point of view of determining the design parameters of the power elements of both the technological equipment implementing this method and the technological installation as a whole. We adopted the experimental plan based on the real production capabilities of the industrial partner and corresponded to the classical concepts of the cutting theory. The described results make it possible to plan further experiments to study the directions of using the method

Analytical and Experimental Studies on Induced Current Switching by a Fault-Proof Gas Insulated Earthing Switch

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mandava Mohana Rao ◽  
Moutusi Paul ◽  
H.S. Jain
Keyword(s):  
Short Circuit ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Induced Current ◽  
Current Switching ◽  
Test Circuit ◽  
Reliable Performance ◽  
Gas Insulated Substation ◽  
The Impact

Fault-proof earthing switches are one of the important modules of a gas insulated substation, as it enables make at 100 percent short circuit current, which is functionally different from maintenance earthing switches. The fault-proof earthing switch shall be designed to make and break electro-magnetically and electro-statically induced currents as per IEC-62271-102. The paper discusses the impact of “test circuit configurations and voltage” on test parameters for gas insulated fault-proof earthing switch utilizing simulation with PSCAD software. Authors record the development of a 145 kV gas insulated fault proof earthing switch by considering novel design features like minimum arcing/pre-arcing time, effective current transfer from arcing contact to ground terminal, etc. The development has been evaluated successfully for electro-magnetically and electro-statically induced current duties as per IEC. Finally, design parameters to be considered for ensuring reliable performance during induced current switching from fault-proof earthing switches are also discussed.

scholarly journals Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Optimized 3D Compressor Airfoils

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Mihalyovics ◽  
Christian Brück ◽  
Dieter Peitsch ◽  
Ilias Vasilopoulos ◽  
Marcus Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Total Pressure ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Total Pressure Loss ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Flow Angle ◽  
Flow Phenomena ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Stator Design

The objective of the presented work is to perform numerical and experimental studies on compressor stators. This paper presents the modification of a baseline stator design using numerical optimization resulting in a new 3D stator. The Rolls Royce in-house compressible flow solver HYDRA was employed to predict the 3D flow, solving the steady RANS equations with the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model, and its corresponding discrete adjoint solver. The performance gradients with respect to the input design parameters were used to optimize the stator blade with respect to the total pressure loss over a prescribed incidence range, while additionally minimizing the flow deviation from the axial direction at the stator exit. Non-uniform profile boundary conditions, being derived from the experimental measurements, have been defined at the inlet of the CFD domain. The presented results show a remarkable decrease in the axial exit flow angle deviation and a minor decrease in the total pressure loss. Experiments were conducted on two compressor blade sets investigating the three-dimensional flow in an annular compressor stator cascade. Comparing the baseline flow of the 42° turning stator shows that the optimized stator design minimizes the secondary flow phenomena. The experimental investigation discusses the impact of steady flow conditions on each stator design while focusing on the comparison of the 3D optimized design to the baseline case. The flow conditions were investigated using five-hole probe pressure measurements in the wake of the blades. Furthermore, oil-flow visualization was applied to characterize flow phenomena. These experimental results are compared with the CFD calculations.

Mobile Worm-Like Robots for Pipe Inspection

2015 ◽  
pp. 168-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Fedorovich Jatsun ◽  
Andrei Vasilevich Malchikov
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Control System ◽  
Mobile Robots ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Robot Motion ◽  
Robot Dynamics ◽  
Confined Space ◽  
Pipe Inspection ◽  
The Mathematical Model

This chapter describes various designs of multilink mobile robots intended to move inside the confined space of pipelines. The mathematical model that describes robot dynamics and controlled motion, which allows simulating different regimes of robot motion and determining design parameters of the device and its control system, is presented. The chapter contains the results of numerical simulations for different types of worm-like mobile robots. The experimental studies of the in-pipe robots prototypes and their analyses are presented in this chapter.

Computation of the Surface Materials Modification by Plasma Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 897 ◽  
pp. 106-110
Author(s):  
Alexey M. Lykov ◽  
Nataliya V. Mokrova
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Surface Treatment ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Plasma Technology ◽  
Plasma Surface ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Plasma Surface Treatment ◽  
Experimental Values ◽  
Thermal Influence

Experimental studies of plasma surface treatment processes of various materials are difficult since temperatures of the surface are more than 1500-3000 K, the speed of their change is high (104 K/s), the front of melting is moving. Theoretical researches of the thermal modes are necessary for conducting plasma processes in the best possible way. The use of analytical decisions at impulse thermal influence on the surface allows to calculate temperatures on the surfaces and in the mass of the material under almost any boundary conditions. The paper presents the results of calculation of various plasma processing at dielectric and steel materials (hardening, welding), as well as comparison of the obtained design parameters with experimental values.

Experimental Studies of a Perceptual Anomaly. II. Confirmatory and Explanatory Experiments

1952 ◽  
Vol 98 (413) ◽  
pp. 605-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Test ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Measurable Change

The first paper in this series described a number of experiments on a single subject, carried out to investigate an anomaly observed during performance of the Kohs Blocks test. This anomaly consisted of making the model correctly but rotated. (Illustration 1.)The first hypothesis adopted to explain this observation was that anomalies of perception are functions of disturbed figure-ground relations (Goldstein and Scheerer, 1941). This hypothesis is not precise enough to permit a deduction which would make possible an exact experimental test, i.e., a deduction defining the conditions which would produce a measurable change in the rotation phenomenon. It was therefore necessary to arrive at more definite ideas about figure-ground relations. Such ideas were found in three hypotheses developed by Goldstein and Scheerer (1941) to account for variations in speed of carrying out the Block Design test. The first of these is that the square orientation (e.g., Cards a and b in Illustration 2) of a figure would tend to diminish the frequency of appearance of the anomaly, while the diamond orientation would increase it (e.g., Cards c and d in Illustration 2).

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