Advanced Methods and Technologies in Metallurgy in Russia

Dr. Stavros Syngellakis is Adjunct Professor of Materials and Structures at the Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst, Southampton, UK. He holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and a PhD from Princeton University, USA. He is also a senior lecturer in the School of Engineering Sciences and a member of the Computational Engineering and Design research group at the University of Southampton.

Part 1: Material characterization of complicated alloys.- Effect of microalloying on the structure and phase composition of near-b-titanium alloy.- Microstructural aspects of high-strength maraging steels fracture toughness enhancement.- The precipitation of silicide particles in heat-resistant titanium alloys.- Structure formation and thermal expansion analysis of 0.6% carbon containing invar alloy crystallized at different cooling rates.- Effect of the structural state of high-nitrogen Cr-Mn-Mo-steel on mechanical and magnetic properties.- The structural and magnetic properties of the amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys.- Part 2: Heat and surface treatment.- The gradient complex protective coatings for single crystal nickel alloys.- Cooling capacity of jet spraying devices for large steel parts heat treatment.- Heat treatment technology adjustment using experimental and simulation methods.- The relationship of pitting potential to chemical composition of steels alloyed with nitrogen.- The formation of eutectic phases at the crystallization of high-manganese steel.- Part 3: Ferrous metals metallurgy.- Complex metallurgical estimation of manganese raw materials.- Production of manganese ferroalloys from Russian manganese ores.- Waste generation and recycling in the ferroalloy industry.- Influence of impurities on formation of iron-carbon melt.- Advantages and risks of blast furnace operation at increased pressure.- Part 4: Energy savings in pyrometallurgy.- Mathematical model and software for the control of commissioning complex energy-intensive units in metallurgy.- Information modeling system for blast furnace smelting control.- Computer system for production control of a blast furnace.- Improvement of the energy efficiency of hot blast stove performance.- Carbon dioxide emissions on an example of metallurgical technologies.- Principles of selection of new technology and risk assessment:a case study for the selection of ironmaking process technology.- Development of techniques for the characterization of thermophysical properties of iron materials with internal heat sources.- Index.