In this paper, the velocity field and turbulence effects that occur inside a crucible of a typical induction furnace were investigated. In the first part of this work, a free surface shape of the liquid metal was measured in a ceramic crucible. Then a numerical model of aluminium melting process was developed. It took into account coupling of electromagnetic and thermofluid fields that was performed using commercial codes. In the next step, the sensitivity analysis of turbulence modelling in the liquid domain was performed. The obtained numerical results were compared with the measurement data. The performed analysis can be treated as a preliminary approach for more complex mathematical modelling for the melting process optimisation in crucible induction furnaces of different types.
In the paper, results of a kinetic analysis of aluminium evaporation from the Ti-6Al-4V alloy are presented. The analysis was performed based on the findings obtained during the alloy smelting in the vacuum induction furnace at 5 Pa to 1000 Pa and at 1973 K, 1998 K and 2023 K.
In the paper, results of surface tension measurements with regard to liquid copper-silver alloys with the maximum silver content of 40 % mass Ag are presented. The measurements were performed at 1373-1573 K with the use of the sessile drop method. In the study, a high-temperature microscope, coupled with a camera and a computer equipped with the software designed for experiment recording and picture analysing, was applied. In order to determine surface tension values, the least square estimation of the parameters of the system of differential equations, describing the shape of a liquid sessile drop, was used.Keywords: surface tension, sessile drop method, high-temperature microscope, liquid Cu-Ag alloys W prezentowanej pracy przedstawiono wyniki pomiarów napięcia powierzchniowego ciekłych stopów miedzi ze srebrem o maksymalnej zawartości 40 % mas. Ag. Badania przeprowadzono w zakresie temperatur 1373-1573 K. Wykorzystano metodę kropli leżącej. Zastosowano aparaturę pomiarową składającą się z mikroskopu wysokotemperaturowego sprzężonego z kamerą i komputerem wyposażonym w oprogramowanie pozwalające na rejestrację przebiegu eksperymentu oraz analizę obrazu. Do wyznaczania napięcia powierzchniowego zastosowano procedurę obliczeniową polegającą na estymacji metodą najmniejszej sumy kwadratów parametrów układu równań różniczkowych opisujących kształt leżącej kropli cieczy.
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