The dimensionless Niyama criterion was used to predict the formation of microporosity in nickel-based superalloy casting, which extended the model application from a simple plate casting to complex thin-wall superalloy casting. The physical characteristics of the superalloy were calculated by JMatPro software. The relation between the volume percentage of microporosity and the dimensionless Niy...

There are many situations in which mis-coordinated strategic voting can leave strategic voters worse off than they would have been had they not tried to strategize. We analyse the simplest of such scenarios, in which the set of strategic voters all have the same sincere preferences and all cast the same strategic vote, while all other voters vote sincerely. Most mis-coordinations in this framew...

We propose that voting protocols be judged in part on ballot casting assurance, a property which complements universal verifiability. Some protocols already support ballot casting assurance, though the concept has not received adequate explicit emphasis. Ballot casting assurance captures two well known voting concepts – cast as intended, and recorded as cast – into one end-to-end property: Alic...

This work has been motivated by some issues of process monitoring in casting applications. In die casting, as time passes, material is deposited on the inside wall of the die. This foreign material can cause an unacceptable level of porosity in the output of the casting process. After accumulated material reaches a certain level, some of the output of the casting process no longer meets the spe...

Present chemical-physical characteristics of ingot and continuous casting powders can be critically evaluated pointing out history of invention of these materials. In an original tone, pioneering nature of first developments of casting powders will be described, illustrating empirical know-how of casting powders technology, based on trial-and-error method. It will be originally emphasized that ...

Foundries represent an important sector of the manufacturing industry and these foundry industries in developing countries suffer from poor quality and productivity due to number of process parameters involved in the casting process. Even in a completely controlled process, defects in casting are observed and hence casting process is also known as process of uncertainty which challenges explana...

Casting failures of alloys in dental technology should be the exception, not the rule. They have to be detected in time and associated with possible causes. For the experimental part base metal alloys single tooth restorations were achieved using the conventional lost wax process for casting in order to be evaluated. Some casting defects obtained during the experimental part are exemplified: in...

Components for engineering systems, such as gas turbines and jet engines operating at high temperature are usually produced in superalloys. The investment casting process is most widely used for manufacturing these components due to the ability of the process to produce parts with complex geometries to close dimensional tolerances. Other processing routes are less advantageous due to high mecha...

OBJECTIVE Assessment of surgical outcomes of biceps tendon lengthening (BTL) surgery in obstetric brachial plexus injury (OBPI) patients with elbow flexion contractures, who had unsuccessful serial casting. BACKGROUND Serial casting and splinting have been shown to be effective in correcting elbow flexion contractures in OBPI. However, the possibilities of radial head dislocations and other c...

The objectives in this work were to develop, calibrate, and apply a model to predict ideal taper profiles down the narrow faces of the SIDERAR slab casting mold for several different casting speeds, steel grades, flux powder compositions, and widths. A significant amount of original research was undertaken for this challenging problem. A finite difference model of transient 1-D heat conduction ...