Head of Laboratory of Plasma Processes

Principal scientific interests:

 Plasma hardening, plasma sputtering, plasma cutting

Introduced developments:

Setups for plasma cutting for copper crystallizers and slabs at Cherepovets iron-and-steel works

 Setups for plasma hardening of wheel pairs at the Moscow, South-East, and Gorkii Railroads 

Main publications:

1. E.Kh. Isakaev, R.R. Grigoryants, N.O. Spector, and A.S. Tyuftyaev, The Effect of the Expansion Angle of the Output Electrode Channel on Plasma Generator Performance, Teplofiz. High Temp., 1994, vol. 32, no. 4, p. 627 (in Russian).
2. Russian Federation Patent no. 2 069 131 for Device for Plasma Processing of Articles.
3. Special Features of the Structuring and Formation of Properties under Conditions of Plasma Processing of Carbon Steel, Materialovedenie, 2003, no. 2 (in Russian).
4. Investigation of the Velocity Field of Particles in Heterogeneous Transonic Plasma Flow, conference materials.

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