Academic degree: DSc (Engineering)
Position: professor of the Department of Engineering Mechanics, Ural State Mining University, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Research interests: improving the operating efficiency of mining and dressing machinery
Orcid: 0000-0002-7869-9208

Publications:
• Kostyuk P. A., Afanas'yev A. I., Potapov V. Ya., Potapov V. V. Simulation model pneumolift // Gornyi informatsionno-analiticheskii biulleten (nauchno-tekhnicheskii zhurnal) = Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin (scientific and technical journal). 2019; 5: 78–84. Available from: doi: 10.25018/0236-1493-2019-5-9-78-84
• Potapov V. Ya., Afanasyev A. I., Potapov V. V., Stozhkov D. S., Trop V. A. Обоснование информативности признаков для подготовки медноцинковых руд к разделению // Gornyi informatsionno-analiticheskii biulleten (nauchno-tekhnicheskii zhurnal) = Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin (scientific and technical journal). 2019; 5: 55–64. Available from: doi: 10.25018/0236-1493-2019-5-9-55-63
• Potapov V. Y., Afanasyev A. I., Potapov V. V., Stozhkov D. S., Chirkova A. A. Increasing efficiency of equipment work for preliminary separation of non-ferrous metals // E3S Web of Conferences. 2020; 177: 03002.
• Afanas’ev A. I., Chirkova A. A., Davydov S. Y. Improving the Efficiency of Screens with a Linear Electromagnetic Motor // Refractories and Industrial Ceramics. 2016; 56(6): 588–590.
• Simisino1 D. I., Volkov E. V., Afanasyev A. I. , Zubov V. V. Test bench for determining the moment of friction rolling bearings of cone drill bit // Gornyi informatsionno-analiticheskii biulleten (nauchno-tekhnicheskii zhurnal) = Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin (scientific and technical journal). 2022; 11-2: 106–113. Available from: doi: 10.25018/0236_1493_2022_112_0_106