Dimitri Pavlovitch Riabouchinsky (,6 November 1882– 22 August 1962) was a
Russian
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fluid dynamicist
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noted for his discovery of the
Riabouchinsky solid
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technique. With the aid of
Nikolay Zhukovsky Nikolay Zhukovsky may refer to:
* Nikolay Zhukovsky (revolutionary) (1833–1895), Russian revolutionary
*Nikolay Zhukovsky (scientist)
Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky ( rus, Никола́й Его́рович Жуко́вский, p=ʐʊˈkofsk ...
he founded the Institute of Aerodynamics in 1904, the first in Europe. He also independently discovered equivalent results to the Buckingham Pi Theorem in 1911. Riabouchinsky left Russia following the
October Revolution
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and his short-term arrest, spending the rest of his life in Paris, yet he never accepted the French citizenship and used his
Nansen passport
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up till death. He was a member of the
Moscow State University
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, the
University of Paris
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, the
French Academy of Sciences
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as well as one of the co-founders of the Russian Higher Technical School in France. Over 200 scientific works were published during his lifetime. He was an Invited Speaker of the
ICM in 1920 at Strasbourg,
in 1928 at Bologna, and in 1932 at Zurich.
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Рябушинский Дмитрий ПавловичВоспоминания о Рябушинском. Лекция из цикла «Выдающиеся ученые — математики и механики» в мемориальном кабинете-музее Л. И. Седова
«Российский научный некрополь за рубежом» РЯБУШИНСКИЙ (Riabouchinsky, Riaboushinsky) Дмитрий Павлович
1882 births
1962 deaths
Scientists from Moscow
Scientists from Paris
Fluid dynamicists
Members of the French Academy of Sciences
Academic staff of Moscow State University
Academic staff of the University of Paris
Aerodynamicists
Aviation pioneers
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