Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, ITAM SB RAS (russian: Институт теоретической и прикладной механики имени С. А. Христиановича СО РАН) is a research institute in

Akademgorodok Akademgorodok ( rus, Академгородок, p=ɐkəˌdʲemɡərɐˈdok, "Academic Town") is a part of the Sovetsky City District, Novosibirsk, Sovetsky District of the city of Novosibirsk, Russia, located south of the city center and abou ...

of Novosibirsk, Russia. It was founded in 1957.

History

The institute was founded by

Sergey Khristianovich Sergey Alekseyevich Khristianovich (russian: link=no, Сергей Алексеевич Христианович, 9 November 1908 – 28 April 2000) was a mechanics scientist from the Soviet Union. Academician of AS USSR since 1943 (corresponding ...

in 1957, he also became its first director. In 1957, the institute was located within the territory of

SibNIA Chaplygin Siberian Scientific Research Institute Of Aviation (SibNIA) (russian: Сибирский научно-исследовательский институт авиации им. С. А. Чаплыгина) is a research institute based in No ...

, where it was engaged in the creation of a supersonic wind tunnel until 1960. In 1991, the International Center for Aerophysical Research (ICAR) was established at the institute.Wind Tunnel Institute. Nauka v Sibiri.
June 4, 2012. In 1997, the institute became a member of the International Supersonic Tunnel Association (STAI). In 2005, the institute was named after Sergey Khristianovich. As of 2023, three scientists at the institute had been arrested on suspicion of

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of sharing hypersonic technology.

Scientific activity

The main directions of scientific research are physical-chemical mechanics, aerogasdynamics, mathematical modeling in mechanics, mechanics of rigid body, deformations, and destructions.

Magazines

* ''

Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves ''Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves'' (''Russian'': ''Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva'', '' Физика горения и взрыва'') is the English-language translated version of the Russian peer-reviewed scientific journal, ''Fizika Goreniya i ...

'' (together with the SB RAS, LIH SB RAS, ICKC SB RAS) * ''Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika'' (together with the SB RAS, LIH SB RAS) * ''Teplofizika i Aeromekhanika'' (together with the SB RAS, IT SB RAS) * ''Fizicheskaya Mezomekhanika'' (together with the SB RAS, ISPMS SB RAS)

Notable employees

Vladimir Aniskin Vladimir Aniskin (born 15 December 1973) is a Russian miniature sculptor and Senior Researcher at the ITAM SB RAS, Guinness World Record Holder. Biography Vladimir Aniskin was born in Novosibirsk in 1973. He graduated from Novosibirsk State ...

is a miniature sculptor, Senior Researcher at the ITAM SB RAS, Guinness World Record Holder.About space in miniatures and miniatures in space. Nauka v Sibiri.
February 13, 2015.

Branches

* Tyumen Division of Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS *

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, it is located in ObGES Microdistrict of Novosibirsk

Bibliography

References

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