Viktor Yevgenievich Panin (russian: Виктор Евгеньевич Панин; 10 November 1930 – 25 September 2020) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

and

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

n physicist, professor, and advisor of the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

. He was an expert in the fields of

solid mechanics Solid mechanics, also known as mechanics of solids, is the branch of continuum mechanics that studies the behavior of solid materials, especially their motion and deformation under the action of forces, temperature changes, phase changes, and ot ...

plastic deformation In engineering, deformation refers to the change in size or shape of an object. ''Displacements'' are the ''absolute'' change in position of a point on the object. Deflection is the relative change in external displacements on an object. Strain ...

and physical materials.

Curriculum vitae

* 1979 — Head of Solid State Physics and Materials Science at the Institute of Atmospheric Optics, USSR Academy of Sciences * From 1984 to 2002 — founder and director of

Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science SB RAS Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences—one of the institutes of the Tomsk Research Center of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is located in T ...

* From 2002 to present — Adviser Academy of Sciences of

He was a Foreign Member of the

National Academy of Sciences of Belarus The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) ( be, Нацыянальная акадэмія навук Беларусі, russian: Национальная академия наук Беларуси, НАН Беларуси, НАНБ) is ...

since 1999.

Scientific achievements

Under the guidance of academician Victor Panin who established and developed

physical mesomechanics Physical may refer to: *Physical examination In a physical examination, medical examination, or clinical examination, a medical practitioner examines a patient for any possible medical signs or symptoms of a medical condition. It generally co ...

of materials, uniting physical materials with

at macrolevel and with physics of

at microlevel. Within this framework, he developed new methods of computer design materials and technologies of their production. Deep mesomechanics ideas can be successfully used in the new approach to

earthquake prediction Earthquake prediction is a branch of the science of seismology concerned with the specification of the time, location, and magnitude of future earthquakes within stated limits, and particularly "the determination of parameters for the ''next'' s ...

where the

seismic source A seismic source is a device that generates controlled seismic energy used to perform both reflection and refraction seismic surveys. A seismic source can be simple, such as dynamite, or it can use more sophisticated technology, such as a specia ...

mesostructure appears to be an intermediate term precursor. Goldin S. V. Macro- and mesostructures in the earthquake source area // Физическая мезомеханика. 2005. Т. 8. № 1. сс. 5-14 (''rus'')

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ISPMS director

ISPMS sovet

Viktor Panin in ISPMS SB RAS

Academicians of Russian Academy of Sciences
Soviet physicists 20th-century Russian physicists 1930 births 2020 deaths Tomsk State University alumni Academic staff of Tomsk State University Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Foreign Members of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus {{Russia-physicist-stub

Curriculum vitae

Scientific achievements

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