Dmitrii Ivanovich Zhuravskii (1821–1891) was a Russian engineer who was one of the pioneers of bridge construction and structural mechanics in Russia. Zhuravskii attended the Nezhin

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and entered the St. Petersburg Institute of the Corps of Railroad Engineers where he was influenced by the academician

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. He graduated from the institute as first in his class in 1842. In the beginning of his career he took part in the surveying and planning of the

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. In 1857-58 he led the reconstruction of the Peter and Paul Cathedral in

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. In 1871–76 he took part in the reconstruction of the

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He was awarded the prestigious

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in 1855 by the

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. The Zhuravskii Shear Stress formula is named after him (derived it in 1855): :

\tau = ,

where :''V'' = total shear force at the location in question; :''Q'' = statical moment of area; :''t'' = thickness in the material perpendicular to the shear; :''I'' =

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of the entire cross sectional area.

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