Vladimir Shukhov
Russian polymath, engineer, scientist and architect (1853–1939) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (Russian: Влади́мир Григо́рьевич Шу́хов; 28 August [O.S. 16 August] 1853 – 2 February 1939) was a Russian and Soviet engineer-polymath, scientist and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new methods of analysis for structural engineering that led to breakthroughs in industrial design of the world's first hyperboloid structures,[1] diagrid shell structures,[2] tensile structures,[2] gridshell structures,[2] oil reservoirs, pipelines, boilers, ships and barges. He is also the inventor of the first cracking method.
Vladimir Shukhov | |
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| Владимир Шухов | |
 Shukhov, 1891 | |
| Born | 28 August [O.S. 16 August] 1853 |
| Died | 2 February 1939(1939-02-02) (aged 85) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Imperial Moscow Technical Institute |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse | Anna Nikolayevna Shukhova |
| Children | Sergey, Flaviy, Vladimir |
| Parent(s) | Grigory Shukhov Vera Shukhova |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Civil engineer Structural engineer |
| Projects | Polibino Tower Adziogol Lighthouse Shukhov Tower Oka River Tower |
| Significant design | Shukhov Rotunda Pushkin Museum GUM Kiyevsky railway station Novo-Ryazanskaya Garage Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage |
| Awards | Lenin Prize (1929) |
Besides the innovations he brought to the oil industry and the construction of numerous bridges and buildings, Shukhov was the inventor of a new family of doubly curved structural forms. These forms, based on non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometry, are known today as hyperboloids of revolution. Shukhov developed not only many varieties of light-weight hyperboloid towers and roof systems, but also the mathematics for their analysis. Shukhov is particularly reputed for his original designs of hyperboloid towers such as the Shukhov Tower.