Igor Mikhailovich Kirko ( April 16, 1918 , the village of Bezhitsa, Bryansk Region - November 26, 2007 , Perm ) - Soviet and Russian scientist in the field of physics, academician of the Latvian Academy of Sciences , one of the founders of academic science in Latvia , director of the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, professor of the department general physics of Perm State University ( 1973 - 2007 ), member of the Presidium of the Ufa Academy of Sciences of the USSR ( 1977 - 1986 ), founder and head of the first in the Perm scientific cooperative (Institute of physical problems "Magnit" technology, 1990 ), one of the founders of magnetic hydrodynamics in the CCC .
| Igor Mikhailovich Kirko | |
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| Date of Birth | April 16, 1918 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | November 26, 2007 (89 years old) |
| Place of death | Permian |
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| Scientific field | physics , magnetic hydrodynamics |
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| Alma mater | Moscow State University (1941) |
| Academic degree | ( 1959 ) |
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Biography
He graduated from high school in Moscow (1935), the same year he entered the Physics Department of Moscow State University (MSU), which he graduated in 1941.
In 1940-1942 he worked in Moscow at the Central Research Institute of Heavy Engineering, an engineer. Then - at the Research Institute of the Commissariat of Mortar Weapons (1942-1944). He proposed a device for detecting electrification, which saved many Soviet soldiers from electric shock when crossing rivers and overcoming various obstacles.
He studied at the graduate school of Moscow State University (1944-1945), after which he defended his thesis .
In 1945, for family reasons (married) he moved to Riga . He taught physics at the Riga River School and at the Latvian State Pedagogical Institute, in the latter he was the head of the Department of Physics in 1946-1948.
In 1948 he headed the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR , where he worked until 1967. One of the founders of academic science in Latvia .
In 1950-1972 he taught at the Latvian State University , from 1973 - professor at the Department of General Physics. He also taught at Riga VVIKU. He prepared 54 candidates and 14 doctors of sciences.
Doctor of physico-mathematical sciences (1959), the topic of the dissertation is "The study of electromagnetic phenomena in metals by the method of dimension and similarity." [one]
Corresponding member (1959), academician (1966) and foreign member (1992) of the Latvian Academy of Sciences .
One of the founders of the scientific journal Magnetic Hydrodynamics , editor (1965-1968) and a member of the editorial board.
In 1972, he joined the Institute of Continuous Mechanics of the Ural Scientific Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences (UC AN USSR) in Perm . Head of the Laboratory of Physical Hydrodynamics of the Department of Polymer Physics (1972-1980), then - Head of the Department of Magnetic Hydrodynamics (1980-1987). From 1987 to 1990, he headed the Department of Magnetic Dynamics in the Ural branch of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering. A. A. Blagonravova, USSR Academy of Sciences.
He organized a branch of the laboratory of physical hydrodynamics at the Berezniki titanium-magnesium plant .
Since 1973, he taught at Perm University , professor at the Department of General Physics.
Member of the Presidium of the Ufa Scientific Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1977-1986). In 1983 he was elected a member of the National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the USSR .
In 1990, he headed the first scientific cooperative he created in Perm - the Institute of Physical Problems of Technology “Magnet”.
Scientific Interests
He conducted research in the fields of magnetism , electrodynamics , electro- and magnetic hydrodynamics , hydrodynamics of liquid metals, the problem of self-excitation of magnetic fields . He was engaged in the creation of energy storage devices, ozonizers , MHD pumps . The results obtained have found applications in creating an MHD pump for one of the first nuclear reactors on an artificial Earth satellite . Member of advanced research on the development and testing of power plants for flights to Mars .
He conducted an experiment in the sodium circuit of the BN-600 reactor of the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant to detect the occurrence of the Earth's magnetic field .
He created scientific schools in the field of magnetic hydrodynamics in Riga and Perm. The author of more than 300 scientific papers and more than 60 inventions.
Major works
- Kirko I. M .. The study of electromagnetic phenomena by the method of dimension and similarity. - Riga: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of Latvia. SSR, 1959.
- Kirko I. M .. Liquid metal in an electromagnetic field. - M., L .: Energy, 1964.
- I.M. Kirko, G.E. Kirko. Magnetic hydrodynamics in extreme processes. - M .: Science, 1982.
- Magnetic hydrodynamics of conductive media.
- Plasma physics in the magnetohydrodynamic approximation (2007)
Rewards
- Medal "For the Defense of Moscow"
- Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War"
Notes
Links
- Hramov Yu. A. Kirko Igor Mikhailovich // Physicists: Biographical Reference / Ed. A.I. Akhiezer . - Ed. 2nd, rev. and add. - M .: Nauka , 1983 .-- S. 133. - 400 p. - 200,000 copies. (per.)
- Russian Latvia. I.M. Kirko
- In memory of I. M. Kirko // Russian Academy of Sciences. Ural branch.
- Kirko Igor Mikhailovich in the encyclopedia of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
- Atceroties bijušo Fizikas institūta direktoru Igoru Kirko (Latvian)