Mechanics and Control of Solids and Structures

This book presents a collection of papers prepared by the researches of the Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPME RAS) on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Institute. The IPME RAS is one of the leading research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences and consists of 18 research units (laboratories). The chapters cover the main research directions of the institute, including nano-,micro-, meso- and macro- mechanics and materials, with ,special emphasis on the problems of strength of materials and service life of structures. 

Prof. Dr. Vladimir A. Polyanskiy is a head of the Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he previously worked as a head of the Laboratory of Applied Research (2011-2019). He is a professor of the Higher School of Cyberphysical Systems and Control at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, where he has had an employment history since 1987. He is a member of the North-West Branch of the Scientific Committee of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Combustion and Explosion and an expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences. His scientific interests include hydrogen embrittlement, structural strength, metallurgy, physics of the atomic collisions and computational mechanics.
Prof. Dr.Sc. Dr.habil. Dr.h.c. Alexander K. Belyaev is a head of the Mechatronics Laboratory and a chief researcher of the Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is a professor of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at St. Petersburg State University and a Head of the Higher School of Mechanics and Control at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, where he has had an employment history since 1976. In particular, he was the director of the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. He is a member of the Council of the European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH), member of IUTAM, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, foreign member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, member of Presidium of Russian National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. His scientific interests include high-frequency dynamics of solids and structures, stability of machines and mechanisms, mechatronics.