Vladimir Vetchinkin
Vladimir Petrovich Vetchinkin (Russian: Владимир Петрович Ветчинкин) (June 29, 1888 - March 6, 1950) was a Soviet scientist in the field of aerodynamics, aeronautics, and wind energy, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1927), Honored Science Worker of the RSFSR (1946).
Biography[]
Vladimir Petrovich was born in Kutno (then in the Russian division of Poland), the son of a Russian military officer. Vetchinkin graduated from Moscow Higher Technical School (MVTU) in 1915, the favorite student of Nikolay Zhukovsky and generally viewed as his successor.[1] In 1913, they had created a vortex-sheet theory of aircraft propellers. In 1916, Vetchinkin and Zhukovsky created the aviation calculation and test bureau in the wind-tunnel laboratory of the Moscow Higher Technical School, and in 1918 he helped found the Zhukovsky Central Institute of Aerodynamics (TsAGI). He became a professor at the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy in 1923.
In 1914, Vetchinkin began working with Anatoly Georgievich Ufimtsev on high performance windmills for electric power generation. Zhukovsky created a new division of wind motors in TsAGI to support this effort. They built an 8 kilowatt experimental wind generator in Kursk in 1929. To store energy during lulls in the wind, it used a 360 kilogram flywheel contained in a vacuum chamber.[2]
From 1921-1925, Vetchinkin lectured on the theory of rockets and space travel, and was the first to present a correct theory of interplanetary flight based on elliptical transfer orbits (an idea usually attributed to Walter Hohmann). He was a member of the Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel. From 1925-1927, he worked on problems of cruise missiles and jet aircraft, and he took part in the activity of RNII (Scientific Research Institute of Jet Propulsion). Vetchinkin was a key supporter of rocketry pioneer Yuri Kondratyuk,[3] and helped him get his work published.
He died in Moscow in 1950.
The lunar crater Vetchinkin, on the far side of the Moon, is named after him.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Крюков Виктор. Ветряк на «Семёновской» // Городские известия, № 4 (2708) от 12 января 2009 г.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Курск дореволюционный. Изобретатель-самоучка Анатолий Георгиевич Уфимцев Archived 2008-03-25 at the Wayback Machine at www.old.kurskcity.ru
- ^ Воспоминания о Никите Вячеславовиче Зволинском — иноке Никите
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