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Staff Members
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| Personal information |
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| Name |
Valery Polyakov, Dr. sc. ing., Principal Investigator |
| Address |
23 Aizkraukles St., LV-1006, Riga, Latvia |
| Telephone |
+ 371-67543312 |
| E-mail |
polyakov@pmi.lv |
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| Born: |
February 19, 1941, Yaroslavl, Russia |
| Fields of interest: |
- Mechanics of Solids
- Structural Mechanics
- Composite Structures
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| Education: |
- St. Petersburg State University (Faculty of Mathematics and
Mechanics), Russia, 1963
- Dr. sc. ing. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, Ph. D. in
Western countries), Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1971
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| Experience: |
- Junior Researcher, Senior Researcher, Institute of Polymer
Mechanics, 1963-1986
- Principal Investigator, Institute of Polymer Mechanics, 1986-1994
- Group Leader, Institute of Polymer Mechanics 1994 -
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| Professional Activities and Memberships: |
- Fellow, Latvian Scientific Union, 1990 -
- Fellow, Latvian National
Committee for Mechanics, 1996 -
- Advisory Board for Mechanics of Composite
Materials, 1999 -
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| Honours and Awards: |
The Latvian Academy of Sciences Presidium First (1979) and Second
(1988) Awards |
| Languages: |
Russian, Latvian, English |
| Recent/Representative Publications: |
- Yu. Tamopol'skii, I. Zhigun, V. Polyakov. Spatialty
Reinforced Composites. Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., New-York, 1992,
341 p.
- V. Polyakov. Deformation of Sandwich Panels in Cylindrical
Bending by Point Forces. 1. Analytical construction. Mechanics
of Composite Materials, 1996, Vol. 32, pp. 588-611.
- V. Polyakov. On the Approximation of Solution for Flexure of
Sandwich Panel under Point Forces. Proceedings
of the Forth World Congress on Computational Mechanics (IV WCCM), June 29 - July
2, 1998, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Issued as CD-ROM version).
- V. Polyakov. Analytical Refinement of Sandwich Plate Bending
Problem Considering Local Effects. Part
1. Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials.,
Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., 1999, Vol. 1, July, pp. 179-194.
- V. Polyakov, R. Shlitsa, V. Khitrov and V. Zhigun, Analytical
Refinement of Sandwich Plate Bending Problem Considering Local
Effects. Part 2. Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials.,
Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., 1999, Vol. 1, July, pp. 195-213.
- V. Polyakov, R. Shlitsa, V. Khitrov, and V. Zhigun. Bending
Features of a Sandwich Panel with Asymmetric Structure Under
Local Loads. Mechanics of Composite Materials, 1999, Vol. 35,
No. 6, pp. 717-742.
- V. Polyakov. Stress Concentration in Bending of Sandwich Orthotropic
Panels under Point Forces. Composite Structures, Elsvier Science
Limited, 2000, Vol. 48, pp. 177-181.
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| Research Projects: |
- Simulation of Mechanical Properties and Development of Evaluation
Method for Structural Stresses in Spatially Reinforced Materials. Latvian Council of Science (1994-1996)
- Elaboration of Refined Design Methods for Load - Carrying Capacity
of Sandwich Structures Allowing for Edge effects. Latvian
Council of Science (1997- )
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| Additional Information: |
Avocations: to frequent theaters, theater of fact, poetry, football,
running, swimming. |
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