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"The 80th birthday of Professor V. V. Bolotin," Mech. Solids. 41 (2), 156-157 (2006)
Year 2006 Volume 41 Number 2 Pages 156-157
Title The 80th birthday of Professor V. V. Bolotin
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Abstract An outstanding scientist in the field of mechanics Academician Vladimir Vasil'evich Bolotin has celebrated his 80th birthday.

He has made a substantial contribution to the development of a number of branches in theoretical and applied mechanics, vibration and stability theory, applied elasticity, structural mechanics, reliability and safety theory for machines and structures, fracture mechanics, and mechanics of composite materials. He is an author of 400 printed publications, including 15 monographs.

He has obtained fundamental results in the stability theory for elastic systems under dynamic loads, aeroelasticity, and asymptotic methods for solving problems in the theory of vibrations. His monographs "Dynamic Stability of Elastic Systems" (1956), and "Non-conservative Problems in Elastic Stability" (1961) have become classic studies in this field.

He has greatly influenced the development of probabilistic-statistical methods in mechanics, the creation of the general theory of reliability of structures based on the methods of random processes and fields, and the development of the theory of seismic resistance of structures. His investigations in these fields have been summarized in his books "Statistical Methods in Structural Mechanics" (1961, 1965), "Probability and Reliability Methods for Structural Design" (1971, 1982), and "Random Vibrations in Elastic Systems" (1979).

V. V. Bolotin is widely known for his studies in mechanics of composite materials. He has developed models of laminated and fiber-reinforced materials, methods for determining effective elastic constants, methods for predicting residual stresses in structures from composite materials, and stochastic models of cumulative damage and fracture of composite materials. He has proposed methods for predicting the service life of engineering structures at the design stage and methods for estimating the residual service life during the operation. His studies in this field have been reflected in the monographs "Mechanics of Multilayered Structures" (co-authored by Yu. N. Novichkov, 1980) and "Service Life of Machines and Structures" (1984, 1990).

In recent years, V. V. Bolotin has been actively working in the field of fracture mechanics and mesomechanics. He has proposed a general approach to the modeling of the mechanical behavior of loaded bodies while their configurations change (including the case of propagation of cracks in these bodies). He has developed a theory of growth of cracks that covers all stages of the fatigue fracture. This theory is based on the combination of mechanics of cracks and mechanics of cumulative dispersed damage. He has applied this theory to the crack growth in the conditions aggravated by hereditary phenomena, corrosion, etc. The results of these investigations have been presented in the monographs "Stability Problems in Fracture Mechanics" (1966) and "Fatigue Mechanics" (1999).

In addition to his theoretical studies he has worked much for applications. Since 1960 to 1980 he took part in applied investigations for aerospace engineering, ship building, and nuclear power engineering. Since 1980 to 1985, he headed the development of the new-generation State Standards on reliability of engineering structures. He has issued the Head Standard for this series of standards, as well as a number of handbooks and methodological materials.

V.V. Bolotin has been widely recognized for his studies in Russia and abroad. His monographs have been translated into many languages and a large number of his articles have been published by foreign publishers. He has participated in a large number of international congresses and symposia. He has permanently been invited to deliver lectures at leading international universities and scientific centers.

He gives much effort and energy to the dissemination of modern achievements in mechanics, publishing handbooks and textbooks, methodological supplements and literature on engineering standards, and perfection in the training of engineers and scientists. More than 1200 research engineers in the field of mechanics have been trained at the Chair of Dynamics and Strength of Machines headed by Bolotin at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute. More than 150 Ph.D. dissertations and 20 D.Sc.(Doctor of Science) dissertations have been prepared under his supervision and consultation.

He is well known for his science related social and organizational activity in the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Inter-sectoral Scientific and Technological Complex "Reliability of Machines", Higher Attestation Committee, editorial boards of Russian and international scientific journals, and numerous scientific conferences and symposia.

He has been awarded the State Prizes of the USSR (1985) and Russia (2000) in the Field of Science and Technology, Russian Government Prize (1996), Honored Prize of the European Safety and Reliability Association (2001), and Alexander von Humboldt Prize (2001). He is a Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Engineering Academy, and the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences. He is an Honored Doctor of the Budapest Technical University and a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering. He has been awarded the Golden Medal "For the Service to Science and Mankind" from the Czechoslovakia Academy of Sciences and the Alfred Freudenthal Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has been awarded the Orders of Lenin, Red Banner of Labor, October Revolution, and Friendship.

The editors and the Editorial Board of the journal are congratulating Vladimir Vasil'evich Bolotin on his jubilee and wishing him long life, strong health, and further achievements in his creative work.
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