Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute
| Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute ( Russian Центральный Аэрогидродинамический Институт ) (ZAGI) |
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| purpose | Aviation Research Institute |
| Chair: | Kirill I. Sypalo |
| Establishment date: | December 1, 1918 |
| Employee | 4490 |
| Seat : | Zhukovsky , Moscow Oblast |
| Website: | www.tsagi.ru www.tsagi.com |
Coordinates: 55 ° 35 ′ 44.5 " N , 38 ° 6 ′ 44.9" E
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The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute ( Russian Центральный Аэрогидродинамический Институт , Zentralny Aerogidrodinamitscheski Institute), abbreviation ZAGI , is the most important Russian aeronautical research institute.
There, the theoretical basics of aerodynamics and hydrodynamics were and are being researched and made usable for Soviet and Russian aerospace. Many well-known civil and military aircraft and not least the Energija rocket and the Buran space shuttle were developed there. Some of the most famous aircraft designers were at least temporarily active in the ZAGI.
history
The ZAGI was founded on December 1, 1918 in Moscow by the father of Russian aviation , Nikolai Schukowski, by resolution of the People's Commissariat as ZAI. It was given its final name in the same month. The first 38 employees included Andrej Tupolew , Sergei Tschaplygin , Alexander Archangelski , Boris Stetschkin , Vladimir Wettschinkin and Boris Jurjew . In addition to airplanes, the ZAGI was also responsible for the construction of speedboats, planing boats and snowmobiles . From 1923 the complex was expanded. Additional laboratories and research workshops were created. The largest wind tunnel in the world at the time was also built, almost 50 meters long and four to six meters in diameter. A 200 meter long water basin was created for research on high-speed watercraft. An independent special department "Aerohydrodynamic Experimental Construction" (AGOS) existed under the direction of Tupolew from 1925 to 1935. In 1932 it was renamed the "Design Department for Experimental Aircraft Construction" (KOSOS). AGOS had a special status within ZAGI, for example financial and material resources were given directly to the department and were not allowed to be used for other ZAGI projects.
The following institutes were spun off from ZAGI between 1930 and 1932: the “All-Russian Institute for Aircraft Materials” (WIAM), the “Institute for Hydromechanical Engineering” (WIGM), the “Central Institute for Aircraft Engines” ( ZIAM ) and the “Central Institute for wind energy "(ZWEI). In 1930 the department for special constructions OOK-ZAGI ( O pytni O djel K onstrukzi) was founded. She was responsible for the development of gyroscopes and, from 1933, also helicopters .
From 1935 to 1940, a new plant complex was built in Zhukovsky in Moscow Oblast . Among other things, a large wind tunnel was completed there in 1939, with which it was possible to test aircraft with up to two engines. During the Second World War, the ZAGI dealt with the improvement and further development of the existing military aircraft technology. After the end of the war, the focus of research shifted to the field of high-speed and supersonic flight due to the dawn of the jet engine era.
Important engineers
- Ivan Pavlovich Bratuchin
- Nikolai Ilyich Kamov
- Semyon Alexeyevich Lavochkin
- Mikhail Leontievich Mil
- Vladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov
- Pavel Ossipovich Sukhoi
Head of the ZAGI
- 1918-1921: N. J. Schukowski
- 1921-1931: S. A. Tschaplygin
- 1932-1937: N. M. Kharlamov
- 1938–1939: M. N. Schulschenko
- 1940-1941: I. F. Petrow
- 1941-1950: S. N. Schischkin
- 1950-1960: A. I. Makarewski
- 1960–1967: W. M. Myasishchev
- 1967–1989: G. P. Swishchev
- 1989-1995: G. I. Sagainow
- 1995-1998: W. Ja. New territory
- 1998–2006: W. G. Dmitriev
- 2006-2007: W. A. Kargopolzew
- 2007–2009: S. L. Tschrenyschtschjow
- 2009-2015: B. S. Aljoschin
- 2015–2018: S. L. Tschernyschjow
- since August 2018: K. I. Sypalo
See also
- History of Russian Aviation
- Moscow State Aviation Institute
- Office for special constructions
- Central design office
literature
- Wilfried Copenhagen : Lexicon Soviet Aviation . Elbe-Dnjepr, Klitzschen 2007, ISBN 978-3-933395-90-0 .
- G. Swishchev: ZAGI - Center of Soviet Aviation Science . In: Heinz A. F. Schmidt (Ed.): Flieger-Jahrbuch 1971 . Transpress, Berlin 1970, p. 60-71 .
