Vsevolod Simonowitsch Wedrow

Wedrow memorial plaque at LII

Vsevolod Simonowitsch Wedrow ( Russian Всеволод Симонович Ведров ; born February 6 ^{. Jul} / 19th February 1902 ^greg. In Moscow ; † 25. November 1983 in Zhukovsky ) was a Soviet aerodynamics and university teachers .

Life

Wedrow was the son of a merchant who left his family in 1908, so Wedrow started working when he was fourteen. After the October Revolution , the family lived in Yekaterinburg , where Wedrow began studying at the Urals Polytechnic Institute in 1920 . The family later returned to Moscow, so that Wedrov graduated from Moscow Technical University (MWTU) in 1929.

Wedrow already worked at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (ZAGI) in Schukowski during his studies . After completing his studies, he worked as an engineer in the ZAGI's flight investigations section headed by Alexander Wassiljewitsch Tschessalow . In 1930 he was one of the leading scientists in the section with Max Arkadjewitsch Taiz and DS Sossim. When the problem of flutter arose as a result of the higher aircraft speeds in the mid-1930s , the gas dynamic conditions for the flutter were investigated and Chessalov took corrective action accordingly. Wedrow developed a theory of aircraft stability taking into account the compensation movements of the elevator . Together with Grigori Semjonowitsch Kalatschow and AL Raich, he carried out studies on the dynamic stability of propeller aircraft , which then led to corresponding applications.

In 1941, before the start of the German-Soviet War , the Aviation Research Institute (LII) was founded in Zhukovsky on the basis of the Aviation Research Section of the ZAGI on the proposal of Wedrow, Taiz, Tschessalow and Kalachev . In contrast to the research institute of the People's Commissariat for the Armaments Industry for the testing of aircraft, the LII was to take the leading role in anticipatory aeronautical research regardless of ongoing developments. There he led the scientific work with Taiz, Boris Nikolajewitsch Jegorow , Kalachev, Nikolai Sergejewitsch Strojew , AS Powizki and others. During the war he was involved in the work to increase the maximum speed, increase maneuverability and reduce the fuel consumption of fighter planes and bombers on the front .

After the war, Wedrow examined and tested jet engines and their associated systems. He was the first in the Soviet Union to conduct investigations with SP Shcherbakov into anti-surge protection for jet engines. As part of the development of cruise missiles , Wedrow moved to the new complex No. 7, where he headed the scientific laboratory and worked with the future LII director Viktor Wassiljewitsch Utkin . Wedrow developed and tested automatic flight control systems . He participated in flight investigations in the ultrasonic and hypersonic range in connection with the developments of the Experimental Design Bureau (OKB) Ilyushin and Tupolev , the ZAGI and the Central Institute for Aircraft Engines .

Wedrow participated alongside Utkin, SS Judanow and IK Chanow in the space glider programs Bor-1, Bor-2 and Bor-3 and made his scientific contribution to the space shuttle Buran .

In addition to his research and development activities, Wedrow taught mathematics and mechanics from 1930 at the MWTU, the Moscow State Aviation Institute (MAI) and the Moscow Engineering Institute for Transport . At the LII he and others founded the Aspirantur to train students for candidacy . In 1944 he received his doctorate in technical sciences and was appointed professor .

Honors, prizes

Order of the Great Patriotic War 1st Class (1944)
Zhukovsky Prize of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR (1948)
Honored Scientist and Technician of the RSFSR (1967)
Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Star
Anniversary medal "In memory of the 100th birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (1970)
Medal "Veteran of Labor"

Web links

Literature by and about Vsevolod Simonowitsch Wedrow in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c К 110-летию со дня рождения Всеволода Симоновича Ведрова (accessed July 13, 2019).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Космический мемориал: Всеволод Симонович Ведров (accessed July 13, 2019).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Государственный научный центр Российской Федерации Летно-исследовательский институт им. М.М. Громова: хронология событий . LII, Schukowski 2016, ISBN 978-5-902525-85-1 .
↑ WS Wedrow; MA Taiz: flight testing . Verlag Technik , Berlin 1959.
↑ Амирьянц Г.А .: Летчики-испытатели. Сергей Анохин со товарищи . Машиностроение, Moscow 2001.
↑ "БОР-1, -2, -3" (accessed on July 13, 2019).

personal data
SURNAME	Wedrow, Vsevolod Simonowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ведров, Всеволод Симонович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian aerodynamicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	February 19, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Moscow
DATE OF DEATH	November 25, 1983
Place of death	Zhukovsky

[klet110-1] К 110-летию со дня рождения Всеволода Симоновича Ведрова (accessed July 13, 2019).

[mem5-2] Космический мемориал: Всеволод Симонович Ведров (accessed July 13, 2019).

[gos4-3] Государственный научный центр Российской Федерации Летно-исследовательский институт им. М.М. Громова: хронология событий . LII, Schukowski 2016, ISBN 978-5-902525-85-1 .

[4] WS Wedrow; MA Taiz: flight testing . Verlag Technik , Berlin 1959.

[ami8-5] Амирьянц Г.А .: Летчики-испытатели. Сергей Анохин со товарищи . Машиностроение, Moscow 2001.

[6] "БОР-1, -2, -3" (accessed on July 13, 2019).