History of department
A chair originated from the cabinet of analytical mechanics of Katerinoslavskaya Higher Mining School which was managed by a full- time teacher N.M. Dobrinin. In 1906 a military engineer S.A. Zaborovskiy, who had taken part in the building of the Siberian railway, and had been the professor of the Warsaw Polytechnic Institute was chosen on the position of a full- time teacher in structural mechanics by the School Board. He managed the chair (department) of structural mechanics founded in 1907 to the end of his life.
The chair of structural mechanics of the metallurgical institute was organized by the academician A. N. Dinnik who was its first manager until 1941. He made a great contribution into the development of the chair (department), being the founder of the scientific school on the theory of resiliency and structural mechanics. His works dealt with different problems of the theory of resiliency: firmness of elements of buildings, in particular, bars and archs of the permanent and variable crossings; firmness and oscillation of flags, plates, membranes; application of theory of resiliency to the questions of mountain pressure; durability of ropes in mines. 228 printed works were written, the majority of which had the original character and became classics. A new mechanical laboratory, equipped with the equipment, brought from Germany, in which not only lectures were conducted but also very complicated experiments and tests of materials and constructions were made.
Academician A. N. Dinnik contributed a great deal to scientific personnel training. Under his guidance post graduate students: A.S. Lokshin, N.P. Grishkova, A. M. Penkov, G.L. Pavlenko, V.A. Lazaryan, A.B. Morgaevskiy, D.B. Volper, N.P. Kublanov, A.I. Lenchenko, G. A. Skuratov, M. I. Yankovskiy and a lot of others who formed the teaching staff of higher educational establishments in our city had studied.
At this chair (department) the prominent representatives of mechanics of deformable body began their scientific activity: academician G.N. Savin, who became vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine A.M. Pen'kov; academician of the Academy of Sciences by Kirghiz SSR of M.Y. Leonov; corresponding member of the Academy of building and architecture of USSR B.G. Korenev.From 1944 till 1977 professor G.L. Pavlenko managed the chair (department) of structural mechanics. Afterwards, until 1986, he worked as a professor at the chair. His scientific studies where connected with different problems of structural mechanics: firmness of archs, durability of ropes, study of pressure in the mines. Under his guidance candidate's dissertations of: L.A. Guzov, A.S. Sorokin, L.P. Lebid, B.M. Visochin, I.P. Haritonov, U.M. Tarasa, G.G. Bondar, V.P. Kapranov, U.P. Belogorcev, I.A. Kolesnik, V.M. Lvivskiy, U.V. Krasnomovcev, V.G. Gavrish, G.F. Kravchenko, U.A. Mushenkov, I.T. Kamozin, G.I. Eihe, V. E. Yarovoi, V.V. Gomon, P.K. Shtanko, A.G. Demyanenko, K. U. Chudnov were defended.
From 1977 till 2004 the member of the National committee academician of the Academy of high school of Ukraine (1998), corresponding member of the International academy of engineerings sciences (1998), professor I.A. Kolesnik managed the chair (department) of theoretical and applied mechanics (1996). His scientific activity spreaded on different problems of structural mechanics and mechanics of deformable body: oscillation and dynamic calculation of elaborate designs, in particular those the subjected to actions of the mobile loadings are added, tensely deformed state of the three-layered plates and shells, plates and shells with difficult maximum terms, elements of metallurgical machines. Under his guidance candidate's dissertations: L.V. Frolova, Ch.U. Imanhodgaev, A.M. Puhalskaya, V. G. Troshin, L.G. Zvarikin, T. U. Radzihobskaya, A.O. Ivankov, A.A. Vishnyak, V.V. Ivanov, D.G. Zelencov, A.K. Naumenko, I.U. Naumova, V.I. Zaec, V.N. Himich, I.V. Binkevich, N.V. Karyachenko, A.P. Ivanova, U. A. Hrapich were defended.
Since 2004 the chair (department) has been managed by the doctor of physical-mathematical sciences (equivalent to DSc), professor V. M. Akhundov, the academician of New York Academy of sciences since 1995 year. His advanced studies belong mainly to mechanics of deformation of composite materials and environments taking into account the building structure.Uplink: History of department