Vladimir Shukhov | |
|---|---|
| Владимир Шухов | |
 Shukhov in 1891 | |
| Born | 28 August [O.S. 16 August] 1853 |
| Died | 2 February 1939 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Imperial Moscow Technical Institute |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse | Anna Nikolayevna Shukhova |
| Children | Sergey, Flaviy, Vladimir |
| Parent(s) | Grigory Shukhov Vera Shukhova |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Civil engineer Structural engineer |
| Projects | Polibino Tower Adziogol Lighthouse Shukhov Tower Oka River Tower |
| Significant design | Shukhov Rotunda Pushkin Museum GUM Kiyevsky railway station Novo-Ryazanskaya Garage Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage |
| Awards | Lenin Prize (1929) |
Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (Russian: Влади́мир Григо́рьевич Шу́хов; 28 August [O.S. 16 August] 1853 – 2 February 1939) was a Russian and Soviet engineer-polymath, scientist and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new methods of analysis for structural engineering that led to breakthroughs in industrial design of the world's first hyperboloid structures,[1] diagrid shell structures,[2] tensile structures,[2] gridshell structures,[2] oil reservoirs, pipelines, boilers, ships and barges. He is also the inventor of the first cracking method.
Besides the innovations he brought to the oil industry and the construction of numerous bridges and buildings, Shukhov was the inventor of a new family of doubly curved structural forms. These forms, based on non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometry, are known today as hyperboloids of revolution. Shukhov developed not only many varieties of light-weight hyperboloid towers and roof systems, but also the mathematics for their analysis. Shukhov is particularly reputed for his original designs of hyperboloid towers such as the Shukhov Tower.
- ^ "Hyperboloid water tower". International Database and Gallery of Structures. Nicolas Janburg, ICS. 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
- ^ a b c "Rotunda of the Panrussian Exposition". International Database and Gallery of Structures. Nicolas Janburg, ICS. 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.