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Selected Staff Members: 
Kh. L. Babenko, Candidate 
A. M. Gurvich, Professor 
A. A. Kanayev, Candidate 
N. N. Kovalev, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R. ) 
Re. Ye. Krzhizhanovskiy, Candidate 
Ye. Ye. Levin, Candidate 
L. Ya. Liberman, Candidate 
N. M. Markov, Candidate 
Ve. I. Nikitin 
I. I. Paleyev, Doctor 
R. S. Prasolov 
A. V. Stanyukovich, Candidate 
M. G. Taubina, Candidate 
A. M. Zavadovskiy, Candidate 
V. N. Zemzin, Candidate 
L. M. Zysina-Molozhen, Doctor 
Description: 
Turbine-design studies conducted at the Institute have concerned 
ventilation losses of a turbine body with a pressure gradient on its blade 
rims; the installation of the blade diffuser of a centrifugal-compressor 
stage; design of steam jet compressors; excitation of vibrations in turbo- 
machine blades; heat emission in turbine airfoil cascades; thermal stresses 
in cooled gas-turbine vanes; behavior of the oil wedge in journal bearings 
used in turbine shafts; effect of Reynolds number on the characteristics of 
turbine stages; temperature distribution in the rotor and stator of a gas 
turbine; design of flanged joints for high-pressure steam piping; and 
operation of a centrifugal-compressor stage under uneven flow conditions 
at the inlet. 
Heat-exchange studies have considered the generalization of the 
heat-conductivity equation for gases; heat exchange during condensation of 
steam inside vertical pipes; heat exchange of plates and commutator parts; 
effect of roughness of a horizontal cylinder on its heat-exchange character- 
istics; boiling heat exchange; heat conductivity of materials with submicro- 
scopic pores; and calculation of heat transfer in a profile grid. 
Studies also have been conducted on the estimation of fatigue 
strength of metals; relaxation and creep, under tensile load; production of 
heat-resistant steels with a required amount of ferrite; thermal and 
electrical conductivities of titanium-base alloys; development of new 
alloys; failure of welded seams in austenitic steel at high temperatures; 
strength of joints of austenite steel welded with pearlitic and chromium 
steels; effect of aging on the thermal conductivity of a nickel-base alloy; 
refractory steel for fastening parts of power-generation equipment at 580 C; 
effect of alloying elements on cast austenitic steels; design of a machine 
for fatigue-strength testing under cyclically changing load; effect of 
work hardening on the deformability of steel; heat resistance of austenitic 
