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Ve Me Mitnik 
M. V. Vershkov 
A. A. Yakushenkov 
i. A. Yellin 
Description: 
This institute performs research on improving ships and ship 
equipment. It is particularly interested in corrosion prevention, radio- 
communications equipment, radar systems and equipment, and radio-navigation 
systems. Studies related to its corrosion interests include investigations 
of electrochemical behavior of shipbuilding steel in sea water, corrosion- 
fatigue testing, and effect of lubricating oil on scale formation in 
diesel engines. It has performed research on the use of epoxy resins as 
corrosion=prevention coatings and as metal-bonding materials. Related to 
the Institute's radar and radio interests is its research on reliability of 
marine radar stations, automatic radio beacons, various types of shipboard 
radar systems, and magnetic receiving antennas. In the field of navigation 
and navigation equipment, considerable research has been performed on gyro- 
scopes and gyrocompasses. The use of satellites for navigation has been 
investigated. Studies in other fields include evaluation of machined 
surfaces by radioisotope techniques and measurement of low-velocity liquid 
flow by semiconductor probes. The Institute publishes a Trudy and an 
Informatsionyye Soobshcheniya. 
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Name: Central Scientific-Research Institute of the River Fleet 
(Tsentral'nyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut rechnogo flota-- 
TsNIIRF ) 
Address: -- 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: -- 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
Research at this facility has included studies on antifriction 
alloys, ferrous metallurgy, welding, metal coatings, hydraulic pressure on 
ship skins, deformation of thin metal sheets under torch cutting, and iso- 
tope investigations of wear problems. A Trudy of the Institute is 
published. 
