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Description: 
This institute publishes a Trudy and offers courses for the educa- 
tion of aviation (or aeronautical) engineers, covering the areas of theory, 
design (including power-plant design), and flight-support equipment and 
instrumentation. Emphasis seems to be on training aviation engineers in 
support functions, including aircraft equipment and design, probably mainte- 
nance philosophy and technical services such as would be involved in manu- 
facture or management, and the economics and organization of the aircraft 
industry. 
Some of the departments and chairs of the Institute are: 
(1) Department of Bladed Machines and Applied Gasodynamics 
(2) Department for the Theory of Aircraft Engines 
(3) Department of Aircraft Production 
(4) Chair of Aerodynamics 
(5) Chair of Aerohydrodynamics 
(6) Chair of Aircraft Design 
(7) Chair of the Technology of Metals and the Science of Metals 
(8) Chair of the Strength of Materials 
(9) Chair of Radio Engineering 
(10) Chair of General Chemistry 
(11) Chair of the Organization of Production. 
The Institute has a strong staff in fluid dynamics; facilities are 
available for the environmental testing of airframe and propulsion units, 
including air-breathing and rocket devices. Research has been done in fuels 
and propellants, and there are indications of more advanced work, including 
studies of gas-plasma discharges and perhaps plasma acceleration. 
Research also has concerned aircraft materials and materials form- 
ing, including explosive forming and low-temperature stamping. Many studies 
have been made of production processes and quality-control techniques. 
The aircraft-instrumentation work at the Institute has included 
studies of autopilots and navigational aids, radio command systems, and 
data-processing and communication techniques, as well as conventional 
mechanical systems. 
DUD 
Name: Khar’kov Branch of the All-Union Scientific-Research and Design 
Institute of Chemical-Machine Construction 
(Khar*kovskiy filial vsesoyuznogo nauchno-issledovatel'’skogo i 
konstruktorskogo instituta khimicheskogo mashinostroyeniya) 
Address: Khar'kov 
Director: -- 
