916 (Continued) 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Moscow State University imeni M. V. Lomonosov 
(1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
G. I. Barenblatt 
V. V. Gogosov 
L. I. Sedov, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
Ya. B. Zel'dovich, Academician (U.S.S.R. ) 
Description: 
The interests of this institute include subjects such as magneto- 
hydrodynamics, shock waves, plasticity, elasticity, and gyroscopy. Recently, 
the Institute has performed considerable work on the mechanical properties 
of metals, investigating phenomena such as precipitation mechanisms, brittle 
eracks under longitudinal shear, and dislocation structure and its effect 
on mechanical properties of metals. 
917 
Name: Scientific-Research Institute of Mechanics and Physics 
(Nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut mekhaniki i fiziki) 
Address: Saratov 
Director: P. V. Golubkov, Professor (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Saratov State University imeni 
N. G. Chernyshevskiy (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: 
V. F. Bogolyubov 
V. P. Frontas 'yev 
Ye. A. Ridel' 
Description: 
Research projects associated with this institute include the study 
of degassing of nickel, determination of the temperature dependence of heat 
conductivity of liquids, and development of a coefficient of variability in 
the lowest layer of the atmosphere. 
