Leonid Sedov
Leonid Ivanovich Sedov (Russian: Леонид Иванович Седов; 14 November 1907 – 5 September 1999) was a Russian physicist who worked as an engineer in the former Soviet space program.
In 1930 Sedov graduated from the Moscow State University, where he had been a student of Sergey Chaplygin, with the degree of Doctor of Physics and Mathematical Sciences. He later became a professor at the university.
During World War II, he devised the so-called Sedov Similarity Solution for a blast wave. In 1947 he was awarded the Chaplygin Prize . He was the first chairman of the USSR Space Exploration program and broke first news of its existence in 1955. He was president of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) from 1959 to 1961.[1] Until recently, it had been thought that Sedov was the principal engineer behind the Soviet Sputnik project.[2]
Awards
1981 - Allan D. Emil Memorial Award[3]
See also
References
- ^ "IAF President". Archived from the original on 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2006-07-27.
- ^ "Soviet scientist tells of Sputnik gamble". TheGuardian.com. October 2007.
- ^ "Allan D. Emil Memorial Award". International Astronautical Federation. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
Bibliography
- Reference to 1955 announcement
- Obituary notice in Minutes of General Assembly Meetings, 2000 section
- Sedov, L. I., 1959, Similarity and Dimensional Methods in Mechanics, 4th edn. Academic.
- L.I. Sedov, A course in continuum mechanics. Volumes. I-IV. Wolters-Noordhoff Publishing, Netherlands, 1971.
- Sedov, L. I., "Propagation of strong shock waves," Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 10, pages 241–250 (1946). (See also: Barber–Layden–Power effect)
- Reference to confusion with Ukrainian physicist Sergei Korolyov [1].
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