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Staff Members
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| Personal information |
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| Name |
Valery Zhigun, Dr. sc. ing., Assistant |
| Address |
23 Aizkraukles St., LV-1006, Riga, Latvia |
| Telephone |
+ 371-67543312 |
| E-mail |
polyakov@pmi.lv |
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| Born: |
July 25, 1966, Riga, Latvia |
| Education: |
- Institute for Civil Aviation (Faculty of Mechanics), 1989
- Dr. sc. ing. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, Ph. D. in
Western countries), 1993
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| Experience: |
- Engineer, Institute of Polymer Mechanics, 1989 -1993
- Assistant, Institute of Polymer Mechanics, 1993 -
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| Professional Activities and Memberships: |
Fellow, American Academy of Sciences, 1997 - |
| Languages: |
Russian, Latvian, English |
| Recent/Representative Publications: |
- V. Zhigun and Ye. Afanasyev. Effect of circular holes on the load
- carrying capacity of three - dimensionally reinforced carbon
plastics in shear and in shear combined with compression. Mechanics
of Composite Materials, 1992, No. 3 pp. 365 - 369, (In Russian)
- V. Polyakov, R. Shlitsa, V. Khitrov, V. Zhigun. Analytical
Refinement of sandwich plate bending problem considering local
effects. Part 2., Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials.,
Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., 1999, Vol. 1, July, pp. 195 -
213.
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| Research Projects: |
- Elaboration of Refined Design methods for Load - Carrying Capacity
of Sandwich Structures Allowing for Edge Effects. Latvian
Council of Science (1997-)
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| Additional Information: |
Avocations: history, swimming. |
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