The Institute of Aviation, Ground Transport and Power Engineering

(at A.N.Tupolev KSTU)

A.F.Dregalin

Kazan State Technical University of A.N.Tupolev’s name

K.Marx, 10, Kazan, 420111, Russia

 

The article presents the information concerning the specialities, departments and scientific schools of the institute of Aviation, Ground Transport and Power Engineering at A.N.Tupolev KSTU – KAI (Kazan Aviation Institute).

 

The Institute of Aviation, Ground Transport and Power Engineering (IAGTPE) at A.N.Tupolev KSTU was founded in May, 1999 (by the decision of A.N.Tupolev KSTU Academic Board) as an educational-scientific University Division. The base of the institute comprises departments, educational-scientific laboratories and the centres of two oldest KAI Faculties: the Faculty of Aircrafts (foundation date 1934) and the Faculty of Aircraft Engines (foundation date 1939). These Faculties presented large educational-scientific Sub-Divisions, which gave birth to authoritative scientific schools – the basis of diverse current scientific trends of KSTU.

Through all the years of their existence in the system of native aerospace high engineering education the Faculties of Aircrafts and of Aircraft Engines provided a high level of education, proved by the achievements of native aviation, rocket technique and cosmonautics. These achievements resulted from the labour of 19 thousand Faculty graduates, who acquired engineering diplomas in the field of aircraft and rocket building. Among the Faculties’ graduates there are creators of modern aircrafts and rocket systems, the supervisors of large industrial enterprises and aircraft and rocket building plants, known state leaders and ministers, high school rectors, the members of Academy of Sciences of Russian Federation, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan and other academies [1,2].

The reforming of political and economical bases of Russian Federation produced a bad influence on the state of aircraft and aerospace fields: enterprises do not get the necessary volume of orders, changed their activity direction and/or ceased their functioning; the development prospects are not stable and there is no field strategic planning.

Considerable changes took place in High school system. For many reasons since 1990-s aerospace and many other technical specialties have lost prestige among the youth.

There were problems with the students’ admission to the aircraft and rocket specialities. The Faculties of Aircrafts and Aircraft Engines needed new technical specialities, which would be in great demand among the youth. By late 1990-s these Faculties have already acquired the experience necessary for the introduction of new specialities, as a rule, based on the existing Faculty possibilities. For instance, there appeared specialities “Motor-vehicles and motor economy” (150200), “Combustion Engines” (101200), “Design and composite material goods production” (121000) and others. The limited field specialization of educational and other activities of the Faculties of Aircrafts and Aircraft Engines, reflected in their names, gradually disappeared, and the list of specialities potentially attractive for the youth and enterprises presently covers transport, power engineering, technological and other specialities. Under these circumstances it occurred to be reasonable to establish a kind of subdivision on the basis of the Faculties of Aircrafts and Aircraft Engines – the Institute of Aviation, Ground Transport and Power Engineering (IAGTPE).

Nowadays the institute trains graduate engineers in 18 specialities. In 2001 the plan of the admission to the daytime department of the institute on account of the state budget means in Kazan comprised 345 students. The list of specialities for the intramural department according to the integrated branch division includes the following:

Aircraft and rocket construction

Speciality 130100: Aircraft and helicopter construction. Specializations: helicopter construction; aviation production design management; information technologies in aircraft construction; superlight aircrafts and flying boats.

Speciality 130200: Aviation engines and power installations. Specializations: aviation combustion engines; aviation combustion engine investigation and testing; aviation engine production technology; aviation engine burners and power installation furnaces.

Speciality 130400: Rocket engines. Specializations: engine set testing and diagnostics; design management in power-engine construction.

Speciality 131500: Aviation and rocket-space heat technology.

Speciality 130600: Rocket construction. Specialization: design management in rocket construction.

Speciality 130300: Technical operation of aircrafts.

Ground Transport

Speciality 150200: Automobiles and automobile economy.

Speciality 230100: Transport and technological machines operation and service (automobile transport). Specialization: enterprise automobile service.

Speciality 101200: Combustion engines.

Power engineering and energy mechanical engineering

Speciality 100800: Power engineering of heating technologies. Specialization: energy saving technologies and power engineering audit.

Speciality 070700: Heat physics. Specializations: heat physics of energy transformation processes; heat physics of oil-gas complex processes.

Speciality 101400: Gas turbine and steam turbine installations and engines. Specialization: ground application of aviation engines and power installations.

Material studies, mechanical engineering and material technologies

Speciality 071000: Material studies and new materials technologies.

Speciality 121000: Construction and production of goods of composite materials.

Speciality 120100: Welding production equipment and technology.

Speciality 120100: Mechanical engineering technology. Specialization: automobile and tractor technique repairs and operation; management and marketing in mechanical engineering.

 

Life safety

Speciality 330100: Life safety in technical field.

Speciality 330600: Protection in emergency situations.

 

The distribution of the students’ admission plan to the first course in 2001 was carried out according to the following scheme: aircraft and rocket construction – 45%, land-based vehicles – 11%, power engineering and energy mechanical engineering – 10%, material studies, mechanical engineering and material technologies – 28%, life safety – 6%.

The institute can also issue bachelors (4 years of studies) and masters (6 years of studies) of technique and technologies in the following directions (specialities): 551000 – Aircraft and rocket construction, 552700 – Energy mechanical engineering, 551600 – Material studies and new materials technologies, 552900 – Technology, equipment and automation of machine building production.

The full-part time (evening) form of education is meant for specialities 120100, 130100, 130200 and 150200; the part-time form – for 150200.

The students’ admission to and their training on the first and second courses of some specialities is carried out at KSTU branches and representatives in other than Kazan cities: Zainsk, Zelenodolsk (120100); Bugulma, Volzhsk (150200); Almetyevsk (230100, 070700); Vyatskie Polyani (120100, 130600); Nizhnekamsk (230100, 330100); Yelabuga (120100, 101200). The students finish their studies in Kazan.

The engineer training curriculums correspond to the state programs of professional education (2000 year standards). Besides, the studies during the penultimate semester go along with the students’ work at enterprises in positions requiring engineering knowledge application. The prediploma practice and diploma projecting present continuation of the students’ work at the enterprises. The introduction of the institute department representations at the enterprises contributes to successful realization of the above scheme.

The institute has got highly-qualified teaching staff and assisting members. IAGTPE comprises 174 lecturers, including 35 professors and doctors of sciences, 114 candidates and assistant professors. There is a member of Academy of Sciences of Russian Federation, academicians and corresponding members of Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan and other academies; many of the teaching staff acquire the titles of Honoured workers of science and technique of Russia and Tatarstan, possess honourable field awards.

The institute has got a graduate school and post-graduate school to train highly-qualified members of the teaching staff (candidates and doctors of sciences). Three dissertation boards, represented by the institute scientists, provide the opportunity to carry out presentation and defense of candidate’s and doctor’s theses in all the scientific specialities that IAGTPE provides.

In 1999 (the year of foundation) IAGTPE comprised 17 departments of the Faculties of Aircrafts and Aircraft engines, scientific research laboratories of the departments and the university: Motorcentre and a scientific-technical centre “Prochnost”. In the following years there appeared branches of the institute departments at the motor transport enterprise (MTE–1), Kazan motor-constructing production joint enterprise (KMPE), the department Protection in emergency situations (the head of the department – professor Agishev R.R.) in Russian educational centre at the Ministry for Emergency, the department of Innovation Management, organized in coordination with State institute of industry, business and privatization of the Republic of Tatarstan (the head of the department – professor Zakirov I.M., academician of Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan); IAGTPE includes Transport problems research institute.

The information concerning IAGTPE departments is presented by the following:

Aero-hydrodynamics (AHD) provides the speciality Aircraft and helicopter construction, specialization Superlight aircrafts and flying boards. The department was founded in 1932 by professor Chetayev N.G.; currently the head of the department is professor Pavlov V.G.

Strength of materials (SM) was founded in 1932 by professor Radtsig U.A. Nowadays the head of the department is professor Paimushin V.N., corresponding member of Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Theoretical bases of heat technique (TBHT) – issues specialists in the field of Aviation and rocket space heat technique, Power engineering of heat technologies, specialization Energy saving technologies and power engineering audit. The department was founded by professor Bolgarski A.V. Nowadays professor Gortyshev U.F. is at the head of the department.

Material studies and new materials technologies (MS, till 1938 – General mechanical technology and thermal processing) was founded in 1932 by Vekslin M.Z. The department trains specialists in the field of New material studies; Welding production equipment and technology. At present professor Galimov E.R. is at the head of the department.

Aircraft construction and design (ACD) providing the specialities Aircraft and helicopter construction, Rocket construction, Automobiles and automobile economy. The department creator is engineer Itskovich Z.I. (1933), currently the department is headed by professor Gainutdinov V.G.

Construction bases (CB) was organized in 1988 as a result of unification of the department of Machinery details (foundation date 1934, the first head of the department – professor Lebedev S.F.) and Theory of mechanisms and machinery (foundation date 1951, the first head of the department – professor assistant Mitryayev I.M.). In 1988 the joint department was headed by professor Demidovich V.M., nowadays the head of the department is professor Araslanov A.M.

Aircraft production (PA) trains specialists in Composite material goods construction and production, Aircraft and helicopter construction, specialization Project management in aircraft construction. The year of foundation – 1934, the first head of the department – assistant professor Parkhomenko I.F., nowadays professor Khaliulin V.I. is at the head of the department.

Constructing mechanics of aircrafts (SMA) – trains specialists in Aircraft and helicopter construction, specialization – Helicopter construction. The department was founded in 1938 by professor Odinokov U.G. The present head of the department is professor Pavlov V.A.

Descriptive geometry and mechanical building drawing (DGMD) was founded in 1938 by assistant professor Dvinyaninov N.I. At present the department is headed by assistant professor Morozov S.A. Professor Tunakov A.P., corresponding member of Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, works at this department.

Aviation engines and power installations (AEPI, till 2002 the department of air-jet engines) was created by professor Rumyantsev S.V. in 1938. The department trains specialists in Aviation engines and power installations (construction and research bias), specialization: Aviation combustion engines, aviation engines burners and power installation furnaces. At present moment the department is headed by professor Mingazov B.G.

Mechanical construction technologies, metal-working machinery and instruments (MCTMMI) trains specialists in Mechanical construction. The department was created in 1983 through the unification of the departments Cutting, machinery and cutting tool (the year of foundation 1940, the first head of the department – assistant professor Putyrski A.A.) and Pressure metal processing (the department was founded in 1972 by professor Katayev U.P, who is also its present head).

Engine production technologies (EPT, till 1990 – the department of aircraft engine production) was founded in 1940, the first head – assistant professor Sivai A.V. The department trains specialists in Mechanical building technology, Aviation engines and power installations, specialization Engine production Technology. The head of the department – Lunev A.N.

Special engines (SE) trains specialists in Rocket engines, Heat physics, specializations Heat physics of the processes of energy transformation, Heat physics of the processes of oil-gas complexes. The department was based in 1945. The first head of the department was academician Glushko V.P., who was at the basis of the native rocket engine construction, and among the first teachers of the department was the creator of the native practical cosmonautics, academician Korolyov S.P. In 1950-s the training of specialists in Rocket engines was carried out by the department of rocket engines. In 1965 The department of Special engines was transformed into a separate KAI subdivision, which was headed and for a long time directed by professor Alemasov V.E., at present the academician of Academy of Sciences of Russian Federation and the international academy of astronautics, twice the laureate of the State awards of the USSR.

Turbine machinery (TM) trains specialists in Gas turbine and steam turbine installations and engines. The department was founded in 1947 and for a long was under the head of professor Zhiritski G.S. Since 1991 the head of the department has been professor Goryunov L.V.

Industrial ecology (IE, till 1989 the department of Labour Protection) was founded in 1973. The first head of the department was assistant professor Krasilnikov V.A. The department trains specialists in Life safety in technical sphere, Protection in emergency situations. At present Demin A.V., assistant professor, is at the head of the department.

Information technologies in mechanical construction (ITM) was founded in 1996, the head of the department is professor Saitov I.K.

Automobile engines and service (AES, till 2001 – the department of combustion engines) trains specialists in Combustion engines, Operation and service of transport and technological machinery (automobile transport), specialization Enterprise automobile service. The department was founded in 1996, the head of the department – professor Naumov V.I.

The scientific and technical potential of the institute departments is characterized by high qualitative and quantitative indicators in educational process, as well as in research work, including fundamental, applied work and experimental-construction elaborations.

Till early 1990-s, i.e. the beginning of a reformation period in Russian history, the themes of scientific researches of the department staff and research laboratories of IAGTPE mostly corresponded to the following large scientific trends:

management, dynamics and cohesion of aircrafts, including the problems of aerodynamics;

physical and technical problems of aircraft engines and power installations;

progressive technologies, production methods and devices in aviation and rocket construction and mechanical construction.

Considerable achievements of the institute scientists have got acknowledgment of scientific and technical-engineering publicity. Hundreds articles of the institute scientists can be found in prestigious native journals and foreign issues, numerous monographs are published by the authoritative publishing houses “Nauka”, “Mashinostroyenie”, “Vyshaya shkola” and others. Many of these monographs have become the table books of scientific workers, engineers and aspirants. Some works are awarded the State premium of the USSR and have become laureates of the contest of the scientific papers of the High School Ministry of the USSR. The detailed description of scientific and other achievements of KSTU (KAI) for 60 years since the day of its foundation (i.e. before the beginning of considerable reformation in Russia) is presented in the work [1].

In 1990-s Russia experienced and still undergoes considerable political and economical reforms; the state of enterprises and establishments of the military-industrial complex, the main customer of research work in IAGTPE, considerably deteriorated. As a result elaborations based on the state agreement and carried out by many departments together with these enterprises factually stopped or significantly decreased in volume. In these conditions the fulfillment of fundamental scientific research has become impossible, since very often the scientific researches were accomplished by withdrawing a part of means, given by enterprises for completing applied scientific research work. Moreover, many enterprises, especially in the course of the last years, were practically interested only in the stage of experimental construction elaborations of a life cycle, finished by the elaboration (or the elaboration organization) of a test-industrial or experimental sample by the executor itself (a department or laboratory). The previous years experimental construction work (elaborations) were completed by the enterprises, the role of institute scientists in joint activity, including that on the basis of economy agreement with the enterprise, was presented by the accomplishment of applied work, providing experimental construction elaborations. The volume reduction or the absence of applied research work based on orders of the enterprises prevented the financial (material) base of the institute laboratories from development, including that for an educational process. At the same time it aroused the shortage of the amount of aspirants and doctor-school students, as the themes of their qualification papers were aimed at the solution of the enterprise problems. Unfortunately, not all the institute departments had an opportunity and could take into consideration the changing situation properly.

It’s noteworthy that in condition of market relations considerable significance is given to the reliability of an executor, which is usually guaranteed by the authority of a scientific school. For some newly arranged IAGTPE specialities, which are realized by nearly a half of the institute teaching staff, these scientific schools have not yet been formed. The above-mentioned circumstances to some extend find its reflection in finance volume redistribution for the institute scientific research accomplishment.

Nowadays the lines of fundamental scientific research institute elaborations are defined according to the decisions of the Russian Federation Government №2727, 2728, of 1996 “The priority trends of fundamental research and critical technologies of the federal level”. For the period of 2000-2004 the institute fundamental scientific researches, completed at the expense of budget means, are considerably connected with the problems of aviation construction and include:

elaboration of fundamental and applied bases of aircraft projecting, new arrangement schemes, creation of the methods of objective evaluation of the mentioned transport schemes (departments AHD, SMA, SM, ACD, the theme supervisor – professor Firsov V.A.);

expansion of fundamental knowledge on the processes of burning, hydrodynamics and heat exchange in canals with flow twist; the investigation of side-by intensifiers and development of surfaces of heat-exchange in condition of free and forced liquid or gas convection. On the basis of the acquired knowledge and investigation results scientific methods of calculation of the mentioned processes for projecting of optimal mixers of burners and heat exchangers are worked out (departments TBHT, AIPI, the theme supervisor is professor Gortyshov U.F.);

definition of fundamental patterns of convective heat exchange at the surfaces with transverse depressions (hollows) or with spherical ledges at diverse regimes of heat bearer flow with the purpose of working out the recommendations on projecting the efficient heat exchange surfaces (the department Problematic laboratory of turbo machines, the supervisor of the theme is professor Shukin A.V.);

creation of scientific bases of the theory of shaping the details of a complicated profile for the aviation technique (departments PA, EPT, the theme supervisor – Khaliulin V.I.);

fundamental investigations of the processes and features of substances under condition of high parameters in physical tasks of the problems of power engineering in engine construction with the aim of new principles discovery in the processes of burning, in hydrodynamics and heat exchange of space currents (departments CE, TM, TBHT, AES, MS, CB, IE, DGMD, the theme supervisor is professor Dregalin A.F.).

The institute accomplishes about 22% of the volume of self-supporting scientific researches of the university. Among the institute departments the distribution of the institute volume is extremely uneven.

The themes of scientific-research works of IAGTPE are in full accordance with the profile of teaching in Institute Engineering Specialities; and it gives the high level of Graduate Engineers. In this researches our students are participating very actively; the students results are commended the Diplomas of Russian Scientific Students Competitions.

In 2001/2002 one our student was awarded the Grant of RF President; two our students were awarded the Grants of Boeing Company; one student – the Grant of General Electric Company.

Many years have passed since the foundation of the Faculty of aviation construction and the Faculty of motor construction – the basis of nowadays IAGTPE. In the course of this time many problems appeared and were solved in the life of the Faculty, many problems aroused in the last decade of 1990-s in connection with large reformation in Russia. Today we understand the essence of these problems and some of them will be solved in near future. It’s important that aviation, rocket and also mechanical engineering specialities, which have given to KAI its authority and fame, will be preserved in spite of all difficulties.

References

1.        Kazan aviation institute / Adgamov R.I., Vatolin A.K., Vakhitov M.B. and others; edited by Degtyaryov G.L. – M.: Mashinostroyenie, 1992, 240 pp.

2.        Kazan aviation institute / Edited by Kozhevnikov U.V. – M.: Mashinostroyenie, 1986, 200 pp.

 

A.F.Dregalin, Director of IAGTPE, Dr. (Techn. Sciences), Professor; twice Laureate of USSR State Prize; one of authors of competent reference book (10 volumes) of USSR AS “Thermodynamics and Heatphysics properties of combustion products” (it was translated in USA, in Israel), and – of teaching book “Theory of rocket engines” (it was multiply published in Russia and translated in China).

The area of scientific work is the processes with high temperature in engines and power-plants.