The Krylov Institute a science & technology centre for shipbuilding & ocean engineering

The Krylov Institute has always been playing the role of a key R&D organization in Russian shipbuilding engaged in the development of naval and commercial fleet concepts, design, construction, operation and decommissioning of naval ships, commercial vessels and marine engineering structures, taking care of their whole life cycle. Suffice it to say that the development of the first combat submarine Dolphin, the first naval aircraft and air-capable ships, first nuclear submarine and nuclear ice-breaker as well as other milestone projects were started at the Krylov Institute. The Institute’s intellectual potential directly contributed to the creation of the first-rate naval fleet and one of the largest commercial and fishing fleets in the world the country has ever possessed.

The most significant practical results of the Institute’s activities are:
- assurance of the world’s best speed and sea-keeping performance of naval ships and commercial vessels;
- development of reliable electromagnetic signature control tools;
- design and implementation of structural arrangements for noise reduction on submarines;
- assurance of the highest structural strength standards for submarine, combat surface ships and vessels of all types;
- development of physical radiation protection for crews of nuclear submarines and radiation reduction measures;
- design of highly efficient propellers for Russian and foreign vessels;
- securing the world’s leading positions in the design of radically new ship types (dynamically supported ships) or enhanced performance vessels (deep-water submersibles).

Design packages from the Baltsudoproject Central Design Bureau, which is an affiliate of the Krylov Institute, have already served to build over 2,600 merchant ships and naval auxiliaries with an aggregate displacement of 12,000,000t. Another affiliate of the Krylov Institute, the Lot Central Research Institute, has established the Russian fund of regulatory documents relevant for design, construction, operation, repair and disposal of naval ships, commercial vessels and marine equipment.

Today, the Krylov Institute is a multi-disciplinary scientific centre that successfully works on the most challenging tasks of naval and commercial ship hydrodynamics and strength, defines marine power plant development avenues, performs extensive research and development on the reduction of electromagnetic emissions that affect humans and the environment. The fact that the Krylov Institute covers the entire spectrum of ship-related sciences enables to make trend predictions and to justify national naval and commercial construction programmes.

The leadership of the Krylov Institute in such naval shipbuilding sectors as powering, combat and service efficiency enhancement, especially in terms of stealth features, protections, reliability and some other aspects is indisputable.

There are over 100 facilities on the Krylov Institute site, which has an area of some 800,000 m². Visitors usually start their tours of these unique experimental facilities from the Deepwater Towing Tank that in 1324m long, 15m wide and 7m deep.

— The Rotating-arm Basin of 70m in diameter equipped to perform tests at speeds of up to 50m/s
— The Seakeeping Basin that enables to model wave and wind scenarios of any part of the World Ocean
— The Wind Tunnel where the flow velocity can reach 100m/s
— The Ice Model Basin with temperature control enabling to go down to -32°C
— The Pressure Tanks capable of generating loads like in the deepest parts of the World Ocean
— The Life- & Static-load Shed with equipment enabling to subject real-size structures to various load combinations within up to 15,000t at a time and simultaneously measuring strains in up 8,000 points
— The High-pressure Explosive Test Tank where structures and products operating under hydraulic compression can be additionally subjected to dynamic loading
— The Electrolytic Basin and the Stratification Tanks that serve for signature research
— The Research Reactor with a set of critical assemblies and radiation test-beds
— Numerous set-ups for vibration, acoustic magnetic and other scientific studies

Highly qualified specialists working at the Krylov Institute are involved virtually in all Russian projects associated with the development of naval ships, commercial vessels and offshore engineering structures. The Krylov Institute has about 2,500 employees, including over 60 Doctors (more than half of them are also Professors) and about 300 Masters of Science.

Post-graduate and doctoral programmes enable to train and educate experts of highest qualifications. The Krylov Institute is proud of the many staff members who have made prominent contributions to the progress of world and national science and technology: A.M.Krylov, I.G.Boubnov, V.L.Pozdiunin, V.V.Novozhilov, Y.A.Shimansky, V.I.Pershin, V.N.Peregoudov, G.I.Zolotnikov and others.

The Krylov Institute's services to the Motherland were thrice rewarded with the highest distinctions ( the Order of the red Banner of Labour in 1944, the Order of Lenin in 1963 and the Order of the October Revolution in 1984). Four times in the history of the Krylov Institute its staff members became Heroes of Socialist Labour or of the Russian Federation (Academicians A.M.Krylov, V.V.Novozhilov and V.M.Pashin, Professors A.I.Voznesensky and G.A.Matveeev). Of the Krylov Institute employees, 44 have been awarded with State Prizes, 9 with Lenin Prizes, 22 with USSR Council of Ministers Prizes, 8 with Lenin's Comsomol Prizes, and 51 with Russian Federation Government Prizes. Besides, 22 of our staff members have become Esteemed Scientists of the Russian Federation, 17 — Esteemed Design Engineers of the Russian Federation, 10— Esteemed Machine-builders of the Russian Federation, 3 — Esteemed Inventors of the Russian Federation and 3 — Esteemed Economists of the Russian Federation.