"Krylov Readings"

A fundamental & applied research Conference "Problems of Ship Seakeeping and Hydromechanics", better known as the "Krylov Readings", will be held during 14 to 15 November 2001 at the Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute in St.Petersburg. Both Russian and foreign participants are expected to attend the conference.

The Conference is organized by the Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute, a leading ship research & marine engineering center of Russia, jointly with the Krylov Scientific & Engineering Society, one of the oldest scientific societies of Russia.

Both organizations were established with a major contribution from Academician A.N. Krylov, an outstanding scientist and naval architect, who also started a tradition of holding regular conferences on ship theory. In his memory and in recognition of his valuable contributions these conferences were named the "Krylov Readings". Basing on the deliberations of these conferences one can form a comprehensive notion of the developments in the ship theory which took place in the second half of the XX century.

The novel ideas aimed at improving the seaworthiness of ships and marine structures first uttered at these conferences then found their practical implementation in real designs, in particular ship designs for the Arctic Ocean, hydrofoil ships and WIG vehicles which are now recognized as the benchmarks of the Russian shipbuilding.

The present conference is the 40th jubilee forum, which is timed with the centenary of Yuri V. Krivtsov birth, who was a gifted organizer and one of the top managers of the Krylov Institute for a long time. Yuri V. Krivtsov was the main ideologist of the modern complex of the Krylov Institutes experimental facilities, and for many years he was personally in charge of their construction.