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Institute of Applied Physics
National Academy of Sciences
16, Academicheskaya
Minsk, 220072
Belarus
Contact Person:
Peter P. Prokhorenko
Director of the Institute of Applied Physics
16 Academicheskaya Street
220072, Minsk BELARUS
Phone (375 +17) 284-1794
Fax (375 +17) 284-1081
Email: adcom@iaph.bas-net.by
Profile of Institution
The Institute of Applied
Physics (IAP) of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) is the
leading scientific establishment in the field of nondestructive testing
for materials and parts in Republic of Belarus. JAP was founded in 1963 by
the outstanding physicist, one of inventor of magnetic NDT method,
laureate of Soviet Union's and Belarus's state prizes, Rockefeller's
prize, Lomonosov's prize, an academician N. S. Akulov. From the very
beginning, the Institute is directly involved in basic researches in the
field of physics of nondestructive testing and magnetism, in development
of new methods and testing devices for industrial use as well as in
training and certification of specialists for NDT.
Now the Institute of Applied
Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus is the only
academician institute both in the Republic Belarus and in Commonwealth of
Independent States which mainly specializes in the physics of
nondestructive testing. The high qualified staff of the Institute includes
120 scientific researches, among them there are 14 professors and 29
doctors of philosophy. The Institute is well-renowned for the results in
development of principles of theory of magnetism, electromagnetic methods
of testing, hydrodynamics of penetrants and magnetic liquids. More than 70
types of new means for nondestructive testing and information measuring
systems for diagnostics in machine-building, energetics and the oil and
chemical industry are designed by the researches of the Institute. The
methods and devices are under protection of certificates and patents of
developed countries.
IAP develops the following
scientific directions: physical principles of testing the physical,
mechanical, magnetic and electronic properties of materials and products
(including multi-layers and inhomogeneities); physics of penetrant testing
and acoustic methods of defectoscopy with using magnetic fluids; theory of
nonlinear dynamic processes of remagnetization and non-uniform magnetizing
of ferromagnetics; theory of systems with random and changing structure
for solving the problems of diagnostics and safe control for dynamic
objects; physics of computerized diagnostics of objects with inhomogeneous
structure and internal stresses; physics of contact dynamic deformation.
The main applied tasks being
solved at the Institute of Applied Physics are structures- copy, testing
of hardness and other physical and mechanical properties of materials and
products; detection of discontinuities of materials by various methods;
thickness measurement of layers and materials; diagnostic of state for
materials, products and dynamic system under exploitation and functioning.
NDE ACTIVITIES
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Principal Mission of NDE
Activities of IAP
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Quantitative diagnostics
and nondestructive testing. Supply of quantitative characteristics of
the objects under testing (sizes of cracks, mechanical parameters,
machine service life, thickness of facing and others) in units of
testing parameter for indirect measurements.
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Active enhancement and
application of penetrant, ultrasonic, magnetic, electromagnetic
methods, development of new algorithms of data processing for
nondestructive testing applied to solving of arisen problems in
industry, transports medicine.
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Technological Environment
The Institute of Applied
Physics of the National Academy of Sciences is the leading scientific
establishment in Belarus which coordinates all basic researches in the
field of non- destructive testing and engineering diagnostics. The
Institute is the scientific leader and coordinator of the 5 Years State
Program of basic researches "Diagnostics" which comprises 33 scientific
projects in the field of nondestructive testing and engineering
diagnostics. A scientific supervisor of the Program is professor P. P.
Prokhorenko.
The Institute has direct
contracts for development of new means for NDE both with big industrial
enterprises of Belarus, Russia, Germany and with middle and small
companies of Belarus. Main customers of the Institute's developments are
engineering industries, enterprises of fuel and energetics complexes
(pipelines, heat power plants etc.), chemical industries.
All of penetrant testing
specialists in Belarus take a special training course at the Study
Center affiliated with the Institute of Applied Physics in order to pass
the certification in accordance with 1, 2 of 3 d level of
qualification.
Furthermore, experts of the
Institute offer permanent consulting help for industrial enterprises of
Belarus in to solve problems in the field of nondestructive testing.
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Departments / Centers
Involved in NDE
The Institute of Applied
Physics comprises in the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. There
are 12 scientific research laboratories at the Institute such as of:
metal physics; radio-wave methods of testing; electromagnetism; magnetic
methods of testing; capillary phenomena; ultrasound; physics of
electromagnetic losses; computerized diagnostics; magneto-dynamic
methods of testing; contact dynamic methods of testing; adaptive
control; computer modeling; and 2 scientific research groups of. eddy
current crack detection ; physics of nonlinear waves. All laboratories
and scientific groups have close connections with industrial enterprises
and scientific organizations of Russia, Ukraine, Germany, USA, France,
Poland and other countries.
The only Center for training
services in penetrant inspection in Belarus works at the Institute.
Besides 5 small scientific
producing enterprises are organized and working at the Institute. The
main task of them is development and production of special means for NDT
basing on results of basic researches which are conducted at the
laboratories.
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Number of Scientific
Personnel in Various Categories
Principal Investigators:
Professors - 14
PhD - 29
Full time researchers - 83
Engineers - 21
Postdoctoral Students - 2
Graduate students- 23
Undergraduate students and interns - 18
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Internet / Networking
Institutional Web Site:
http:Hiaph.bas-net.by/lab9/
Contact Person for
Computer Networking:
Dr. Serguei A. Fedotov
Institute of Applied Physics
National Academy of Sciences
16 Academicheskaya Street
220072, Minsk, BELARUS
Phone (375 +17) 284-2431
Fax (375 +17) 284-1081
Email: saf@iaph.bas-net.by
Contact Person for Web
Site Content Development and Maintenance
Dr. Dmitry N. Silkov
Institute of Applied Physics
National Academy of Sciences
16 Academicheskaya Street
220072, Minsk, BELARUS
Phone (375 +17) 284-2002
Fax (375 +17) 284-1081
Email: silkov@iaph.bas-net.by
Web Site Hardware,
Software Information
Server platform: IBM
Personal Computer (Pentium)
Operating System: LINUX
Server software: Apache
Type connection to the Internet:
Local: Ethernet
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Educational Activities
a. Undergraduate
Unlike educational
universities, IAP is a scientific research institute of the National
Academy of Sciences. It is a reason the Institute does not conduct
long-term learning of students. But the leading specialists of the
Institute do lecturing for students of general engineering specialties
on subjects of nondestructive testing as professors at corresponding
departments of some universities. Courses of lectures delivered:
"Nondestructive testing
of products" (48 hours)
"Modem methods of information processing" (48 hours) "Methods of
nondestructive testing" (60 hours)
Practical classes on those
courses are conducted at the Institute of Applied Physics of National
Academy of Sciences. Besides 10-15 students of several universities
take annually a undergraduate internship at the IAP NASB under
supervising of Institute's professors for topics in the field of
nondestructive testing with granting Bachelor and Master's degree.
b. Graduate
In the Institute the PhD
course is delivered for four specialties in the field of
nondestructive testing:
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05.02.11 - Methods of
testing and diagnostics in engineering industries;
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05.11.13 - Devices and
methods of testing of natural environment, materials and
production;
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05.11.08 -
Radio-metering devices;
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05.13.01 - Control in
engineering systems.
During 3-4 years course of
learning, young researches, graduated from universities, carry out
experimental and theoretical researches. The final task of the
researches is to submit and defend a thesis for PhD degree by one from
4 above-mentioned specialties. When studying the graduate students
learn deeply and pass examinations on specialty, foreign language and
computer modeling. Actually there are 23 graduate students at the
Institute.
Besides there is a
postdoctoral study at the Institute. Scientists who has PhD degree can
prepare and defend a thesis for degree of Doctor of Science by one
from 4 above- mentioned specialties. Actually there are 2 postdoctoral
students at the Institute.
c. Vocational Training
The Center for training
services in penetrant inspection works at the Institute during the
last 4 years. Its main goal is to learn the personal working in the
field of penetrant inspection. The offered courses provide to the
personal the training (50% theory and 50% hands-on) sufficient to be
certified on corresponding level (I-st, 2-nd and 3-rd) . The Center is
operated with Institute's equipment. 1-st level course numbers 24
hours and 2-nd - 40 hours. Annually about 80 specialists from over the
country pass training at the Institute's Center.
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Research Activities
The researches conducted in
IAP consists of the projects in the frame of State Programs of basic
researches, National Foundation on Basic Researches, State Applied
Technical Programs and direct contracts with industrial enterprises. The
Institute command equipment to produce the prototypes of new devices for
NDT. Basic and applied researches carrying out at the Institute can be
classified as follows:
a. Basic researches:
Ultrasound
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properties of
inhomogeneous waves
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magnetofluidic sound
ducts
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magnetofluidic ultrasonic
lenses
Penetrant testing method:
Electromagnetic methods:
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higher harmonic method
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eddy current method
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pulse magnetic method
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electromagnetic losses
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Barkhausen effect
X-ray tomography:
Microwave methods:
Control systems:
b. Applied researches:
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Link with Industries
The main industrial customers
and partners are:
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Minsk Engine Plant
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Minsk Automobile Plant
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Minsk Electrotechnical
Plant
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Minsk Ball-Bearing Plant
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NPO "Energy" (Moscow,
Russia)
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Mogilev Scrapper Plant
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Minsk Plant of Automatic
Lines
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Minsk Ball-Bearing Plant
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Magnitogorsk Metallurgical
Combine (Russia)
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Cherepovetsk Metallurgical
Combine (Russia)
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Novolipetsk Metallurgical
Combine (Russia)
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Mariupolski Metallurgical
Combine (Ukraine)
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Metallurgical Combine Steel
(Izenhuttenshtadt City, Germany)
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Linkage with other
Organizations
Cooperation with trade
associations:
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Russian Society of
Nondestructive Testing and Diagnostics (Russia)
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Ukraine Association of
Nondestructive Testing (Ukraine)
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German Society of
Nondestructive Testing DGZFP (Germany)
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Japanese Society of Applied
Nlagnetism (Japan)
Cooperation with universities
and research institutes: Byelorussian State University
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Byelorussian State
Technology University
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Byelorussian State
University of Transport
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Byelorussian State
Polytechnic Academy
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Byelorussian State
University of Informatics and Radioengineering
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Byelorussian State
University
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Mogilev Machinebuilding
Institute
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Federal Institute of
Researches and Testing of Materials BAM (Berlin, Germany)
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Center for NDE of Iowa
State (USA)
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Institute of Welding of E.O.
Paton (Ukraine)
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NPO "Spectrum" (Moscow,
Russia)
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CNIITMASH (Moscow, Russia)
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Moscow Energetic Institute
(Moscow, Russia)
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Institute of Physics of
Metals, Ural Department of Russian Academy of Sciences (Ekaterinburg,
Russia)
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Poland Institute of
Engineering Problems (Poland)
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Institute of Engineering
Physics (Romania)
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