Patriarch of russian mechanical engineering. The 150th anniversary of the birth of academician S.A. Chaplygin

Abstract

The paper presents the life and scientific achievements of Sergei Alekseevich Chaplygin (18691942), mathematician and mechanical engineer; one of the founders of aerodynamics; organizer of science and higher education; a talented teacher; creator of the largest scientific school in the field of aerohydromechanics; one of the organizers of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, who contributed to its transformation into a world-class leading scientific center; and an ally and successor of the work of his outstanding predecessor, the "father of Russian aviation," N.Ye. Zhukovsky.