Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Information

The Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences began as the Department of Polymer Physics, which was founded as an independent research institution on 1 July 1971 under the decree of the USSR Council of Ministers on the establishment of the Ural Scientific Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences. According to the Resolution of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences № 29 dated 14 February 1980, the Department of Polymer Physics was restructured into the Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the USC of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In December 1991 in connection with foundation of the Russian Academy of Sciences the Institute was affiliated to the Ural Branch of RAS. The ICMM was established specifically to conduct the fundamental and applied research in compliance with the plans put forward by the Ural Branch of RAS and agreed by the RAS Department of engineering, mechanics and process control problems. The main directions of scientific activity are: - Mathematical and physical modeling of deformation, fracture and anomalous behavior processes of solids taking into account temperature–time effects, chemical and phase transitions and generation and evolution of defects. - Methods of numerical simulation in mechanics of solids and fluid mechanics. - Problems of hydrodynamic stability and turbulence: forced flows and convection, physical-chemical hydrodynamics of polymers, suspensions and magnetic fluids. Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics has the status of state accredited institution documented in the Certificate of state accreditation of scientific organization № 2554 of April 11, 2001 issued by the Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology in compliance with the Federal law of Science and State Scientific and Technical Policy. Today, the Institute has a permanent staff of 160 employees including one full member of RAS, 16 Doctors of Sciences and 55 holders of Ph.D. degree.