Vladimir Shukhov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vladimir Shukhov

Russian engineer-polymath, scientist and architect

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1853

Place of Birth: Grayvoron, Belgorod Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 02-Feb-1939

Profession: photographer, architect, engineer, combat engineer, physicist, inventor

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (Russian: ?????´??? ?????´?????? ??´???; 28 August [O.S.
16 August] 1853 – 2 February 1939) was a Russian engineer-polymath, scientist and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new methods of analysis for structural engineering that led to breakthroughs in industrial design of the world's first hyperboloid structures, diagrid shell structures, tensile structures, gridshell structures, oil reservoirs, pipelines, boilers, ships and barges.
He is also the inventor of the first cracking method. Besides the innovations he brought to the oil industry and the construction of numerous bridges and buildings, Shukhov was the inventor of a new family of doubly curved structural forms.
These forms, based on non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometry, are known today as hyperboloids of revolution.
Shukhov developed not only many varieties of light-weight hyperboloid towers and roof systems, but also the mathematics for their analysis.
Shukhov is particularly reputed for his original designs of hyperboloid towers such as the Shukhov Tower.