Blagovest Ivanov Dolapchiev, Corresponding Member of BAS, Professor DSc
Scientific area
Hydromechanics, analytical mechanics
Hydromechanics, analytical mechanics
Scientific achievements
- Contributions to the induction, motions and stability of Kármán vortex streets and the vortex drag of streamlined bodies;
- derivation of generalised Lagrange equations with an original structure for holonomic and non-holonomic systems
Positions held
1963 – 1965 – deputy rector • Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
1960 – head • Section of Mechanics at the Institute of Mathematics – BAS
1948 – 1951 – deputy dean • Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
1945 – 1946 – director • Institute of Mathematics at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
Humboldt research stays in Germany
1935 – 1937 – Göttingen, Max Planck Institute. Academic host: Prof. Ludwig Prandtl
Activities related to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
1969 – Lectures at the universities of Hamburg and Hannover at the invitation of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Honours
- Dimitrov Prize for Science, 2nd degree (1952)