Raevskii, Aleksandr Sergeevich

Raevskii, Aleksandr Sergeevich 

Born Jan. 23 (Feb. 4), 1872, in Kharkov; died June 23, 1924, in Moscow. Soviet scientist and designer of steam locomotives.

Raevskii graduated from the Kharkov Institute of Technology in 1895. He became a designer at the Kharkov Steam Locomotive Plant in 1900 and at the Putilov (now the Kirov) Factory in Leningrad in 1910. Beginning in 1920 he was also a professor at the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute.

Raevskii designed numerous steam locomotives and the running gear of the Shch^el diesel locomotive. He developed several types of steam locomotives beginning in 1917. Between 1921 and 1923 he designed the running gear and body of a diesel locomotive for the Ia. M. Gakkel’ system. Raevskii also developed a graphic and analytic method for designing counterweights and methods for calculating connecting-rod heads, crankpins, and the axles of wheel pairs.

REFERENCES

Kopytkovskii, D., et al. “A. S. Raevskii” (obituary). Predpriiatie, 1924, no. 9.
Sologubov, V. N. “Razvitie parovozostroeniia v SSSR.” In Ocherki razvitiia zheleznodorozhnoi nauki i tekhniki (collection of articles). Moscow, 1953.