Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikulin (; 14 February 1895 – 13 May 1985) was a Soviet aircraft engine designer and chief designer in the Mikulin

OKB OKB () is a transliteration of the Russian initials for "" (), which translates to "Experimental Design Bureau." It could also mean or "Special Design Bureau" in english. During the Soviet era, OKBs were closed institutions working on design and ...

. His achievements include the first Soviet liquid-cooled aircraft piston engine, the Mikulin AM-34, and the

Mikulin AM-3 The Mikulin AM-3 (also called RD-3M) was a turbojet engine developed in the Soviet Union by Alexander Mikulin.Gunston 1989, p. 104. Design and development The development of the high-performance single-shaft engine began in 1948. The engine was ...

turbojet engine for the Soviet Union's first jet airliner, the

Tupolev Tu-104 The Tupolev Tu-104 (NATO reporting name: Camel) is a medium-range, narrow-body, twin turbojet-powered Soviet airliner. It was the second to enter regular service, after the British de Havilland Comet and was the only jetliner operating in the wo ...

. Mikulin also took part in the Tsar Tank project.

Engines

* M-17 - BMW VI built under licence * AM-34 * AM-35 - Super charged inline 895-1007kw *

AM-37 The Mikulin AM-37 was a Soviet aircraft piston engine designed prior to Russia's entry into World War II. An improved version of the Mikulin AM-35 V-12 engine, it was only produced in small numbers because of its unreliability. Development Desig ...

- improved AM-35; only produced in small numbers as it was too unreliable * AM-38 - low-altitude engine developed from the AM-35A * AM-39 - higher power version of the AM-35A * AM-41 - used on the Gudkov Gu-1 * AM-42 - higher power version of the AM-38F * AM-43 - high-altitude engine, used on

Tupolev Tu-1 The Tupolev Tu-1 was a prototype Soviet night fighter variant of the Tupolev Tu-2 medium bomber that first flew after the end of World War II. It was cancelled when its experimental Mikulin AM-43V engines reached the end of their service life. De ...

and

Ilyushin Il-16 The Ilyushin Il-16 (Cyrillic Илью́шин Ил-16) was a Soviet lightweight armored ground-attack aircraft developed at the end of World War II by the Ilyushin Design Bureau. It was in essence a scaled-down version of the Ilyushin Il-10, but ...

* AM-44 - turbo-supercharged engine, used on Tupolev Tu-2DB * AM-45 * AM-46 * AM-47 - used on the Ilyushin Il-20 * AM-2 * AM-3/RD-3 * AM-5 - renamed Tumansky RD-9 after Sergey Tumansky replaced Aleksandr Mikulin

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mikulin, Aleksandr Mikulin, Alexander Mikulin, Alexander People from Vladimir, Russia Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motors employees Bauman Moscow State Technical University alumni Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Mikulin, Alexander Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class Recipients of the Stalin Prize Mikulin, Alexander Russian mechanical engineers Mikulin, Alexander Soviet mechanical engineers Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery

Engines

See also

References