ГЕНЕЗИС ЦІЛЕЙ І ЗАВДАНЬ ВИБУХОВОГО ШТАМПУВАННЯ (ДО 70-РІЧЧЯ ОДНІЄЇ З НАУКОВИХ ШКІЛ ХАІ)

The paper is devoted to development of one of the scientific schools Kharkiv Aviation Institute (Now National Aerospace University named after M. E. Zhukovsky “KhAI”). This school was born after World War II quite hard after period of National economy restoration and now it continues to develop during last 70 years. The article deals with the origins and genesis of objectives and tasks formulated for think tank and followers during dozens of years. Influence of the world geopolitics on development of mentioned scientific school and reached results is shown. From relatively primitive goals and tasks formulated by R. V. Pikhtovnikov in 1949 up to complicated problems of controlling of impulse energy flows to get high-precision large-dimensional sheet articles. From development of simple manufacturing process conducted in field conditions up to creation of up-to-date manufacturing complexes with correspondent buildings, equipment and technological jigs.Paper draws attention that successful development of scientific school and international expansion of labor market were stipulated by governmental support, both financial and organization ones. Paper shows results of technological systems development. Defefinite analogy with development of biological systems can be observed, i.e. evolution from the simplest to more complicated under influence of external factors.One has to note that paper deals with development of only one direction of scientific school, i.e. sheet articles forming. Research and development of such two other directions as impulse forming by impact of solid and impulse volumetric forming are waiting for their researchers. Authors of the paper tried to escape of conventional approaches of scientific schools description and concentrated on studying of objectives and tasks occurred in frames of considered scientific school. Therefore, the paper doesn’t mention many names of scientific advisors of different directions, titles of exact studies and topics, which involve crucial contribution in achievements of mentioned scientific school.