Institute of Mechanics

Position: Senior Scientist

Department: Solid Mechanics

Room number: 321

Phone: +359 2 979 64 77

E-mail: popov@imbm.bas.bg

alpopov@abv.bg

Scientific degrees, institution, year:

Institute of Mechanics – BAS

researcher in NDT

1988, Research fellow - III

1990, Research fellow - II,

1992,Research fellow - I,

2002, Senior research fellow – II.

Fields of Research:

Device and Technology for NDT, Corrosion,

Materials Science, Applied Mechanics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics.

Recent Publications:

2008 year

Popov Al., Ultrasonic testing of mechanical properties of cast iron, Conference “NDT’2008”, Scientific letters of Union of mechanical engineering, Year XV, Number 2(105),June 2008,p.104-109.

Dimitrov D., Al. Popov, Evaluation of internal stress in railway axles by means ultrasonic testing, Conference “NDT’2008”, Scientific letters of Union of mechanical engineering, Year XV, Number 2(105), June 2008, p. 110-113.

Popov Al., Dimitrov D., Non-destructive evaluation of mechanical properties of railway axles, Conference “Machine-building and Machine-knowledge”, IHS “F.J.Curie”, Varna, 8-9 September 2008, in print.

Popov Al., Evaluation of residual and internal stress in railway axles and wheels by means ultrasonic, Monograph “MASHIN DESIGN”, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, may 18^th 2008, 48^th anniversary of the faculty, p.307-310.

2007 year

Popov Al., Non-Destructive evaluation of mechanical properties of steels, Monograph “MASHIN DESIGN”, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, may 18^th 2007, 47^th anniversary of the faculty, p.461-468.

Popov Al., Methods of discontinuities refracted area evaluation in ultrasonic testing, XXII Conference “NDT’2007”, p.153-157, Sozopol, June.2007.

Popov Al., Evaluation of velocity of ultrasonic wave propagation at one-sided approach. Conference “Acoustic’2007”, Year IX, Number 9, p.83-87, Sofia, December 2007.

2006 year

Popov Al., D.Dimitrov, M.Kamenova, Non-Destructive examination of railway axwls, The 2^nd International Conference “Power Transmissions”06”, p.385-388, Novi Sad, 25-26.04.2006.

Popov Al., Sensitivity evaluation in ultrasonic testing of cast iron, XXI Conference “NDT’2006”, p.332-336, Sozopol, June.2006.

Popov Al., Asymptotic theory of extremes statistics and ultrasonic testing, V Congress “Machine -building technologies’2006”, p.70-71, Section IV, Varna, 20-23 September 2006.

D.Dimitrov, Al. Popov, Acoustical characteristics evaluation of railway axles, Conference “Acoustic’2007”, p.89-93, Sofia, 01-02.12.2006.

2005 year

Popov Al., K.Minchev, Non-destructive examination of vertical pressure vessels, Energetica, Number 7, p.29-32, 2005.

Popov Al., The quality label evaluation at ultrasonic testing of welding joints, XX Conference “NDT’2005”, p. 140-143, Sozopol, June.2005.

Popov.A., K.Minchev, Non-Destructive evaluation of yield stress of low-carbon steels, 10^th Jubilee National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Volume II, p.268-270, Varna, 13-16.09.2005.

2004 year

Popov.A., Non-destructive evaluation of plastic zone in top of cracks, Congress “Machine -building technologies’2004”, p. 163-165, Sofia, September 2004.

2003 year

Popov.A., Ultrasonic diffraction method for measure of depth of crack in railway axles, Conference “Powder Transmission’ 2003”, p.100-101, Sofia, September 2003.

2002 year

Popov Al., K.Minchev, Ultrasonic testing of bolts, XIX Conference “NDT’2002”, p.362-365, Sozopol, June.2002.

Popov Al., Non-parametric regression models for non-destructive evaluation of mechanical properties of steels, XVII Conference “NDT’2002”, p. .335-339, Sozopol, June.2002.

Popov Al., Mechanical strength calculation for pressure vessels with structural special feature in steel,

Jubilee scientific conference “60 Years University of architecture, civil engineering and geodesy”, p. 83-89, 20-23 November 2002.

Popov Al., Non-parametric statistical models for non-destructive testing of cast iron, Conference “Acoustic’2002”, p. . 15-19, Sofia, December 2002.

Membership:

Bulgarian Associate for NDT

Union of mathematicians in Bulgaria

Lectures:

1. Technical University of Sofia, Postgraduate Qualification Department , Lectures: Ultrasonic Inspection, Magnetic Particle Inspection, Eddy Current Inspection

2. New Bulgarian University, Program of master of science “ Safety and Reliability” , Lecture: Theory of probability, Design of experiments, Statistical treatment and analysis of experimental data

Institute of Mechanics tel.: +359 2 973 31 40; fax: +359 2 870 74 98; e-mail: office@imbm.bas.bg