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French aeronautics shone brightly in the first decade of the twentieth Century, but declined after the Great War. To remedy this situation, a new Ministry of Air launched in 1929 a large national program of scientific research in fluid mechanics, including the creation of four institutes and five teaching centers in the faculties of sciences in Paris and the provinces. This visionary policy, supported by considerable means, started a quite creative period and led to important achievements notably in the fields of atmospheric turbulence, thermoconvection and wake vortices. The usual picture of a period exclusively dominated by German and British contributions (and growing North-American ones), comes out significantly revised. The fruits of this policy will allow France to play a major role in the creation, after World War II, of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, and are still visible today in the French teaching and research organization. Based on original materials unearthed from a variety of archival sources and scientific papers, the present book recounts this history in all its intertwined scientific, industrial, political and cultural dimensions.

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L'aéronautique française, qui a tant brillé au début du XXe siècle, décline nettement après la Grande Guerre. Afin de redresser la situation, un nouveau ministère de l'Air lance alors, en 1929, un ambitieux programme en faveur de la recherche en mécanique des fluides, incluant la création de quatre instituts et cinq centres d'enseignement dans les facultés des sciences de Paris et de province. Cette politique visionnaire, dotée de moyens considérables, initie une période très dynamique et créative, en particulier dans les domaines de la turbulence atmosphérique, de la thermoconvection et des tourbillons de sillage. L'image d'un demi-siècle exclusivement dominé par les contributions allemandes et anglaises (et ensuite américaines) s'en trouve notablement transformée. Les fruits de cette politique permettront à la France de jouer un rôle majeur dans la création, après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, de l'Union internationale de mécanique théorique et appliquée, et demeurent visibles aujourd'hui encore dans les structures d'enseignement et de recherche. Fondé sur des documents originaux issus de nombreuses archives et publications, le présent livre raconte cette histoire dans ses différentes dimensions scientifique, industrielle, politique et culturelle.



About the Author: Francois Charru is professor of mechanics at the university of Toulouse, and his researches are about hydrodynamic instabilities and granular flows. Head of the fluid mechanics institute of Toulouse for five years, he was member of the National Council of the Universities, member of the National Committee of Scientific Research, and member of the General Assembly (French delegate) of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM).

François Charru est professeur de mécanique à l'université de Toulouse, et mène des recherches sur les instabilités hydrodynamiques et les écoulements granulaires. Directeur de l'institut de mécanique des fluides de Toulouse pendant cinq ans, il a été membre du Conseil national des universités, membre du Comité national de la recherche scientifique, et membre de l'Assemblée générale (délégué français) de l'Union internationale de mécanique théorique et appliquée (IUTAM).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783030702359
  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Birkhauser
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 444
  • Series Title: Science Networks. Historical Studies
  • Sub Title: La Mécanique Des Fluides En France de 1900 À 1950 - Une Politique Nationale
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 3030702359
  • Publisher Date: 04 Sep 2021
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: French
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 0 mm
  • Weight: 750 gr


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