Memorial Tributes Volume 18 (2014) / Chapter Skim
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The ministry wanted to increase research in aeronautics by creating a network of institutes for fluid mechanics, the first in Paris and the second in Marseille. In addition to experimental work on propeller blades in the new low-turbulence wind tunnel facility, Pérès hoped to extend to three dimensions the analog voltage and current equivalent measurements that are analogous to speed voltages in incompressible fluids surrounding subsonic aircraft in motion.
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During this time he also contributed to the final work on the main wind tunnel in southeastern France (near Modane) , initiated in Austria at the end of World War II.
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This led to the application of new digital codes of airflows to the TGV (France's high-speed train) and the reuse of wind energy for propulsion of boats.
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This was demonstrated when he was elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Engineering of the United States, one of the first scientists and engineers so honored. Lucien Malavard, then, was a great teacher scholar, a powerful contributor to the NATO alliance, and an innovative and creative person who brought great credit to France in many ways….
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He also participated in several working groups linked to government departments. Lucien Malavard was greatly appreciated as a true coordinator among people and organizations in science and engineering, both in France and elsewhere in the world.
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