HISTORY OF THE LABORATORY OF MECHANICS AND ACOUSTICS IN MARSEILLES (FRANCE): FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR TO THE PRESENT DAY
Résumé
The Laboratory of Mechanics and Acoustics in Marseille
(France) celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2021. It was
created in 1941, under the name of Centre de Recherches
Scientifiques, Industrielles et Maritimes (CRSIM) and was
the successor of the French Naval Research Center created
in Toulon by the French Navy, under the direction of
François Canac, to work on submarine detection during
World War I. It was the first laboratory of the National
Center for Scientific Research out of Paris. In this
laboratory, Paul Langevin developed the first high-powered
ultrasonic transmitters for the detection of submarines. F.
Canac headed the CRSIM until 1958. He was one of the
founders of the journal Acustica. The acoustics service
developed considerably under his leadership. The CRSIM
became the Centre de Recherches Physiques (Physical
Research Center, CRP) in 1962 and was directed by
Théodore Vogel. In 1973, the laboratory had a Department
of Mechanics and a Department of Acoustics. On July 10,
1973, the laboratory took the name of Laboratoire de
Mécanique et d’Acoustique (LMA, Laboratory of
Mechanics and Acoustics), a name that better describes its
activities and which it still bears today. We present here the
evolution of the laboratory’s research themes over these 80
years.
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