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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