Jean Aubert (engineer)
Jean Aubert | |
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| Born | 2 July 1894 Paris, France |
| Died | 25 November 1984 Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, École nationale des ponts et chaussées, University of Paris (Bachelor of law)[1] |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Known for | Engineer on river and canal works[1] |
Jean Aubert was a French engineer. In 1961, he used the idea of the German engineer Julius Greve from the last century to describe a pente d'eau (English: water slope), which was a way of moving boats up the gradient of a canal without locks. The design consisted of a sloping channel, through which a wedge of water on which the boat was floating could be pushed up an incline. This concept was used in both the Montech water slope[2] and the Fonserannes water slopes.[1][3]
Education
[edit]- Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris.[1]
- 1913 - École Polytechnique. Soon left for service in First world war. Returned in 1919.[1]
- 1920-1922 - École nationale des ponts et chaussées.[1]
- University of Paris (Bachelor of law).[1]
Career
[edit]- 1922-1932 - Engineer in charge of the navigation works in Paris.[1]
- 1932-1961 - Professor in the Chair of Internal Navigation at the École nationale des ponts et chaussées. (English: National School of Bridges and Roads) [1]
- 1933-1945 - General manager and later chairman of the Compagnie Nationale du Rhône.[1]
- 1945-1953 - Chairman of the electricity board of the SNCF
- 1949-1967 - Chairman of the Rhine Navigation Company [1]
- years unknown - Chairman of the Société de Construction des Batignolles.[1]
- years unknown - President, Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France.[4]
- years unknown - Inspecteur Général des Ponts et Chaussées [3][4]
- 1966-unknown - Consulting engineer and honorary chairman of Spie Batignolles.[1]
- Chairman of several other companies.[1]
Publications
[edit]- In 1919 he published La Probabilité dans les tires de guerre and was awarded the Pierson-Perrim prize by the Académie des Sciences in 1922.[1]
- His article Philosophie de la pente d'eau appeared in the journal Travaux in 1984 when he was 90 years old.[1]
- In 1961 he published his revolutionary ideas on the pente d'eau, or water slope, which was designed to transfer barges from one level to another without the use of locks.[1]
Awards
[edit]- Croix de Guerre in 1916.[1]
- Académie des Sciences: Prix Pierson-Perrim 1922.[1]
- Awarded the Caméré prize in 1934 by the Académie des Sciences for a new type of movable dam.[1]
- Ingénieur Général des Ponts et Chaussées 1951,
- Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur 1960.[1]
Principle works
[edit]- Construction of the Pont Edouard-Herriort on the Rhône at Lyon.[1]
- Design and construction of the Génissiat dam and Lonzères-Mondragon dam on the Rhône.[1]
- Conception and design of the Denouval dam on the Seine near Andrésy, completed in 1980.[1]
Further reading
[edit]David Tew, 1984, Canal Inclines and Lifts, Gloucester: Alan Sutton.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Lance Day; Ian McNeil (September 2003). Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology. ISBN 9780203028292.
- ^ Rolt, L. T. C. (1973). From Sea to Sea. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780713904710.
- ^ a b Ian McNeil (June 2002). An Encyclopaedia of the history of technology. ISBN 9780203192115.
- ^ a b Aubert, J. (1965). "Lecture. Joint Meeting. Inland Navigation Today". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 30: 187–192. doi:10.1680/iicep.1965.9574. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
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