Jean Aubert (engineer) explained
| Jean Aubert |
| Birth Date: | 2 July 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Death Date: | 25 November 1984 |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Education: | Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, École nationale des ponts et chaussées, University of Paris (Bachelor of law) |
| Known For: | Engineer on river and canal works |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
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 (en|[[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[1] and the Fonserannes water slopes.[2] [3]
Education
Career
- 1922-1932 - Engineer in charge of the navigation works in Paris.[2]
- 1932-1961 - Professor in the Chair of Internal Navigation at the École nationale des ponts et chaussées. (en|National School of Bridges and Roads) [2]
- 1933-1945 - General manager and later chairman of the Compagnie Nationale du Rhône.[2]
- 1945-1953 - Chairman of the electricity board of the SNCF
- 1949-1967 - Chairman of the Rhine Navigation Company [2]
- years unknown - Chairman of the Société de Construction des Batignolles.[2]
- 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.[2]
- Chairman of several other companies.[2]
Publications
- 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.[2]
- His article Philosophie de la pente d'eau appeared in the journal Travaux in 1984 when he was 90 years old.[2]
- 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.[2]
Awards
Prix Pierson-Perrim 1922.[2]
- Awarded the Caméré prize in 1934 by the Académie des Sciences for a new type of movable dam.[2]
- Ingénieur Général des Ponts et Chaussées 1951,
- Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur 1960.[2]
Principle works
- Construction of the Pont Edouard-Herriort on the Rhône at Lyon.[2]
- Design and construction of the Génissiat dam and Lonzères-Mondragon dam on the Rhône.[2]
- Conception and design of the Denouval dam on the Seine near Andrésy, completed in 1980.[2]
Further reading
David Tew, 1984, Canal Inclines and Lifts, Gloucester: Alan Sutton.[2]
Notes and References
- Book: Rolt, L. T. C. . L. T. C. Rolt . From Sea to Sea . Ohio University Press . 1973 . 9780713904710.
- Book: Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology . Lance Day . Ian McNeil . September 2003. 9780203028292.
- Book: An Encyclopaedia of the history of technology . Ian McNeil . June 2002. 9780203192115.
- Lecture. Joint Meeting. Inland Navigation Today . 10.1680/iicep.1965.9574 . 29 December 2009. 1965 . Aubert . J. . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 30 . 187–192 .
