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CFD played a critical role as design tool in the 1970-80s in French laboratories and aeronautical industries with the rapid progress of computing facilities. Three short contributions by senior scientists and technologists describe how CFD developed rapidly in the French scientific and industrial community and was recognized as a mature tool in aerospace engineering for the aerodynamic design of civil and military aircraft and space vehicles like the European HERMES Space plane.
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Periaux, J., Pironneau, O., Perrier, P. (2009). Golden Age of French CFD in the 1970-80s: Aerodynamics with Finite Elements and the European Multi-Physics HERMES Program. In: Hirschel, E.H., Krause, E. (eds) 100 Volumes of ‘Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics’. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 100. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70805-6_7
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