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Laboratoire Aerodynamique Eiffel
The Laboratoire Aerodynamique Eiffel () is a research institute, associated with the Scientific and Technical Centre for Building. It is located in Paris, France, 16th arrondissement of Paris, 16th arrondissement. History La ''Société Aérodynamique Eiffel'' operates the Auteuil wind tunnel, designed in 1912 by Gustave Eiffel and listed as a ''Monument historique''. Although he was concerned about the wind resistance of structures, Gustave Eiffel did not do a great deal of work on this issue. He carried out very few wind tunnel tests on this specific subject and only studied one of his constructions, the Garabit viaduct. His main contribution to aerodynamics concerns aviation. Gustave Eiffel is recognised as one of the precursors of experimental aerodynamics, particularly for aeronautics. As early as 1915, Gustave Eiffel put his facilities and knowledge at the service of the Peugeot, Peugeot Company to improve the performance of a racing car. This activity remained marginal un ...
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Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ...
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