In his seminal work over 130 years ago, Osborne Reynolds observed that as he gradually increased the flow speed of his initially laminar pipe
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— REPORTÉ — 07/01/2022 – J-A. Olive – Rheologies for the Earth’s brittle crust
Most of the brittle, earthquake-generating deformation that shapes mountain ranges takes place in the uppermost ~15 km of the Earth’s crust. On short time scales
— REPORTÉ — 10/12/2021 – E. Loiseau – How millions of microscopic active cilia self-organize to protect our airways
The respiratory tract is protected by mucus, a complex fluid transported along the epithelial surface by the coordinated beating
of millions of microscopic cilia, hence the name of mucociliary clearance.
03/12/2021 – M-J. Thoraval – Impact dynamics of compound drops
The impact of a liquid drop has many applications, from combustion to cooling technologies or 3D printing
30/11/2021 – M. Collares-Pereira – An introduction to Non Imaging Optics, application to Solar Energy Concentration
An Introduction to Non Imaging Optics is made, from first principles to its application mainly in Solar Energy
26/11/2021 – M. Bouzid – Mechanical properties of fiber networks
Gels of fibrous biopolymers are ubiquitous within cells and their rigidity
18/11/2021 – S. Gsell – Active mechanics of living fluids: mucus and tissues
In our body, many physiological processes rely on active soft material flows. To ensure their biological function…
19/10/2021 – L. Domino – Snap to morph
Creating mechanical structures that have the ability to change shape in a controlled manner
01/10/2021 – M. Trulsson – Two new jamming scenarios – oscillatory and directional
Recent studies have shown that cross-flows oscillatory shear flows can reduce a suspension’s viscosity
17/09/2021 – N. Bain – Surface tension and the strain-dependent topography of soft solids
Despite its importance in any adhesion and wetting phenomena, there is a fundamental property that is not yet understood in soft solids:
