NOBLIN , Xavier

Dans ce manuscrit, je présente différents problèmes faisant intervenir des interfaces déformables. Ces interfaces peuvent être liquides (gouttes, jets, bulles) mais aussi solides (membrane, contact entre grains élastiques). Je présente d'abord le cadre des problèmes abordés depuis la fin de ma thèse, puis je me concentrerai sur quelques...

Dans ce manuscrit, je présente différents problèmes faisant intervenir des interfaces déformables. Ces interfaces peuvent être liquides (gouttes, jets, bulles) mais aussi solides (membrane, contact entre grains élastiques). Je présente d'abord le cadre des problèmes abordés depuis la fin de ma thèse, puis je me concentrerai sur quelques...

As recently studied, a sub-millimetric liquid jet can bounce on sufficiently hydrophobic surfaces [F.Celestini et al., Soft Matter 6(23), 5872-5876 (2010); A. Kibar et al., Exp. Fluids 49(5), 1135-1145 (2010)]. As the hydrophobicity is reduced, the reflection angle (\theta_r) increases and the jet rebound deviates more and more from specular...

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By means of a photoelastic method, we access the visualization of acoustic waves propagating in a one dimensional array of noncohesive cylinders. As pointed by Nesterenko in the case of spherical grains (V.F. Nesterenko, J. Appl. Mech. Tech. Phys. 24, p. 567 (1983)), the nonlinearity of the contact law between the grains induces a dependence of...

By means of photoelasticity, we success in visualizing in real time the propagation of acoustic waves in a granular packing of cylinders. Our experimental procedure allows an access to the local state of stress of individual grains as a function of time with a good accuracy. We first present results on 1d chains of cylinders that are...

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By means of photoelasticity, we success in visualizing in real time the propagation of acoustic waves in a granular packing of cylinders. As previously mentioned by Nesterenko for the case of spherical grains, the nonlinearity of the contact law between grains induces a dependence of the wave velocity both on its amplitude and on the...

Most basidiomycete fungi actively eject their spores. The process begins with the condensation of a water droplet at the base of the spore. The fusion of the droplet onto the spore creates a momentum that propels the spore forward. The use of surface tension for spore ejection offers a new paradigm to perform work at small length scales....

We study the motion of a drop lying on a plate simultaneously submitted to horizontal and vertical harmonic vibrations. The two driving vibrations are adjusted to the same frequency, and according to their relative amplitude and phase difference ∆Φ, the drop experiences a controlled directed motion with a tunable velocity. We present a simple...

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By means of photoelasticity, we success in visualizing in real time the propagation of acoustic waves in a granular packing of cylinders. Our experimental procedure allows an access to the local state of stress of individual grains as a function of time with a good accuracy. We first present results on 1d chains of cylinders that are...