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Stabilized Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation: A useful model for secondary instabilities and related dynamics of experimental one-dimensional cellular flows
We report numerical simulations of one-dimensional cellular solutions of the
stabilized Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation. This equation offers a range of
generic behavior in pattern-forming instabilities of moving interfaces, such as
a host of secondary instabilities or transition toward disorder. We compare
some of these collective behaviors to those observed in experiments. In
particular, destabilization scenarios of bifurcated states are studied in a
spatially semi-extended situation, which is common in realistic patterns, but
has been barely explored so far.Comment: 4 pages, 14 figure
Vibration-induced climbing of drops
We report an experimental study of liquid drops moving against gravity, when
placed on a vertically vibrating inclined plate, which is partially wetted by
the drop. The frequency of vibrations ranges from 30 to 200 Hz, and, above a
threshold in vibration acceleration, drops experience an upward motion. We
attribute this surprising motion to the deformations of the drop, as a
consequence of an up or down symmetry breaking induced by the presence of the
substrate. We relate the direction of motion to contact angle measurements.
This phenomenon can be used to move a drop along an arbitrary path in a plane,
without special surface treatments or localized forcing.Comment: 4 pages, 7 figure
Droplets displacement and oscillations induced by ultrasonic surface acoustic waves: a quantitative study
We present an experimental study of a droplet interacting with an ultrasonic
surface acoustic wave (SAW). Depending on the amplitude of the wave, the drop
can either experience an internal flow with its contact-line pinned, or (at
higher amplitude) move along the direction of the wave also with internal flow.
Both situations appear together with oscillations of the drop free-surface. The
physical origins of the internal mixing flow as well as the drop displacement
and surface waves are still not well understood. In order to give insights of
the underlying physics involved in these phenomena, we carried out an
experimental and numerical study. The results suggest that the surface
deformation of the drop can be related as a combination between acoustic
streaming effect and radiation pressure inside the drop.Comment: 9 pages, 14 figures. To appear in Physical Review
To grate a liquid into tiny droplets by its impact on a hydrophobic micro-grid
We report on experiments of drop impacting a hydrophobic micro-grid, of
typical spacing a few tens of m. Above a threshold in impact speed, liquid
emerges to the other side, forming micro-droplets of size about that of the
grid holes. We propose a method to produce either a mono-disperse spray or a
single tiny droplet of volume as small as a few picoliters corresponding to a
volume division of the liquid drop by a factor of up to 10. We also discuss
the discrepancy of the measured thresholds with that predicted by a balance
between inertia and capillarity.Comment: 3 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in Applied Physics
Letter
From the stress response function (back) to the sandpile `dip'
We relate the pressure `dip' observed at the bottom of a sandpile prepared by
successive avalanches to the stress profile obtained on sheared granular layers
in response to a localized vertical overload. We show that, within a simple
anisotropic elastic analysis, the skewness and the tilt of the response profile
caused by shearing provide a qualitative agreement with the sandpile dip
effect. We conclude that the texture anisotropy produced by the avalanches is
in essence similar to that induced by a simple shearing -- albeit tilted by the
angle of repose of the pile. This work also shows that this response function
technique could be very well adapted to probe the texture of static granular
packing.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figures, accepted version to appear in Eur. Phys. J.
Conceptual Frameworks for Multimodal Social Signal Processing
This special issue is about a research area which is developing rapidly. Pentland gave it a name which has become widely used, âSocial Signal Processingâ (SSP for short), and his phrase provides the title of a European project, SSPnet, which has a brief to consolidate the area. The challenge that Pentland highlighted was understanding the nonlinguistic signals that serve as the basis for âsubconscious discussions between humans about relationships, resources, risks, and rewardsâ. He identified it as an area where computational research had made interesting progress, and could usefully make more
The electron's dance
A joint Fermilab/SLAC publicationParis' Trocadéro science exhibition allows science enthusiasts to see--and even control--a real electron accelerator
GeneraciĂłn automĂĄtica de contornos de nivel
En este trabajo se realiza un estudio comparativo de los principales algoritmos para generaciĂłn de contornos de nivel desarrollados hasta la fecha. Las comparaciones realizadas evaluan los algoritmos bajo los criterios de tiempo de cĂĄlculo y calidad de los contornos de nivel generados.Peer Reviewe
Transonic liquid bells
http://www.irphe.univ-mrs.fr/~clanet/PaperFile/PHFBell.pdfThe shape of a liquid bell resulting from the overflow of a viscous liquid out of a circular dish is investigated experimentally and theoretically. The main property of this bell is its ability to sustain the presence of a ââtransonic point,'' where the liquid velocity equals the speed of antisymmetricâor sinuousâsurface waves. Their shape and properties are thus rather different from usual ââhypersonic'' water bells. We first show that the bell shape can be calculated very accurately, starting from the sonic point.We then demonstrate the extreme sensitivity of the shape of these bells to the difference of pressure across the interface, making them a perfect barometer. Finally, we discuss the oscillations of the bell which occur close to the bursting limit
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