Some Recent Publications

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Publications and Preprints

Dunes

•   Corridors of barchan dunes: stability and size selection

• A two species model of aeolian sand transport}

B. Andreotti, A two species model of aeolian sand transport, to appear in Jou. Fluid. Mech. (2004)
[pdf (556 kB), abstract ]
 
• Relevent lengthscale of barchan dunes.

P. Hersen, S. Douady and B. Andreotti, Relevent lengthscale of barchan dunes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 264301 (2002).
+Physical Review Focus
[pdf (116 kB), abstract ]
 
• Selection of dune shapes and velocities.

Part 1: Dynamics of sand, wind and barchans.
B. Andreotti, P. Claudin P. and S. Douady  Selection of dune shapes and velocities. Part 1 : Dynamics of sand, wind and barchans, Eur. Phys. Jou. B 28, 321-329 (2002).
[pdf (4.9 MB), abstract ]
 
• Selection of dune shapes and velocities.

Part 2: A two-dimensional modelling.
B. Andreotti, P. Claudin P. and S. Douady  Selection of dune shapes and velocities. Part 2 : A two-dimensional modelling, Eur. Phys. Jou. B 28, 341-352 (2002).
[pdf (640 kB), abstract ]

• The leaf venation as formed in a tensorial field

 Y. Couder, L. Pauchard, C. Allain, M. Adda-Bedia  and S. Douady, A constitutive property of the local organization of leaf venation networks, Eur. Phys. Jou. B 28, 135-138 (2002).
[pdf (480 kB), abstract ]
 
 
• A constitutive property of the local organization of leaf venation networks

S.Bohn, B. Andreotti, S. Douady, J.Munzinger and Y. Couder, A constitutive property of the local organization of leaf venation networks, to appear in Phys. Rev E 65 , 061914.(2002).
[pdf (2,9 MB), abstract ]

Granular flows
 

• On dense granular flows

G.D.R. MIDI (collective work), On dense granular flows, to appear in Eur. Phys. Jou. E (2004)
[pdf , abstract]

• Dynamique des avalanches

A. Daerr, Dynamique des avalanches, PhD thesis, Université Paris 7, Paris (2001).
[pdf (12.2 MB), abstract ]
 
• Selection of velocity profile and flowing depth in granular flows

B. Andreotti and S. Douady, Selection of velocity profile and flowing depth in granular flows, Phys. Rev. E, 63, 031305(8), (2001)
[pdf , abstract , Physical Review E]
 
• On scaling laws in granular flows down a rough plane

B. Andreotti, A. Daerr and S. Douady, On scaling laws in granular flows down a rough plane, Phys. Fluids 14, 415-418 (2002).
[pdf (1010 kB), abstract ]
 
• Dynamics of a grain on a sandpile model

L. Quartier, B. Andreotti, S. Douady and A. Daerr, Dynamics of a grain on a sandpile model, Phys. Rev. E 62, 8299-8307 (2000).
[pdf (590 kB), abstract , Physical Review E]
 
• Dynamical equilibrium of avalanches on a rough plane

A. Daerr, Dynamical equilibrium of avalanches on a rough plane, Phys. Fluids, 13, 2115-2125  (2001).
[pdf (4300 kB), abstract ]
 
• On granular surface flow equations

S. Douady, B. Andreotti and A. Daerr, On granular surface flow equations, Eur. Phys. Jou. B 11, 131-142 (1999).
[pdf (990 kB), abstract ]
 
• Two types of avalanche behaviour in granular media

A. Daerr and S. Douady, Two types of avalanche behaviour in granular media, Nature 399, 241-243 (1999).
[pdf (540 kB), abstract ]
 
• Sensitivity of granular surface flows on preparation

A. Daerr and S. Douady, Sensitivity of granular surface flows on preparation, Europhys. Lett. 47, 324-330 (1999).
[pdf (700 kB), abstract ]
 
• Formation of sandpiles, avalanches on an inclined plane

S. Douady and A. Daerr, Formation of sandpiles, avalanches on an inclined plane, in Physics of Dry Granular Media, H.J. Herrman, J.P. Hovi and S.Luding eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers (Netherlands), 339-346 (1998).
[pdf (700 KB), abstract ]

Miscellaneaous

• A self-adaptative oscillator.

A. Boudaoud, Y. Couder and M. Ben Amar, A self-adaptative oscillator, Eur. Phys. Jou. B 9, 159-165 (1999).
[pdf (516 kB), abstract ]
 
• Self-adaptation in vibrating soap films

A. Boudaoud, Y. Couder and M. Ben Amar, Self-adaptation in vibrating soap films, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3847-3850 (1999).
[pdf (260 kB), abstract ]
 
• Shape of drops sliding down an inclined surface

L. Limat, T. Podgorski, J.M. Flesselles, M. Fermigier, S. Moal, H.A. Stone, S.K. Wilson and B. Andreotti, Shape of drops sliding down an inclined surface, Proceedings (2001).
[abstract ]

Bubbles under Stress
S. Bohn, preprint (2003).
[pdf (260 kB), abstract ]

Turbulence and vortex dynamics

• Oscillating structures in a stretched-compressed vortex

M. Abid, B. Andreotti, S. Douady and C. Nore, Oscillating structures in a stretched-compressed vortex,  J. Fluid Mech.450, 207-233 (2002).
[pdf (1200 kB), abstract ]
 
• An experiment on two aspects of the interaction between strain and vorticity

B. Andreotti, S. Douady and Y. Couder, An experiment on two aspects of the interaction between strain and vorticity, J. Fluid Mech.444, 151-174 (2001)
[pdf (1400 kB), abstract ]
 
• From dynamical mechanisms in the physical space to a statistical description of turbulent energy cascade

B. Andreotti, From dynamical mechanisms in the physical space to a statistical description of turbulent energy cascade, Preprint (1999).
[pdf (196 kB), abstract ]
 

• Dynamics of singularities in a constrained elastic plate

A. Boudaoud, P. Patricio, Y. Couder and M. Ben Amar, Dynamics of singularities in a constrained elastic plate, Nature 407, 718-720 (2000).
[pdf (604 kB), abstract ]
 
• Singular thin viscous sheet

A. Boudaoud and S. Chaïeb, Singular thin viscous sheet, Phys. Rev. E 64, 050601(R) (2001).
[pdf (124 kB), abstract ]
 
• Discrete Stress-Field in two-dimensional Soap Foams

S. Bohn, Discrete Stress-Field in two-dimensional Soap Foams, preprint (2002).
[pdf (376 kB), abstract ]