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physics.flu-dyn2017★ 27 cited
Unsteady wave pattern generation by water striders
Thomas Steinmann, Maxence Arutkin, Précillia Cochard +3
We perform an experimental and theoretical study of the wave pattern generated by the leg strokes of water striders during a propulsion cycle. Using the synthetic Schlieren method,…
cond-mat.soft2017★ 23 cited
Elastocapillary Levelling of Thin Viscous Films on Soft Substrates
Marco Rivetti, Vincent Bertin, Thomas Salez +6
A thin liquid film with non-zero curvature at its free surface spontaneously flows to reach a flat configuration, a process driven by Laplace pressure gradients and resisted by the…