5 papers
On the rectification of oscillatory flows by flexible leaflets in a confined geometry
Omar Abukabsha, Simon Gsell, Martin Brandenbourger
Inspired by biological systems, extensive research has explored how fluid-structure interactions in compliant channels and confined geometries control fluid transport. While local…
Real time monitoring of pressure-induced deformation of PDMS to evaluate pressure distribution in microfluidic channels
Kiran Acharya, Serge Monneret, Martin Brandenbourger +1
Accurate pressure measurements in micrometric channels are essential for a wide range of microfluidic applications. Existing approaches rely on a variety of sensing mechanisms, but…
Spontaneous Emergence of Solitary Waves in Active Flow Networks with Elastic Elements
Rodrigo Fernández-Quevedo GarcÃa, Gonçalo Cruz Antunes, Jens Harting +6
Flow networks are fundamental for understanding systems such as animal and plant vasculature or power distribution grids. These networks can encode, transmit, and transform informa…
Unidirectional flow from continuous broken symmetries
Aaron Winn, Justine Parmentier, Eleni Katifori +1
Locally broken symmetries are used across fields to transport matter, particles and information in preferential directions. Beyond local mechanisms, spatially distributed nonlinear…
Non-reciprocal breathing solitons
Jonas Veenstra, Oleksandr Gamayun, Martin Brandenbourger +4
Breathing solitons consist of a fast beating wave within a compact envelope of stable shape and velocity. They can propagate and carry information and energy in a variety of contex…