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5 papers

physics.flu-dyn2026

Preferential orientation of slender elastic floaters in gravity waves

Wietze Herreman, Basile Dhote, Frederic Moisy

Slender floaters drifting in propagating gravity waves slowly rotate towards a preferential state of orientation with respect to the angle of incidence. This angular drift arises f…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Nonlinear synthetic Schlieren methods for free-surface topography measurement using telecentric imaging

Shimin Zhang, Frédéric Moisy, Wietze Herreman +1

Free-surface synthetic Schlieren (FS-SS) is a high-resolution, refraction-based optical technique for measuring the instantaneous elevation of a liquid interface. Under the assumpt…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Capillary effects on preferential orientation of floaters in gravity waves

Basile Dhote, Ewen Le Ster, Wietze Herreman +1

We study the influence of capillary effects on the motion of thin elastic plates denser than water drifting in propagating surface gravity waves. Such floaters experience a mean an…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Flexible floaters align with the direction of wave propagation

Basile Dhote, Frederic Moisy, Wietze Herreman

We investigate the slow, second order motion of thin flexible floating strips drifting in surface gravity waves. We introduce a diffractionless model (Froude-Krylov approximation)…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Preferential orientation of small floaters drifting in water waves

W. Herreman, B. Dhote, L. Danion +1

Elongated floaters drifting in propagating water waves slowly rotate towards a preferential orientation with respect to the direction of incidence. In this article, we study this p…