4 papers
Comment on ``Force Balance at the Transition from Selective Withdrawal to Viscous Entrainment
J. Eggers, S. Courrech du Pont
Comment on paper by Blanchette and Zhang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 144501 (2009).
The filling law: a general framework for leaf shape diversity and its consequences on folded leaves
Etienne Couturier, Sylvain Courrech du Pont, Stéphane Douady
Leaves are packed in a bud in different ways, being flat, enrolled, or folded, but always filling the whole bud volume. This « filling law » has many consequences, in particular on…
Steric Constraints as a Global Regulation of Growing Leaf Shape
Etienne Couturier, Sylvain Courrech du Pont, Stephane Douady
Shape is one of the important characteristics for the structures observed in living organisms. Whereas biologists have proposed models where the shape is controlled on a molecular…
Wall effects on granular heap stability
S. Courrech du Pont, P. Gondret, B. Perrin +1
We investigate the effects of lateral walls on the angle of movement and on the angle of repose of a granular pile. Our experimental results for beads immersed in water are similar…