4 papers
Pressure and asymmetry govern the shape and stiffness of inflatables
Nathan Vani, Tom Joblin, Alejandro Ibarra +3
Inflatables made of thin sheets constitute a lightweight, scalable alternative to conventional soft robots. Since sheets are essentially inextensible while offering low resistance…
A single length scale rules ballistic aggregation: travels of a droplet train
Nathan Vani, Stefan Kooij, Aritro Mukherjee +3
Ballistic aggregation is a canonical non-equilibrium process, relevant across scales from granular gases to planetary accretion. Collisions are driven by differences in velocities,…
Suspensions of non-Brownian rods: droplet pinch-off, onset of heterogeneity and effective extensional viscosity
Virgile Thiévenaz, Nathan Vani, Alban Sauret
The stretching and pinch-off of a liquid bridge is a simple way to probe when a suspension of particles stops behaving as a continuum. In this study, we consider density-matched su…
Asymmetric Bending Boundary Layer: the -test
Nathan Vani, Alejandro Ibarra, José Bico +2
We investigate the mechanics of two asymmetric ribbons bound at one end and pulled apart at the other ends. We characterize the elastic junction near the bonding and conceptualize…