LEGI - UMR 5519

Modelling geophysical mass flows : current challenges and insights from well-controlled experiments
Numerical modelling of geophysical mass flows such as debris flows, rock avalanches, or snow (...)

Homogeneous turbophoresis of heavy particles in turbulent flow
Dispersed particles suspended in turbulent flows are commonly encountered in natural and industrial settings, taking the form of (...)

Fluid dynamics of the human nose : where surgery meets flow control
The airflow in the nose is a challenging fluid dynamical problem, with major importance in terms of incidence of pathologies (...)

Experimental observation of gapped internal gravity waves in a periodic stratification
Stratified fluids such as the ocean or the atmosphere can carry internal gravity waves that can transport (...)

Better airtanker firefighting : a challenge for fluid dynamics
Airtanker firefighting is a fascinating tool operated to fight wildland fires. Airtankers are based on aircraft or helicopters and (...)

Dimanche 8 Octobre avait lieu l’Ekiden de Grenoble, un marathon en relais de 6 coureurs (5 + 10 + 5 + 10 + 5 + 7.195 = 42.195 km).
12 valeureux coureurs s’étaient engagés pour représenter le LEGI et (...)

Microstreaming induced by acoustic bubbles for sonoporation
When a bubble is driven by an acoustic wave, the bubble may begin to oscillate stably under certain conditions. When an excitation (...)

Filtration and fundamental fluid mechanics inspired by the manta ray
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems account for about 20% of energy consumption in the US of which at (...)

Using Lagrangian stationarisation to connect inhomogeneous turbulence in a free shear jet to idealised homogeneous isotropic turbulence
A fundamental study of a particle-laden free-shear jet is (...)

A vertically-Lagrangian, non-hydrostatic, multilayer model for multiscale free-surface flows
I will present a semi-discrete, multilayer set of equations describing the three-dimensional motion (...)