LEGI - UMR 5519

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The Laboratoire des Ecoulements Géophysiques et Industriels (LEGI) is a Joint Research Unit (UMR 5519) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (Grenoble INP) and the University Grenoble-Alpes (UGA)). LEGI carries out a wide range of research activities with a common ground: fluid mechanics and related transport phenomena.

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7 May 2026

Mardi 19 Mai 11h00 - LEGI Salle K118

François Graner, MSC

Research, growth and degrowth
After briefly recalling the biophysical limitations to the way humans occupy the planet, and defining economical growth and global degrowth, I will address three (...)

22 April 2026

Mardi 26 Mai 11h00 - LEGI Salle K118

Nathanael Schaeffer, ISTerre

Inertial wave turbulence vs turbulent convection in planetary cores
Planetary cores are subject to large temperature differences that can drive turbulent thermal convection. But they are also (...)

14 April 2026

Mardi 5 Mai 11h00 - LEGI Salle K118

Tim Colonius, Caltech

Simulating bubbles and their role in shockwave and ultrasound therapies
High-intensity acoustic waves are increasingly used to manipulate matter in biological settings, with applications ranging (...)

14 April 2026

Mardi 12 Mai 11h00 - LEGI Salle K118

Romain Vallon, SIMaP

Interfaces and turbulence: fragmentation, Marangoni and internal gravity waves
Interfacial tension plays a crucial role in multiphase configurations as for fragmentation and Marangoni flows. (...)

11 April 2026

Mardi 9 Juin 11h00 - LEGI Salle K118

Clovis Lambert, LEGI

Studying turbulent flows with DNS: from faster pseudo-spectral algorithms to anisotropic Kolmogorov laws
This talk presents two complementary advances in the numerical study of turbulent flows. (...)