LEGI - UMR 5519

Laboratory experiments related to marine plastic pollution : a review of past work and future directions
Plastic pollution is a very active research topic for a wide variety of scientific (...)

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. (...)

Experiments in cryogenic helium : from quantum turbulence to thermal plumes
Cryogenic liquid helium-4 is the fluid with the lowest known kinematic viscosity (1e-8 m²/s) making it a fluid of (...)

From pore-scale processes to volcanic hazards : multiscale modeling of submarine landslides, tsunamis, and lava flows
Volcanic geophysical flows involve physical processes acting over a wide (...)

Simple active particles in simple flows : a complex behaviour
Particles are exposed to an external flow. We will consider very simple flows, such as linear or cellular flows. In the case of (...)

Linear+ modelling of turbulent shear flow
Abtsract attached
Contact Nathanaël Machicoane for more information or to schedule a discussion with the seminar (...)

Probing curved spacetime geometry in a giant quantum vortex flow
Gravity simulators are laboratory systems where small excitations like sound or surface waves behave as fields propagating on a (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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