MEchanics GAthering –MEGA- Seminar: Intro + Unstable waves on a liquid filament

Speaker: <a href="https://people.epfl.ch/gregoire.lelay">Grégoire Le Lay</a> (<a href="https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lfmi/">LFMI</a>, EPFL) Organiser: MEGA.Seminar Organizing Committee <p>Following a brief introduction and welcome from the MEGA seminar committee there will be an inaugural short seminar.<br> <br> <strong>Abstract</strong>: We investiagte the nonlinear dynamics of a thin liquid stream flowing between two parallel glass plates that are narrowly spaced (forming what is known as a<br> Hele-Shaw cell). The behavior of this rivulet is governed by a complex coupling between the internal flow and the geometry of the capillary interfaces. The competition between gravity, inertia, capillarity, and viscosity in this system leads to a rich variety of dynamical regimes