Instabilities and Fluid Dynamics

Presentations

• Low Frequency Oscillations in the Upper Atmosphere

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 7:00 AM – March 11, 2008, 7:12 AM

  Authors

  • Sudip Sen

    • Kyoto University, Japan \& Delhi University, India

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• Capillary-controlled instability in immiscible, parallel flow in porous media

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 7:12 AM – March 11, 2008, 7:24 AM

  Authors

  • Thomas Ramstad

    • Department of Physics, NTNU, N-7491 Trondheim and Numerical Rocks AS, Stiklestadveien 1, N-7041 Trondheim, Norway

  • Alex Hansen

    • Department of Physics, NTNU, N-7491 Trondheim and Numerical Rocks AS, Stiklestadveien 1, N-7041 Trondheim, Norway

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• Stability of multi-layer Hele-Shaw flows with and without diffusion

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 7:24 AM – March 11, 2008, 7:36 AM

  Authors

  • Prabir Daripa

    • Texas A\&M University

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• Meandering instability of a rivulet on a partially wetting incline

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 7:36 AM – March 11, 2008, 7:48 AM

  Authors

  • Adrian Daerr

    • MSC*, Denis-Diderot-University of Paris

  • Laurent Limat

    • MSC*, CNRS \& Denis-Diderot-University of Paris

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• A quasi 2-D molecular dynamics study of the initiation and evolution of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 7:48 AM – March 11, 2008, 8:00 AM

  Authors

  • Kyle Caspersen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Robert Rudd

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • David Richards

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • James Glosli

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • John Gunnels

    • IBM

  • Frederick Streitz

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

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• A fully 3-D molecular dynamics study of the initiation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 8:00 AM – March 11, 2008, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Robert E. Rudd

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Kyle Caspersen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • D.F. Richards

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • J.N. Glosli

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • J.A. Gunnels

    • IBM

  • F.H. Streitz

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Bubble Pinch-off at High Pressures

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 8:12 AM – March 11, 2008, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • J.C. Burton

    • University of California, Irvine

  • P. Taborek

    • University of California, Irvine

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• First order phase transition in the height of a meniscus in a tapered capillary

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 8:24 AM – March 11, 2008, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Michael Pettersen

    • Washington and Jefferson College

  • Etienne Rolley

    • Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Superieure

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• Luminescence from Laser-Induced Bubbles in Water-Glycerol Mixtures: Effect of Viscosity

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 8:36 AM – March 11, 2008, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Erin Englert

    • Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA

  • Allison McCarn

    • Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA

  • Gary A. Williams

    • UCLA
    • Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA

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• Hysteretic and Chaotic Dynamics of Viscous Drops in Creeping Flows with Rotation

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 8:48 AM – March 11, 2008, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Yuan-Nan Young

    • Depatment of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • Jerzy Blawzdziewicz

    • Yale University
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Physics, Yale University
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University

  • Vittorio Cristini

    • University of Texas, Houston

  • Roy Goodman

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• A Temporal Period Doubling Route to Spatiotemporal Chaos in a System of Amplitude Equations for the Nematic Electroconvection

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 9:00 AM – March 11, 2008, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Iuliana Oprea

    • Colorado State University

  • Gerhard Dangelmayr

    • Colorado State University

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• Angular momentum transport in complex fluids

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 9:12 AM – March 11, 2008, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Xiaoyu Zheng

    • Kent State University

  • Peter Palffy-Muhoray

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU

  • Michael Shelley

    • Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU

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• Particle Dynamics in Bi-Disperse Liquid Fluidized Beds

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 9:24 AM – March 11, 2008, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Phil Segre

    • Emory University Physics Dep

  • Gary L. Hunter

    • Emory University
    • Emory Univ. Physics Dep.

  • James Davidheiser

    • Emory Univ. Physics Dep.

  • Elizabeth Baker

    • Emory Univ. Physics Dep.

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• Polygonal hydraulic jump on microtextured surfaces

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 9:36 AM – March 11, 2008, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Emilie Dressaire

    • SEAS, Harvard University

  • Laurent Courbin

    • SEAS, Harvard University

  • Jerome Crest

    • Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, MIT

  • Howard A. Stone

    • SEAS, Harvard University

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• Enstrophy-constrained stability analysis of beta-plane Kolmogorov flow with drag

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 9:48 AM – March 11, 2008, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Yue-Kin Tsang

    • Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

  • William Young

    • Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

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