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Starch solutions, which are strongly non-Newtonian, show a surface instability, when subjected to a load. A droplet of the fluid is sandwiched between two glass plates and a weight varying from 1 to 5 kgs. is placed on the top plate. The…
Acoustic waves in a slightly compressible fluid saturating porous periodic structure are studied using two complementary approaches: 1) the periodic homogenization (PH) method provides effective model equations for a general dynamic problem…
Light scattering from resonantly or nearly resonantly excited systems, known as resonance fluorescence, has been gaining importance as a versatile tool for investigating quantum states of matter and readout of quantum information, recently…
This report presents the realization and characterization of a robust composite resonator i.e. high overtone bulk acoustic wave resonator (HBAR) and the changes happening to the resonance peaks once it undergoes mass loading which has got…
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An elastic double pendulum subject to a force acting along a fixed straight line, the so-called "Reut's column problem", is a structure exhibiting flutter and divergence instability, which was never realized in practice and thus debated…
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We report experimental measurements on the rheology of a dry granular material under a weak level of vibration generated by sound injection. First, we measure the drag force exerted on a wire moving in the bulk. We show that when the…
Mechanical resonators featuring large tensile stress have enabled a range of experiments in quantum optomechanics and novel sensing. Many sensing applications require functionalizing tensioned resonators by appending additional mass to…
We experimentally study linear and nonlinear waves on the surface of a fluid covered by an elastic sheet where both tension and flexural waves take place. An optical method is used to obtain the full space-time wave field, and the…
The yielding of foams, concentrated emulsions, pastes and other soft materials under applied strain is often characterized by measuring the complex shear modulus as a function of strain amplitude at low frequency. Results obtained for…
Many microorganisms propel through complex media by deformations of their flagella. The beat is thought to emerge from interactions between forces of the surrounding fluid, passive elastic response from deformations of the flagellum, and…
We study the mobility of objects embedded in an immersed granular packing and subjected to cyclic loadings. In this aim, we conducted experiments using glass beads immersed in water and a horizontal plate subjected to a cyclic uplift force.…
The phenomenon of sequential vibrational resonance existed in a multistable system that is excited by both high- and low-frequency signals is reported. By the method of direct separation of motions, the theoretical investigation on…
With the help of the linearized perturbation theory, the collective beam instability due to the space charge, modelled by the Vlasov-Poisson equation, is well studied in the former research theoretically in a general sense [Chao Li and R.…
A variety of models describing the interaction between flows and oscillating structures are discussed. The main aim is to analyze conditions under which structural instability (flutter) induced by a fluid flow can be suppressed or…
We undertake a detailed numerical study of the twin phenomena of stochastic and vibrational resonance in a discrete model system in the presence of bichromatic input signal. A two parameter cubic map is used as the model that combines the…
Variable-amplitude oscillatory shear tests are emerging as powerful tools to investigate and quantify the nonlinear rheology of amorphous solids, complex fluids and biological materials. Quite a few recent experimental and atomistic…
Numerical simulations shed light on control of shear elastic wave propagation in plates structured with inertial resonators. The structural element is composed of a heavy core connected to the main freestanding plate through tiny ligaments.…