Internship and thesis proposals
Macroscopic friction of fibrous assemblies

Domaines
Soft matter
Physics of liquids
Physics of living systems

Type of internship
Théorique, numérique
Description
The objective of the internship is to study numerically the stability of heaps of entangled fibres under gravity, and investigate the impact of microscopic quantities (length and natural curvature of the fibres, friction between fibres) on the limit angle attainable with static macroscopic heaps. These numerical experiments will in particular help identify the relevant non-dimensional microscopic parameters which control the macroscopic static friction of the medium.

Contact
Thibaut METIVET
Laboratory : INRIA Grenoble -
Team : ELAN
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