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XXI International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Warsaw, Poland, August 15-21, 2004
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Mechanics of Bidimensional Liquid Foams
| Benjamin Dollet (1), Francois Graner (1), Catherine Quilliet (1), Miguel Aubouy (2), Florence Elias (3) | | 1. Laboratoire de Spectrometrie Physique, Universite Grenoble, France | | 2. SI3M, France | | 3. Laboratoire des Milieux Desordonnes et Heterogenes, Universite Paris, France |
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An experimental study of foam flow is presented. A 2D foam is confined between a soap solution and a glass plate. It flows through a channel around an obstacle. This device enables to perform simultaneously external sollicitation, measurement of the response force and image analysis. We perform a systematic study of the drag exerted by the foam on the obstacle, {\it versus} the experimental control parameters: flow rate, bubble size and fluid fraction. Simultaneously, local velocity and stress fields are measured; we also measure a statistical strain field. The comparison of both types of measurements enables to study the link between local events and the global mechanical behaviour of the foam.
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