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XXI International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Warsaw, Poland, August 15-21, 2004

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


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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