The Morphodynamics Lab
We are working on the way forms appear spontaneouly in Nature. We have worked on different questions regarding dunes, avalanches, sand ripples, but also the dynamics of droplets, the venation of leaves, etc...

Recent Publications

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  Les milieux granulaires, entre fluide et solide B. Andreotti, Y. Forterre and O. Pouliquen 2011 EDP Sciences, Collection Savoirs Actuels Sable, riz, sucre, neige, ciment... La matière en grains nous est familière et abonde dans nos cuisines, dans la nature et de nombreux procédés industriels. Cet ouvrage présente les propriétés fondamentales des milieux granulaires, discute les différents comportements solide, liquide et gaz qu'ils peuvent avoir, et aborde les problématique géophysiques du transport de sédiment et de la géomorphologie.

  
  
• Sonic Sands (Review Article)
  Andreotti B., Rep. Prog. Phys. 75 026602 (2012)
  
  
• Sand ripples and dunes (Review Article)
  F. Charru, Andreotti B. and P. Claudin, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (2013)
  
  
• Moving Contact Lines: Scales, Regimes and Transitions (Review Article)
  Jacco Snoeijer and Andreotti B., Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (2013)
  
  
• On aeolian transport: grain-scale interactions, dynamical mechanisms and scaling laws (Review Article)
  O. Duran, P. Claudin and B. Andreotti, Aeolian Research 3, 243-270 (2011)
  
  
• Air Entrainment by Viscous Contact Lines
  Marchand A., Chan T.S., Snoeijer J.H. and Andreotti B. Phys. Rev. Lett. (2012)
  
  
• Capillary Pressure and Contact Line Force on a Soft Solid
  Marchand A., Das S., Snoeijer J.H. and Andreotti B., Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 094301 (2012)
  
  
• Shear flow of non-Brownian suspensions close to jamming
  Andreotti B., Barrat J.L. and Heussinger C. Phys. Rev. Lett. (2012).
  
  
• Booming dune instability
  B. Andreotti and L. Bonneau, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 238001 (2009).
  
  
• Giant aeolian dune size determined by the average depth of the atmospheric boundary layer
  B. Andreotti, P. Claudin, A. Fourrière, F. Ould-Kadddour & B. Murray, Nature, 457, 1120-1123 (2009).
  
  
• Field evidence for surface-wave-induced instability of sand dunes
  H. Elbelrhiti, P. Claudin and B. Andreotti, Nature 437, 720 (2005).
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