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

Granular Media: Between Fluid and Solid
B. Andreotti, Y. Forterre and O. Pouliquen

2013 Cambridge University Press
(...) This book provides the state-of-the-art of the physics of granular media and recent advances in the field. The book presents the fundamental properties of granular materials: interactions between grains; solid, liquid and gaseous behaviours; coupling with a fluid; and sediment transport and formation of geological structures. (...).

Moving Contact Lines: Scales, Regimes and Transitions
Jacco Snoeijer and Andreotti B., Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 45, 26-{292. (2013)
Sand ripples and dunes
F. Charru, Andreotti B. and P. Claudin, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 45, 469-493 (2013)
Contact angles on a soft solid : from Young's law to Neumann's law
Marchand A., Das S., Snoeijer J.H. and Andreotti B., Phys. Rev. Lett.109, 236101 (2012)
Air Entrainment by Viscous Contact Lines
Marchand A., Chan T.S., Snoeijer J.H. and Andreotti B., Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 204501 (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)
Transition from viscous to inertial regime in dense suspensions
M. Trulsson, B. Andreotti and P. Claudin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 118305 (2012)
Shear flow of non-Brownian suspensions close to jamming
Andreotti B., Barrat J.L. and Heussinger C. Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 105901 (2012).

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.