From suppression of fingering to wrinkly fingers under elastic membranes

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• Dr. Draga Pihler-Puzovic, University of Manchester
• Friday 20 February 2015, 14:00-15:00
• Physics East 217.

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If an air bubble displaces a viscous liquid in a narrow gap between two plates, the interface between the bubble and the liquid tends to lose symmetry. This will lead to the formation of interfacial patterns called viscous fingering that are similar to snowflakes and dendrites. We will show how by tinkering with parts of the system (for example, by making the plates elastic), we can discover a surprising range of new phenomena: from suppression of viscous fingers to fluid-incused wrinkling of elastic sheets.

This talk is part of the Condensed Matter Physics Seminars series.

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