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Stick-slip phenomena and Schallamach waves captured using reversible cohesive elements
Jean-François Molinari, Thibault Didier Roch, Evelyne Pélagie Ringoot
Reversibility is of paramount importance in the correct representation of surface peeling in various physical settings, ranging from motility in nature, to gripping devices in robotic applications, and even to sliding of tectonic plates. Modeling the detac ...
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2021Earthquake energy budget
Earthquakes occur on planar faults that often mark the boundaries between tectonic plates that collide or slide against each other. During an earthquake, sudden slip on the fault releases elastic energy stored in the earth's crust or upper mantle, resultin ...
2020Origin of High-Frequency Radiation During Laboratory Earthquakes
François Xavier Thibault Passelègue
We monitor dynamic rupture propagation during laboratory stick-slip experiments performed on saw-cut Westerly granite under upper crustal conditions (10-90 MPa). Spectral analysis of high-frequency acoustic waveforms provided evidence that energy radiation ...
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION2019Influence of heterogeneities on crack propagation
Jean-François Molinari, Okan Yilmaz, Jérémy Bleyer
The influence of material heterogeneities is studied in the context of dynamic failure. We consider a pre-strained plate problem, the homogeneous case of which has been widely studied both experimentally and numerically. This setup is used to isolate the e ...
2018Sampling the Multiple Facets of Light
The theme of this thesis revolves around three important manifestations of light, namely its corpuscular, wave and electromagnetic nature. Our goal is to exploit these principles to analyze, design and build imaging modalities by developing new signal proc ...
EPFL2018Effects of chordwise flexibility on 2D flapping foils used as an energy extraction device
The effects of chordwise pressure- and inertia-driven deformations on the power extraction potential of a kinematically constrained oscillating thin plate that undergoes a heaving and pitching motion are investigated. 2D fully coupled fluid-structure inter ...
Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd2017Double-layered timber plate shell. International Journal of Space Structures
Yves Weinand, Mark Pauly, Christopher Werner Matthias Robeller, Mina Konakovic Lukovic, Mira Dedijer
This article presents a new lightweight construction system for doubly curved shells made from timber plates, inspired by the masonry vaults of Eladio Dieste. The system was developed for a specific case-study project, and general applications to other fre ...
2017Passive flow control valve for protein delivery
Philippe Renaud, Harald Van Lintel
Passive ow control valves are usually intended to deliver or drain a uid at a constant rate independently of pressure variations. Micro uidic devices made of a stack of two plates are considered here: the rst plate comprises a exible silicon membrane havin ...
2017Acoustic emission source detection and wave generation on a working plate using piezoelectric actuators
In modern automated assembly lines, part feeders play an important role to separate and sort parts. Agility and flexibility are required to achieve a good yield for different types of parts. The common working principle is to vibrate a working plate driven ...
EPFL2017A Double-Layered Timber Plate Shell - Computational Methods for Assembly, Prefabrication, and Structural Design
Yves Weinand, Mark Pauly, Christopher Werner Matthias Robeller, Mina Konakovic Lukovic, Mira Dedijer
This paper presents a new lightweight construction system for doubly-curved shells, built from two interconnected layers of structural wood veneer plates. The system uses integral through-tenon joints for a fast, precise, and simple assembly, allowing for ...
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