Session M10a

MECHANICS OF NEW MATERIALS FOR EVERYDAY LIFE

Thursday 10:20 - 12:20, ECCR 1B40

Session Chairs:  Anne Dussaud and Eugene Pashkovski

10:20 L.J. Gibson, M.F. Ashby, and Easterling, “The structure and mechanics of cork”

11:00  A.Jagota, M.K. Chaudhury, N.J. Glassmaker, and C.Y. Hui, “Contact and adhesion mechanics of biomimetic fibrillar interfaces”

11:20 L. Wilen, A. Lips, A. Post, Y.Yarovoy, “Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy of sumptuous soft solid”

11:40 J.Ding, A. Akay, A. Lips, and F. Tsaur, “Observation of bubble oscillation induced by bubble breaking with acoustic method”

12:00 B. Echols, J. Ding, A. Dussaud, and A. Akay, “Toward understanding the mechanics of touch involved in texture recognition”

Session M10b

MECHANICS OF NEW MATERIALS FOR EVERYDAY LIFE

Thursday 1:00 - 3: 00, ECCR 1B40

Session Chairs:  Larry Wilen and Anne Dussaud

1:00 D.A. Weitz, J. Conrad, P.J. Lu, and H.Wyss, “Structuring of fluids for control of mechanical properties”

1:40 C.S. O' Hern, G.J. Gao, and N. Xu, “Computational and theoretical studies of jamming in soft materials”

2:00 E.E. Pashkovski and P. Pimenta, “Mechanical instabilities in complex liquids : liquid crystals and rod-like micelles”

2:20 A. Colin and P. Guillot, “High through-put measurements of rheological properties”

2:40 P.A. Kralchevsky, K.D. Danov, N.C. Christov, and  M.P. Boneva, “Electric forces between particles at an oil-water interface at an oil-water interface in relation to pickering emulsions”

Session M10c

MECHANICS OF NEW MATERIALS FOR EVERYDAY LIFE

Thursday 3:20 - 4: 20, ECCR 1B40

Session Chairs:  Anne Dussaud and Eugene Pashkovski

3:20 M. Vignes-Adler, “Formation and collapse of champagne foam”

4:00 S. Berg and S.M. Troian, “Rising plumes, layering transitions and squeeze-out patterns in soap films”