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Teaching
- Petites classes de Théorie des poutres (MEC 553), Ecole Polytechnique
- Petites classes de Fluides-structures (MEC 561), Ecole Polytechnique
- Petites classes de Mécanique des milieux continus (MEC 431), Ecole Polytechnique
- Tutorats de mécanique, EPSCI
Publications
My research interests are mainly nonlinear mechanics, buckling, rods, plates and shells theoriesElasticity and geometry: from hair curls to the nonlinear response of shells (book)
B. Audoly and Y. Pomeau. Oxford University Press, 600 pages, july 2010
A book on the nonlinear elasticity of rods, plates and shells. Now available for order.
Matched asymptotic expansions for twisted elastic knots: a self-contact problem with non-trivial contact topology
N. Clauvelin, B. Audoly, and S. Neukirch. J. Mech. Phys. Sold. (in press)
Analytical calculation of the shape of knot on an elastic rod, including the effect of twist. Some experiments are presented.
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Elasticity and electrostatics of plectonemic DNA
N. Clauvelin, B. Audoly, and S. Neukirch. Biophysical Journal, 2009 (in press)
Calculation of loading curves of single-molecule DNA under twist, including electrostatic interactions. Comparison with experiments are shown.
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Mechanical response of plectonemic DNA: An analytical solution
Discrete elastic rods
Law of spreading of the crest of a breaking wave
Buckling of a thin film bound to a compliant substrate (part 1). Formulation, linear stability of cylindrical patterns, secondary bifurcations
Buckling of a thin film bound to a compliant substrate (part 2). A global scenario for the formation of herringbone pattern
Buckling of a thin film bound to a compliant substrate (part 3). Herringbone solutions at large buckling parameter
Elastic knots
Super-helices for predicting the dynamics of natural hair
Fragmentation of rods by cascading cracks: Why spaghetti does not break in half
Cracks in thin sheets: When geometry rules the fracture path
Predicting natural hair shapes by solving the statics of flexible rods
Oscillatory fracture paths in thin elastic sheets
Self-similar structures near boundaries in strained systems
Correlation functions for inhomogeneous magnetic field in random media with application to a dense random pack of spheres
‘Ruban à godets’: an elastic model for ripples in plant leaves
The elastic torus: anomalous stiffness of shells with mixed type
Secondary buckling patterns of a thin plate under in-plane compression
Asymptotic study of the interfacial crack with friction
Mode-dependent toughness and the delamination of compressed thin films
Réaction-diffusion en écoulement stationnaire rapide
Elasticity and geometry (Chapter in book)
Stability of straight delamination blisters
Rigidifying curves on surfaces
PhD thesis
Elasticité et géométrie : de la rigidité des surfaces à la délamination en fil de téléphone
