Computational methods have given fresh impetus to the mathematics of minimal surfaces and its applications. In particular the theory of liquid foams, which has its roots in the work of Plateau in the 19th century, has been greatly advanced. The Surface Evolver software developed by Ken Brakke and others has been particularly valuable. The subject remains a fertile ground for interaction between pure and applied mathematicians, physicists and engineers, using mathematical analysis and extensive simulations.
In addition to the further analysis of equilibrium foam structure, physical properties associated with coarsening, drainage, rheology and collapse are actively debated. These are of widespread industrial interest (detergents, foods and beverages, defoaming).
The programme will progress from the theory of minimal surfaces and discrete geometry to a wide range of techniques and applications, and will include related fields (emulsions, biophysics, solid foams).
Click here to download the programme's final scientific report
Title | Year | Programme | |
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Dynamics of Structural Transformations between Lamellar and Inverse Bicontinuous Cubic Lyotropic PhasesAuthors: Richard Templer, FRSC |
2002 | FMS | 2 March 2017 |
Kinetics and mechanism of the interconversion of inverse bicontinuous cubic mesophasesAuthors: Richard Templer, FRSC |
2002 | FMS | 2 March 2017 |
Periodicity of cell pressures in periodic foamsAuthors: N Kern, Simon Cox, Denis Weaire |
2002 | FMS | 21 October 2016 |
30 July 2002 to 30 July 2002
24 February 2014 to 28 February 2014
Wednesday 31st July 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 11:45 | Room 2 | ||
12:00 to 12:30 |
Jean Taylor Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
Room 2 | |
15:45 to 16:30 |
Jean Taylor Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
Room 2 |
Thursday 1st August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 11:45 |
Stephen Hyde Australian National University |
Room 2 | |
11:45 to 12:15 |
Andrejs Cebers |
Room 2 |
Friday 2nd August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 11:45 |
Thomas Hales University of Pittsburgh |
Room 2 | |
11:45 to 12:15 |
Rob Kusner University of Massachusetts |
Room 2 |
Monday 5th August 2002 | |||
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14:15 to 14:50 | Room 2 | ||
14:50 to 15:25 |
Christophe Oguey |
Room 2 | |
16:00 to 17:00 |
Thomas Hales University of Pittsburgh |
Room 2 |
Tuesday 6th August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 11:45 | Room 2 | ||
11:45 to 12:15 |
Andrew Kraynik Sandia National Laboratories |
Room 2 |
Wednesday 7th August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 11:45 |
Francois Graner |
Room 2 | |
11:45 to 12:15 |
James Glazier University of Notre Dame |
Room 2 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Renaud Delannay |
Room 2 |
Thursday 8th August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 11:45 |
Douglas Reinelt Southern Methodist University |
Room 2 | |
11:45 to 12:15 |
Kwokyip Szeto |
Room 2 | |
15:00 to 15:30 |
Andrejs Cebers |
Room 2 | |
15:30 to 16:00 |
Rob Kusner University of Massachusetts |
Room 2 | |
16:00 to 16:30 |
Frank Morgan Williams College |
Room 2 |
Friday 9th August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 11:45 |
Nick Rivier University of Strasbourg |
Room 2 | |
11:45 to 12:15 |
Michael Monastyrsky ITEP (Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics) |
Room 2 |
Monday 12th August 2002 | |||
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13:45 to 14:15 |
Andrew Kraynik Sandia National Laboratories |
Room 2 | |
14:15 to 14:50 |
Rafi Blumenfeld Imperial College London |
Room 2 | |
14:50 to 15:10 |
Simon Cox Aberystwyth University |
Room 2 | |
15:10 to 15:30 |
Metal foam processing for fine cells: modelling and experimental observations |
Room 2 | |
16:00 to 17:00 |
Mike Ashby University of Cambridge |
Room 2 |
Tuesday 13th August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 11:45 |
Pablo Padilla |
Room 2 | |
11:45 to 12:00 |
Michael Monastyrsky ITEP (Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics) |
Room 2 |
Wednesday 14th August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 11:45 |
Howard Stone Harvard University |
Room 2 | |
11:45 to 12:00 |
Simon Cox Aberystwyth University |
Room 2 | |
12:00 to 12:15 |
Stephan Koehler Harvard University |
Room 2 | |
14:00 to 14:15 |
Stephen Neethling Imperial College London |
Room 2 | |
14:15 to 14:30 |
Douglas Durian University of Pennsylvania |
Room 2 |
Thursday 15th August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 11:35 |
Michael Loewenberg Stanford University |
Room 2 | |
11:35 to 11:55 |
Richard Charles Darton University of Oxford |
Room 2 | |
11:55 to 12:15 |
Elie Raphael Collège de France |
Room 2 | |
14:15 to 14:30 |
Denis Weaire Trinity College Dublin |
Room 2 | |
14:45 to 15:30 |
Discussion of couplings (drainage \& rheology, drainage \& coarsening etc) |
Room 2 |
Monday 19th August 2002 | |||
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14:00 to 14:45 |
Andrea Jo-wei Liu |
Room 1 | |
14:45 to 15:30 |
Chris Petrie University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
Room 1 | |
16:00 to 17:00 |
Sam Edwards University of Cambridge |
Room 1 |
Tuesday 20th August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 11:45 |
Andrew Kraynik Sandia National Laboratories |
Room 1 | |
11:45 to 12:15 | Room 1 |
Wednesday 21st August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 11:45 |
Frank Morgan Williams College |
Room 1 | |
11:45 to 12:15 |
Rob Kusner University of Massachusetts |
Room 1 | |
14:15 to 15:15 |
Kenneth Brakke Susquehanna University |
Room 1 | |
16:00 to 16:30 |
Andrea Jo-wei Liu |
Room 1 |
Thursday 22nd August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 12:15 |
Peter Sollich King's College London |
Room 1 | |
14:15 to 14:45 |
Oliver Harlen University of Leeds |
Room 1 | |
14:45 to 15:15 |
Dov Levine Technion - Israel Institute of Technology |
Room 1 |
Friday 23rd August 2002 | |||
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11:15 to 12:25 | Room 1 |
Monday 24th February 2014 | |||
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08:30 to 09:20 | No Room Required | ||
09:20 to 09:30 | Room 1 | ||
10:15 to 11:00 | Room 1 | |
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11:00 to 11:45 | No Room Required | ||
11:45 to 12:05 | Room 1 | |
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12:05 to 12:30 | Room 1 | ||
12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
13:30 to 14:15 | Room 1 | ||
14:15 to 14:35 |
Flow of an aqueous foam through a two-dimensional porous medium: structure-dynamics couplings |
Room 1 | |
15:15 to 15:45 | No Room Required | ||
15:45 to 16:15 | Room 1 | ||
17:00 to 18:00 | No Room Required |
Wednesday 26th February 2014 | |||
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09:30 to 10:15 | Room 1 | |
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10:15 to 11:00 | Room 1 | ||
11:00 to 11:45 | No Room Required | ||
12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
13:30 to 14:15 | Room 1 | ||
14:15 to 14:35 |
Topological transformations in foams and liquid crystalline mesophases |
Room 1 | |
14:35 to 14:55 |
T1s in soap film architecture: effect of surfactants and assembly geometry |
Room 1 | |
15:15 to 15:45 | No Room Required | ||
15:45 to 16:15 | Room 1 | ||
16:30 to 17:30 | Discussion Room | ||
19:30 to 23:00 | No Room Required |
Thursday 27th February 2014 | |||
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11:00 to 11:45 | No Room Required | ||
12:05 to 12:30 | Room 1 | |
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12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
13:30 to 14:15 | Room 1 | ||
14:55 to 15:15 |
Plenary Discussion: Open problems in the geometry of bubble clusters |
Room 1 | |
15:15 to 15:45 | No Room Required | ||
15:45 to 16:15 | Room 1 | ||
15:45 to 17:00 | Discussion Room |
Friday 28th February 2014 | |||
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09:30 to 10:15 |
Can bubble interactions in foams accurately be described by a potential? |
Room 1 | |
10:15 to 11:00 |
Gibbs elasticity effect in foam shear flows: a non quasi-static 2D numerical simulation |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 11:45 | No Room Required | ||
12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
13:30 to 15:15 | Room 1 | ||
15:15 to 15:45 | No Room Required | ||
15:45 to 17:00 | Room 1 |
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