Foams and minimal surfaces - 12 years on
FMSW02
24 February 2014 to 28 February 2014
Workshop theme
Computational methods, 3D tomography, and high speed photography have given fresh impetus to the mathematics of minimal surfaces and its applications, and it remains a fertile area for collaborative research. In particular the theory of liquid foams, which has its roots in the work of Plateau in the 19th century, has greatly advanced since the original FMS programme in 2002.
We propose to take stock of how far research has moved since 2002, to bring open problems to a wider audience, and to explore ways in which they might be tackled by collaboration between pure mathematicians, applied mathematicians, theoretical physicists, and engineers.
Themes include:
- The Surface Evolver and its applications
- Tiling space, sphere packings and wet foams, and conformal geometry
- Structure and dynamics of soap films and clusters of bubbles
- How can physics and computer science help solve the Kelvin problem?
- The effect of foam structure on dynamics and the effect of dynamics on structure
In the tradition of the Institute, the meeting will be highly informal and aimed at maximising lively interactions between participants during and outside the lecture/seminar sessions.
The application is closed
Timetable
| Monday 24th February 2014 | |||
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| 09:30 to 10:15 | Room 1 | 
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| 14:35 to 14:55 | Room 1 |
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| 14:55 to 15:15 |
Improved fibre product properties using foam-based forming process |
Room 1 |
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| 16:15 to 16:35 | Room 1 |
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| 16:35 to 17:00 | Room 1 |
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| Tuesday 25th February 2014 | |||
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| 10:15 to 11:00 |
Generating and Quantifying Structure in Granular and Cellular Structures |
Room 1 |
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| 11:45 to 12:05 | Room 1 |
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| 12:05 to 12:30 |
Characterisation and statistical mechanics of disordered foam structures |
Room 1 |
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| 14:55 to 15:15 |
Foam morphology, frustration and topological defects in a Negatively curved Hele-Shaw geometry |
Room 1 |
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| 16:15 to 16:35 |
Energy barriers and cell migration in densely packed tissues |
Room 1 |
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| 16:35 to 17:00 |
Surfactant transport onto a foam lamella taking into account surface viscosity |
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| Wednesday 26th February 2014 | |||
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| 11:45 to 12:05 | Room 1 |
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| 12:05 to 12:30 |
Instability of stretched and twisted soap films in a cylinder |
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| 14:55 to 15:15 | Room 1 |
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| 16:15 to 16:35 | Room 1 |
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| Thursday 27th February 2014 | |||
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| 09:30 to 10:15 | Room 1 |
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| 10:15 to 11:00 | Room 1 |
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| 11:45 to 12:05 | Room 1 |
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| 14:15 to 14:35 | Room 1 |
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| 14:35 to 14:55 |
Exploring analogies between bubble clusters and particle clusters |
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| Friday 28th February 2014 | |||
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| 11:45 to 12:05 | Room 1 |
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| 12:05 to 12:30 | Room 1 |
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