Junior Laboratory: Geophysics and Planetary Fluids
The Laboratory
Along with my thesis, I was in charge for two years of the Junior Laboratory "Geophysics and Planetary Fluids" (Géophysique et fluides planétaires). Involving a group of M.A. and Ph.D. students, the Lab aimed at crafting simple experiments in order to explain geophysical phenomena to non-specialist people. We took part in different events that attract a large audience, such as the Fête de la Science every year at the ENS de Lyon, and the Portes ouvertes de l'Observatoire de Lyon every two years at St-Genis Laval. Some of our works are published in the BUP (Bulletin de l'Union des Physiciens) to provide additionnal material to teach Physics in high school. Today, the Lab is still an ongoing autonomous structure within the École Normale Spérieure de Lyon.
Our Experiments
We explore various subjects, amongst which:
- Tsunamis and solitary waves;
- Gravity currents;
- Fluids in rotation;
- Granular and jammed materials; and
- Viscosity and non-newtonian fluids.
Tsunamis and Solitary Waves
We conduct solitary wave experiments in a 2 meter long tank to show the generation, the propagation, and the breaking of these waves. Aiming to explain the key mechanisms involved in tsunamis, this experiment provides a good understanding of wave physics, weakly non-linear solitary waves.
In 2019-2020, the TIPE (Travaux d'Initiative Personnelle Encadrée) theme is The Ocean (L'océan) and, due to the high demand from students for help, bibliography, and experiments, I uploaded a summary of our work. For more details, see Vagues solitaires: tsunamis en laboratoire, Boury et al., BUP, 2020.
CONTACT INFO
Email: sbry.phy@gmail.com
Office: Fluides, Automatique et Systèmes Thermiques (FAST), office F133Bâtiment Pascal (530)Rue André Rivière91405 Orsay (France)