Research

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Sand ripples

• V. Langlois & A. Valance, Formation and evolution of current ripples on a flat sand bed under turbulent water flow, Eur. Phys. J. E, 22, 201-208 (2007).
• V. Langlois & A. Valance, Three-dimensionality of sand ripples under a laminar shear flow, J. Geophys. Res., 110, F04S09 (2005).
• V. Langlois & A. Valance, Formation of Two-dimensional sand ripples under Laminar Shear Flow, Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 248001 (2005).
• A. Valance & V. Langlois, Ripple formation over a sand bed submitted to a laminar shear flow, Eur. Phys. J. B, 43, 283-294 (2005).
• V. Langlois and A. Valance, Three-dimensional sand patterns under shear flow, Powders and Grains 2005 (Stuttgart, Germany), R.García-Rojo, H.J. Herrmann & S. McNamara, Eds. A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam.
• V. Langlois and A. Valance, 2D and 3D stability analysis of sand ripple formation, MARID 2004 (Twente, the Netherlands).
  

Foams

• V.J. Langlois, S. Hutzler, D. Weaire, Rheological properties of the soft-disk model for 2D foams, Phys. Rev. E, 78, 021401(2008).
• D. Weaire, S. Hutzler, V.J. Langlois, R.J. Clancy, Velocity dependence of shear localization in a 2D foam, Phil. Mag. Lett., 88, 387-396 (2008).
• D. Weaire, S. Hutzler, V.J. Langlois, Foam rheology in two dimensions, Proceedings of the XVth International Congress on Rheology, AIP, New York, 833-835 (2008).
• D. Weaire, V. Langlois, M. Saadatfar, S. Hutzler, Foam as granular matter, in Lecture notes in complex systems: Granular and complex materials, eds. T. Aste, T. Di Matteo, A. Tordesillas, World Scientific Publishing (2007).

Plankton locomotion

• T. Kiørboe, A. Andersen, V.J. Langlois, H.H. Jakobsen, Unsteady motion: escape jumps in planktonic copepods, their kinematics and energetics, J. Roy. Soc. Interface, 7: 1591-1602 (2010).
• T. Kiørboe, A. Andersen, V.J. Langlois, H.H. Jakobsen, T. Bohr, Mechanisms and feasibility of prey capture in ambush feeding zooplankton, P.N.A.S., 106: 12394-12399 (2009).
• V.J. Langlois, A. Andersen, T. Bohr, A.W. Visser, T. Kiørboe, Significance of swimming and feeding currents for nutrient uptake in osmotrophic and interception feeding flagellates, Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 54, 35-44 (2009).

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