Recent publications

Job, S., Melo, F., Sokolow, A., Sen, S., "Solitary wave trains in granular chains: Experiments, theory and simulations". Submitted to Granular Matter (2007)

Bernal, R., Tassius, C., Geminard, J-C., and Melo, F.,  "Mechanical characterization of elastic membranes: Cell mechanics applications " Applied Physics Letters 90, 063903 (2007).

Melo, F., Vivanco, F., Fuentes, C., and Apablaza, V., "On drawbody shapes: from Bergmark-Roos to kinematic models". International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science. 44, 77-86 (2007).

Bernal, R., Pullarkat, R., and Melo, F., "Mechanical Properties of PC12 Cells".  Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (December 2006).

Job, S., Santibañez, F., Tapia, F., and Melo, F., "Experimental Evidence of Localized oscillations in Hertzian chains".  Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (December 2006).

Vidal, V., Geminard, JC., Divaux, T., Legrand, D., and Melo, F.,   "Laboratory acoustic revealing seismic sources on volcanoes" submitted to Geophys. Lett. (November 2006).

Melo F., Vivanco, F., Fuentes, C., and Apablaza, V., "Kinematic model for quasiestatic granular displacements in block caving: dilatancy effects" submitted to the International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science. (August 2006)

Vidal, V., Géminard, J.-C.,Divoux,T., and Melo,F.,  "Acoustic signal associated with the bursting of a thin  film at the end of a overpressurized cavity, Experiment and theory".  Eur. Phys. J. B 54, 321-339, DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2006-00450-0 (2006).

Hamm, E. and Melo F.  "Experimental observation of the flow field around a moving rigid body in a dense granular material" Submitted to  Phys. Rev. Lett. (2006)

Hamm, E. Melo ,F. , "Laser speckle correlation applied to flow field measurements". Europhys. Lett., 73 (3), pp.. 356-362 , (2006)

Melo, F., Job, S. , Santibañez, F., Tapia, F., "Experimental evidence of shock mitigation in a Hertzian tapered chain", Phys. Rev. E. 73, 041305, (2006)

Hamm, E., Roman, B., and Melo, F., "Climbing and gliding of developable cones", To appear in Instabilities and Nonequilibrium Structures X. (2006)