Comptes Rendus. Mécanique (Nov 2020)

A work on reticulated patterns

  • Douady, Stephane,
  • Lagesse, Claire,
  • Atashinbar, Mohammad,
  • Bonnin, Phillipe,
  • Pousse, Romain,
  • Valcke, Paul

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5802/crmeca.47
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 348, no. 6-7
pp. 659 – 678

Abstract

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A work on analyzing and modeling reticulated pattern is told through a personal point of view, showing its development trough many people inputs, including that of Yves Couder. The question of how to describe a reticulated pattern as Ficus religiosa leaf veins and make a physical model reproducing it, led to study cracks in colloids or clay, city streets plans, gorgon skeletons and variation in fern vein patterns.

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