JOINT
				PHYSICAL MATHEMATICS  -  
			MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FLUIDS SEMINAR

TOPIC:		LIQUID TRAINS IN A TUBE.

SPEAKER:	PROFESSOR DAVID QUERE
		College de France


ABSTRACT:

We describe different types of slugs in a tube, focusing on the
coating properties: first, slugs forced to move (Taylor-Bretherton
problem); then, self-propelling slugs. In the latter case, we stress the
particular case of trains of liquids (multi-slugs), which might be a
versatile way to achieve (self) coating or (self) transport in a confined
medium.

DATE:		TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1999

TIME:		2:30 PM

LOCATION:	Building 4, Room 163



Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in Building 2, Room 349

					Massachusetts Institute of Technology
					Department of Mathematics
					Cambridge, MA  02139