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Abstracts

(Loco)motion of(f) interfaces: creeping, crawling, slithering and sliding

Professor L. Mahadevan
DAMTP, Univeristy of Cambridge


I shall describe and analyze some problems involving the motion of interfaces and locomotion off interfaces. These include the crawling of a snail, the slithering of a snake, the sliding of a sheet and the rolling of a droplet.

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