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PMMH’s weekly seminar is held every Friday at 11 am (map)

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Stéphane Perrard
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Virgile Thiévenaz
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Séminaire PMMH - François Petrelis (ENS)

Vendredi 31 mai de 11h00 à 12h00 - Salle réunion PMMH 1

Earthquake statistical properties : an explanation for the distribution of magnitude and for the existence of aftershocks

Earthquakes in nature follow several statistical properties. In particular, the distribution of energy released by an earthquake (Gutenberg-Richter's law) and the frequency of aftershocks after a large event (Omori's law) are both power-laws.

By studying several earthquake models, we have shown that the Gutenberg-Richter law results from the spatial distribution of the stress field. This field is self-similar at large scale and for two dimensionnal systems can be modelled as a random surface. Using this analogy, a series of predictions is made that includes the Gutenberg-Richter law and the value of its exponent (so called b-value) together with the existence of aftershocks and their temporal distribution following Omori's law.

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Recent seminars  (6)

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    Vendredi 11 octobre de 11h00 à 12h00 - Salle réunion PMMH 1
    Towards models of fluid transport in active vascular networks
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  • Séminaire PMMH – Céline Gabillet (École Navale de Brest)
    Vendredi 4 octobre de 11h00 à 12h00 - Salle réunion PMMH 1
  • Séminaire PMMH - Souhayl Sadik from (Aarhus University)
    Vendredi 27 septembre de 11h00 à 12h00 - Salle réunion PMMH 1
    Nonlinear Anisotropic Viscoelasticity
    In this work, we revisit the mathematical foundations of nonlinear viscoelasticity. We study the un- derlying geometry of viscoelastic deformations, and in particular, the intermediate configuration. Starting from the direct multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient F = FeFv, into elastic and (...)
  • Séminaire PMMH - Avin Babataheri (Ladhyx)
    Vendredi 20 septembre de 11h00 à 12h00 - Salle réunion PMMH 1
    1D confinement controls cell shape and migration
    Pericytes are mural cells of the microvasculature, they wrap around small vessels, support the vessels mechanically and participate in blood flow regulation. Pericytes are distinguished by two main characteristics ; first their distinct morphology, which has been likened to a “bump on a log”, as they present long (...)
  • Séminaire PMMH - Avin Babataheri (Ladhyx)
    Vendredi 20 septembre de 11h00 à 12h00 - Salle réunion PMMH 1
    1D confinement controls cell shape and migration
    Pericytes are mural cells of the microvasculature, they wrap around small vessels, support the vessels mechanically and participate in blood flow regulation. Pericytes are distinguished by two main characteristics ; first their distinct morphology, which has been likened to a “bump on a log”, as they present long (...)
  • Séminaire PMMH - François Graner (Laboratoire MSC & Université Paris-Cité))
    Vendredi 13 septembre de 11h00 à 12h00 - Salle réunion PMMH 1
    Should we forbid scientific research ?
    Economic growth is not sustainable. Research, which is one of the pillars of economic growth, contributes to current environmental disasters and social inequalities. Conversely, research is often presented as part of the solution : many institutions and actors call for more funding of research to fuel so-called (...)
Information for the speakers

The audience is composed of people with rather heterogeneous backgrounds including specialists in solids, fluids, granular flows, statistical physics... so the idea is to keep your talk understandable by people not necessarily working in your field... The seminar time slot runs from 11am to noon so the best is to make the talk last around 45 minutes to leave some time for discussion.

Link to cofee seminar (internal, every Thursday)


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