Experimental Modelling of Water-Wave Interactions with a Flexible Beam.

A series of fluid-structure-interaction (FSI) experiments is presented for studying water-wave interactions with a flexible beam in a wide range of sea conditions, thereby yielding a repository of FSI test-case data. The aim is to use these experimental data in order to validate FSI solvers commonly employed by the maritime industry in the design of fixed-foundation, offshore wind turbines. The experimental set-up allows simultaneous measurements of beam deflections and their effect on incident and reflected waves.

Dynamic scaling in entangled mean-field gelation polymers.

We present a simple reaction kinetics model to describe the polymer synthesis used by Lusignan et al. [Phys. Rev.