Prof Antoinette TORDESILLAS
Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics
- Room: G21
- Building: Peter Hall Building
- Campus: Parkville
Research Interests
- Homogenization Theory
- Interfacial Continuum Mechanics
- Mechanics of Complex Systems
- Mechanics of Granular Media
Research Groups
Recent Publications
Joost H van der Linden, Adnan Sufian, Guillermo A Narsilio, A. Russell, A. Tordesillas. A computational geometry approach to pore network construction for granular packings. Computers and Geosciences, 112, 133-143, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2017.12.004.
A. Tordesillas, Zongzheng Zhou, Robin Batterham. A data-driven complex systems approach to early prediction of landslides. Mechanics Research Communications, 92, 137-141, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2018.08.008.
RR Patel, D Valles, GA Riveros, DS Thompson, EJ Perkins, JJ Hoover, JF Peters, A. Tordesillas. Stress flow analysis of bio-structures using the finite element method and the flow network approach. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 152, 46-54, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.finel.2018.09.003.
D. Walker, A. Tordesillas, Matthew R Kuhn. Spatial Connectivity of Force Chains in a Simple Shear 3D Simulation Exhibiting Shear Bands. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 143, C4016009 (10pp), 2017. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001092.
J. van der Linden, A. Tordesillas, G Narsilio. Testing Occam's razor to characterize high-order connectivity in pore networks of granular media: Feature selection in machine learning. EPJ Web of Conferences, 140, 12006, 2017. doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201714012006.
Current Postgraduate Supervision
| Name | Thesis title |
|---|---|
| Sanath KAHAGALAGE | "An Optimal Control approach to medlling propulsion dynamics in fully submerged granular media environments" |
| Nitika KANDHARI | |
| Sebastian PUCILOWSKI | "Modelling confined comminution processes in mineral exploration" |
| Joost Herman VAN DER LINDEN | "Pore Scale Characterisation of Geomaterials" |
Past Postgraduate Supervision
| Name | Thesis title |
|---|---|
| Maya MUTHUSWAMY | "Micromechanics of force transmission in dense, cohesionless granular assemblies." |
| Stuart WALSH | "A thermomechanical approach for micromechanical continuum models of granular media" |
Current MSc Students
| Name | Project title |
|---|---|
| Kushwant SINGH | |
| Fan LI |
Past MSc Students
| Name | Project title |
|---|---|
| David CAREY | |
| Shaun COLE | "Higher order thermomicropolar models of granular media" |
| Andrew CRAMER | |
| David EASEY | |
| Stephen MCATEER | "Unjamming as Structural Instability" |
| Sebastian PUCILOWSKI | |
| Scott RUSSELL | |
| Xuan (Kevin) VO | |
| Richard WEBB | "Analysis of granular-solid contact systems" |
Recent Grant History
| Year(s) | Source | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 - 2017 | Office of Naval Research | Single Investigator | A complex systems approach to soil informatics and taxonomies |
| 2015 - 2018 | Asian Office of Aerospace Research & Development | Single Investigator | Directing Transmission Patterns in Granular Materials from the Grain Scale |
| 2012 - 2014 | ARC | Discovery | A complex systems approach to granular rheology: interconnecting topology, stability, dynamics and function |
| 2009 - 2011 | ARC | Discovery | Confined comminution and particle flow: a general model for large-scale canonical solutions |
| 2007 - 2010 | ARC | Discovery | Micromechanical modelling of fault gouge dynamics: towards an improved fault constitutive relation |
| 2007 - 2010 | US Army Research Office | Single Investigator | Multiscale phenomena in the solid-liquid transition state of a granular material: Analysis, Modelling and Experimentation |
Awards
| Year | Name | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | JH MICHELL Medal for distinguished research in Applied Mathematics | Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematic |
Committees
- Research and Industry Committee
- Strategic Planning Committee