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  • E Kashizadeh, A Mukherjee, A. TORDESILLAS. Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Confined Granular Systems Stabilized by Bacterial Cementation. International Journal of Geomechanics, 21, 04020244 (12pp), 2021. doi: 10.1061/(asce)gm.1943-5622.0001891.

  • S. Zhou, A. TORDESILLAS, Mehdi Pouragha, James Bailey, H. Bondell. On local intrinsic dimensionality of deformation in complex materials.. Scientific Reports, 11, 10216, 2021. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89328-8.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, Sanath Kahagalage, Lachlan Campbell, Pat Bellett, Emanuele Intrieri, Robin Batterham. Spatiotemporal slope stability analytics for failure estimation (SSSAFE): linking radar data to the fundamental dynamics of granular failure.. Scientific reports, 11, 9729 (18pp), 2021. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-88836-x.

  • Joost H van der Linden, Guillermo A Narsilio, A. TORDESILLAS. Thermal conductance network model for computerised tomography images of real dry geomaterials. Computers and Geotechnics, 104093, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104093.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, S. Zhou, Federico Di Traglia, Emanuele Intrieri. New Insights into the Spatiotemporal Precursory Failure Dynamics of the 2017 Xinmo Landslide and Its Surrounds. 331-338, Springer International Publishing, 2021. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-60311-3_39.

  • S. Zhou, A. TORDESILLAS, Mehdi Pouragha, James Bailey, H. Bondell. On local intrinsic dimensionality of deformation in complex materials. 2021.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, Sanath Kahagalage, Lachlan Campbell, Pat Bellett, Emanuele Intrieri, Robin Batterham. Spatiotemporal slope stability analytics for failure estimation (SSSAFE): linking radar data to the fundamental dynamics of granular failure. 2021.

  • K Singh, A. TORDESILLAS. Spatiotemporal evolution of a landslide: A transition to explosive percolation. Entropy, 22, 67 (18pp), 2020. doi: 10.3390/e22010067.

  • S. Zhou, H. Bondell, A. TORDESILLAS, BIP Rubinstein, J Bailey. Early identification of an impending rockslide location via a spatially-aided gaussian mixture model. Annals of Applied Statistics, 14, 977-992, 2020. doi: 10.1214/20-AOAS1326.

  • Sanath Darshana Kahagalage, A. TORDESILLAS. A study of optimised network flows for prediction of force transmission and crack propagation in bonded granular media. 2020.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, Sanath Kahagalage, C. Ras, Jacek Tejchman. Early prediction of macrocrack location in concrete, rocks and other granular composite materials.. Scientific reports, 10, 20268 (16pp), 2020. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-76616-y.

  • Elaheh Kashizadeh, Abhijit Mukherjee, A. TORDESILLAS. Experimental and numerical investigation on heap formation of granular soil sparsely cemented by bacterial calcification. Powder Technology, 360, 253-263, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.powtec.2019.09.086.

  • Hong Wang, G. Qian, A. TORDESILLAS. Modeling big spatio-temporal geo-hazards data for forecasting by error-correction cointegration and dimension-reduction. Spatial Statistics, 36, 100432 (24pp), 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.spasta.2020.100432.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, Sanath Kahagalage, C. Ras, Michal Nitka, Jacek Tejchman. Coupled Evolution of Preferential Paths for Force and Damage in the Pre-failure Regime in Disordered and Heterogeneous, Quasi-Brittle Granular Materials. Frontiers in Materials, 7, 79 (20pp), 2020. doi: 10.3389/fmats.2020.00079.

  • Sebastian Pucilowski, A. TORDESILLAS. Rattler wedging and force chain buckling: metastable attractor dynamics of local grain rearrangements underlie globally bistable shear banding regime. Granular Matter, 22, 18 (7pp), 2019. doi: 10.1007/s10035-019-0979-2.

  • Reena Patel, Guillermo Riveros, David Thompson, Edward Perkins, Jan Jeffery Hoover, John Peters, A. TORDESILLAS. A Transdisciplinary Approach for Analyzing Stress Flow Patterns in Biostructures. Mathematical and Computational Applications, 24, 47 (20pp), 2019. doi: 10.3390/mca24020047.

  • S. Das, A. TORDESILLAS. Near real-time characterization of spatio-temporal precursory evolution of a rockslide from radar data: Integrating statistical and machine learning with dynamics of granular failure. Remote Sensing, 11, 2777 (22pp), 2019. doi: 10.3390/rs11232777.

  • 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.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, Sanath Kahagalage, C. Ras, Jacek Tejchman. Interdependent evolution of robustness, force transmission and damage in a heterogeneous quasi-brittle granular material: from suppressed to cascading failure. 2018.

  • 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.

  • S Kahagalage, A. TORDESILLAS, M Nitka, J Tejchman. Of cuts and cracks: data analytics on constrained graphs for early prediction of failure in cementitious materials. EPJ Web of Conferences, 140, 08012, 2017. doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201714008012.

  • Elaheh Kashizadeh, Abhijit Mukherjee, A. TORDESILLAS. A model of granular materials partially cemented by bacterial calcite. V INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PARTICLE-BASED METHODS - FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS (PARTICLES 2017), 552-563, 2017.

  • Z Zhou, A. TORDESILLAS. Powder keg divisions in the critical state regime: transition from continuous to explosive percolation. EPJ Web of Conferences, 140, 10006, 2017. doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201714010006.

  • S Pucilowski, A. TORDESILLAS, G Froyland. Self-organization in the localised failure regime: metastable attractors and their implications on force chain functionality. EPJ Web of Conferences, 140, 10007, 2017. doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201714010007.

  • Scott Russell, D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS. A characterization of the coupled evolution of grain fabric and pore space using complex networks: Pore connectivity and optimized flows in the presence of shear bands. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 88, 227-251, 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2015.12.009.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, Sebastian Pucilowski, Qun Lin, John F Peters, Robert P Behringer. Granular vortices: Identification, characterization and conditions for the localization of deformation. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 90, 215-241, 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2016.02.032.

  • Joost H van der Linden, Guillermo A Narsilio, A. TORDESILLAS, JH Van Der Linden. Machine learning framework for analysis of transport through complex networks in porous, granular media: A focus on permeability. Physical Review E, 94, 022904 (16pp), 2016. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.94.022904.

  • D. Walker, Antoinette Tordesillas, A. TORDESILLAS, Jie Zhang, Robert P Behringer, Edward Ando, Gioacchino Viggiani, Andrew Druckrey, Khalid Alshibli, E Andò. Structural templates of disordered granular media. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 54, 20-30, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2014.11.013.

  • F Nicot, N Hadda, F Bourrier, L Sibille, A. TORDESILLAS, F Darve. Micromechanical analysis of second order work in granular media. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 67-74, 2015. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-13506-9_11.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, Sebastian Pucilowski, Steven Tobin, Matthew R Kuhn, Edward Ando, Gioacchino Viggiani, Andrew Druckrey, Khalid Alshibli. Shear bands as bottlenecks in force transmission. EPL, 110, 58005 (6pp), 2015. doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/110/58005.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, Steven T Tobin, Mehmet Cil, Khalid Alshibli, Robert P Behringer. Network flow model of force transmission in unbonded and bonded granular media. Physical Review E, 91, 062204 (14pp), 2015. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.062204.

  • Luc Sibille, Nejib Hadda, Francois Nicot, A. TORDESILLAS, Felix Darve. Granular plasticity, a contribution from discrete mechanics. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 75, 119-139, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2014.09.010.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, Nicolas Brodu, Joshua A Dijksman, Robert P Behringer, Gary Froyland. Self-assembly in a near-frictionless granular material: conformational structures and transitions in uniaxial cyclic compression of hydrogel spheres. Soft Matter, 11, 2157-2173, 2015. doi: 10.1039/c4sm02384f.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, E. Liu. Evolution of mesoscopic granular clusters in comminution systems: a structural mechanics model of grain breakage and force chain buckling. Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 27, 105-132, 2015. doi: 10.1007/s00161-014-0336-y.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, M. Small, RP Behringer, CK Tse. A complex systems analysis of stick-slip dynamics of a laboratory fault. Chaos: an interdisciplinary journal of nonlinear science, 24, 013132 (10pp), 2014. doi: 10.1063/1.4868275.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, G. Froyland. Mesoscale and macroscale kinetic energy fluxes from granular fabric evolution. Physical Review E, 89, 032205 (9pp), 2014. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.032205.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, C. Steer, D. Walker. Force chain and contact cycle evolution in a dense granular material under shallow penetration. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 21, 505-519, 2014. doi: 10.5194/npg-21-505-2014.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS. Examining overlapping community structures within grain property networks. 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 1275-1278, 2014. doi: 10.1109/ISCAS.2014.6865375.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, S. Pucilowski, D. Walker, John F Peters, Laura E Walizer. Micromechanics of vortices in granular media: connection to shear bands and implications for continuum modelling of failure in geomaterials. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 38, 1247-1275, 2014. doi: 10.1002/nag.2258.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, D. Carey, Andrew B Croll, J. Shi, Bekele Gurmessa. Micromechanics of elastic buckling of a colloidal polymer layer on a soft substrate: experiment and theory. Granular Matter, 16, 249-258, 2014. doi: 10.1007/s10035-013-0459-z.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, J Ren, JA Dijksman, RP Behringer. Uncovering temporal transitions and self-organization during slow aging of dense granular media in the absence of shear bands. Europhysics Letters, 107, 18005 (6pp), 2014. doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/107/18005.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, JE Hilton, S. Tobin. Stick-slip and force chain evolution in a granular bed in response to a grain intruder. Physical Review E, 89, 042207 (13pp), 2014. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.042207.

  • MD Shattuck, A. TORDESILLAS, Corey S O’Hern. Flows and patterns: The physics of fluids, granular materials, and soft matter. Granular Matter, 16, 163-164, 2014. doi: 10.1007/s10035-014-0490-8.

  • S. Tobin, A. TORDESILLAS, M Cil, A. Druckrey, K Alshibli. Optimising network models of granular materials. Physical Review E, 1, 2014.

  • Q. Lin, A. TORDESILLAS. Towards an optimization theory for deforming dense granular materials. Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 10, 337-362, 2014. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2014.10.337.

  • K VO, D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS. Transport pathways within percolating pore space networks of granular materials. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1542, 551-554, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4811990.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS. Understanding Multi-scale Structural Evolution in Granular Systems through gMEMS. Powders and Grains 2013: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1542, 145-148, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4811888.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, A. Cramer, D. Walker. Minimum cut and shear bands. Powders and Grains 2013: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1542, 507-510, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4811979.

  • S. Pucilowski, D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS. Distinguishing and predicting granular failure via multiscale evolution of contact cycle topologies. Powders and Grains 2013: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1542, 597-600, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4812002.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, AL Rechenmacher. Transmission of kinematic information in dense granular systems: local and nonlocal network sensing. Acta Geotechnica, 8, 547-560, 2013. doi: 10.1007/s11440-013-0266-z.

  • M. Small, D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS. A nonlinear dynamical systems modelling approach unveils chaotic dynamics in simulations of large strain behaviour of a granular material under biaxial compression. Powders and Grains 2013: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1, 173-176, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4811895.

  • G. Froyland, A. TORDESILLAS, D. Walker. Global Markov modelling and analysis of the dynamics of granular deformation and flow. Powders and Grains 2013: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1, 563-566, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4811993.

  • T. Rushmer, A. TORDESILLAS, D. Walker, N Petford. Numerical analysis of separation and mixing dynamics in multiphase granular systems. Powders and Grains 2013: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1, 751-754, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4812040.

  • JE Hilton, PW Cleary, A. TORDESILLAS. Unitary Stick-Slip Motion in Granular Beds. Powders and Grains 2013, 1542, 843-846, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4812063.

  • RP Behringer, Joshua Dijksman, Jie Ren, J. Zhang, Trushant Majmudar, Bulbul Chakraborty, Daipeng Bi, A. TORDESILLAS. Jamming and Shear for Granular Materials. Powders and Grains 2013, 1542, 12-19, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4811860.

  • Andrew B Croll, A. TORDESILLAS, D. Carey, Bekele Gurmessa. Experimental Evidence and Structural Mechanics Analysis of Force Chain Buckling at the Microscale in a 2D Polymeric Granular Layer. Powders and Grains 2013, 1542, 409-412, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4811954.

  • Q. Lin, A. TORDESILLAS. Constrained optimisation in granular network flows: Games with a loaded dice. Powders and Grains 2013, 1542, 547-550, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4811989.

  • Nejib Hadda, Francois Nicot, Luc Sibille, Farhang Radjai, A. TORDESILLAS, Felix Darve. A Multiscale Description of Failure in Granular Materials. Powders and Grains 2013, 1542, 585-588, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4811999.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, AL Rechenmacher, M. Small. Multiscale resolution of networks of granular media network evolution - A network of networks. The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, 2013.

  • Small, D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, K Tse. Characterizing chaotic dynamics from simulations of large strain behavior of a granular material under biaxial compression. Chaos: an interdisciplinary journal of nonlinear science, 23, 013113 (14pp), 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4790833.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, Nakamura, Tanizawa. Directed network topologies of smart grain sensors. Physical Review E, 87, 2013. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.032203.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, Froyland. Examining evolving structural networks using minimal cycle similarity networks: applications to stick-slip granular dynamics. Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications, IEICE, 4, 148-159, 2013. doi: 10.1588/nolta.4.148.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, D. Walker, Ando, Viggiani, E Andò. Revisiting localized deformation in sand with complex systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences, 469, 20120606 (20pp), 2013. doi: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0606.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, JF Peters, J. Shi. Continuum Stress Characteristics Inside Shear Bands. Powders and Grains 2013: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1542, 1218-1221, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4812157.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, D. Carey, J. Shi. Length Scales From Elastic Buckling Of A Force Chain Under Confined Axial Compression. Powders and Grains 2013: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1542, 605-608, 2013. doi: 10.1063/1.4812004.

  • JE Hilton, A. TORDESILLAS. Drag force on a spherical intruder in a granular bed at low Froude number. Physical Review E, 88, 062203 (8pp), 2013. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.88.062203.

  • D. Walker, K VO, A. TORDESILLAS. On Reynolds' Dilatancy and Shear Band Evolution: A New Perspective. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 23, 1330034 (20pp), 2013. doi: 10.1142/S0218127413300346.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, Gary Froyland. Examining evolving structural networks using minimal cycle similarity networks: applications to stick-slip granular dynamics. Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications, IEICE, 4, 148-159, 2013. doi: 10.1587/nolta.4.148.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, S. Pucilowski, D. Walker, Peters, Hopkins. A complex network analysis of granular fabric evolution in three-dimensions. Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems. Series A: Mathematical Analysis: an international journal for theory and applications, 19, 471-496, 2012.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS. Taxonomy of granular rheology from grain property networks.. Physical Review E, 85, 011304, 2012. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011304.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, D. Walker, G. Froyland, J. Zhang, RP Behringer. Transition dynamics and magic-number-like behavior of frictional granular clusters. Physical Review E, 86, 2012. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.011306.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, S. Pucilowski, Q. Lin, A Rechenmacher, S Abedi. Analysis of grain-scale measurements of sand using kinematical complex networks. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 22, 1230042 (20pp), 2012. doi: 10.1142/S021812741230042X.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, J. Shi, JF Peters. Isostaticity in Cosserat continuum. Granular Matter, 14, 295-301, 2012. doi: 10.1007/s10035-012-0341-4.

  • Small, D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS. Verifying chaotic dynamics from experimental data. Proceedings, International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications (NOLTA), Majorca, Spain, 373-376, 2012.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, Froyland. Similarity Networks of the Functional Evolution of Cycles in Structural Networks. Proceedings, International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications (NOLTA), Majorca, Spain, 502-505, 2012.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, S. Pucilowski, L Sibille, F Nicot, F Darve. Multiscale characterisation of diffuse granular failure. Philosophical Magazine, 92, 4547-4587, 2012. doi: 10.1080/14786435.2012.715766.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, D. Walker, Gary Froyland, Jie Zhang, Robert P Behringer. Transition dynamics and magic-number-like behavior of frictional granular clusters.. Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 86, 011306, 2012. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.011306.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS. Taxonomy of granular rheology from grain property networks. Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 85, 2012. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011304.

  • F. Alonso-Marroquin, I. Einav, A. TORDESILLAS. Developments in micromechanical modelling of granular materials. Granular Matter, 13, 183-185, 2011. doi: 10.1007/s10035-011-0265-4.

  • L Sibille, A. TORDESILLAS, S. Pucilowski, F Nicot, F Darve. Microstructural evolution in diffuse granular failure: Force chains and contact cycles. Computational Geomechanics, COMGEO II - Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics, 224-233, 2011.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, Q. Lin, J. Zhang, RP Behringer, J. Shi. Structural stability and jamming of self-organized cluster conformations in dense granular materials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 59, 265-296, 2011. doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2010.10.007.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, Hunt, J. Shi. A characteristic length scale in confined elastic buckling of a force chain. Granular Matter, 13, 215-218, 2011. doi: 10.1007/s10035-011-0252-9.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, Thornton, Behringer, Zhang, F Peters. Percolating contact subnetworks on the edge of isostaticity. Granular Matter, 13, 233-240, 2011. doi: 10.1007/s10035-011-0250-y.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, D. Walker, Rechenmacher, Abedi. Discovering community structures and dynamical networks from grain-scale kinematics of shear bands in sand. Advances in Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials, 67-73, 2011. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-1421-2_9.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, D. Walker. Deciphering D’Alemberts dream: new tools for uncovering rules for self-organized pattern formation in geomaterials. Advances in Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials, 11-20, 2011. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-1421-2_2.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, J. Shi, T. Tshaikiwsky. Stress-dilatancy and force chain evolution. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 35, 264-292, 2011. doi: 10.1002/nag.910.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS, I. Einav, M. Small. Complex networks in confined comminution. Physical Review E, 84, 021301 (9pp), 2011. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.021301.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS. Network analysis of force chain structures within granular materials using a data compression technique. Proceedings, International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications (NOLTA), Kobe, Japan, 507-510, 2011.

  • A. TORDESILLAS. Multiscale Phenomena in the Solid-Liquid Transition State of a Granular Material: Analysis and Modelling of Dense Granular Materials. Defense Technical Information Center, 2011. doi: 10.21236/ada574174.

  • A. TORDESILLAS. When failure is an option: rewiring granular networks. Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Geomechanics, 33-36, 2010. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-19630-0_9.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, D. Walker, Paramitha. Evolution of functional connectivity in contact and force chain networks: Feature vectors, k-cores and minimal cycles. Comptes Rendus Mecanique, 338, 556-569, 2010. doi: 10.1016/j.crme.2010.09.004.

  • J. Zhang, TS Majmudar, A. TORDESILLAS, RP Behringer. Statistical properties of a 2D granular material subjected to cyclic shear. Granular Matter, 12, 159-172, 2010. doi: 10.1007/s10035-010-0170-2.

  • D. Walker, A. TORDESILLAS. Topological evolution in dense granular materials: A complex networks perspective. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 47, 624-639, 2010. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.10.025.

  • W Hunt, A. TORDESILLAS, C. Green, J. Shi. Force-chain buckling in granular media: a structural mechanics perspective. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A - Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 368, 249-262, 2010. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0180.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, D. Walker, Q. Lin. Force cycles and force chains. Physical Review E, 81, 011302 (10pp), 2010. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.011302.

  • O. Ben-Nun, I. Einav, A. TORDESILLAS. Force Attractor in Confined Comminution of Granular Materials. Physical Review Letters, 104, 108001 (4pp), 2010. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.108001.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, S. Walsh, M. Muthuswamy. The Effect of Local Kinematics on the Local and Global Deformations of Granular Systems. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 15, 3-41, 2010. doi: 10.1177/1081286508089844.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, D. Kirszenblat, C. Mangelsdorf. Taming the complexity of granular materials with vector calculus. Australasian journal of engineering education, 15, 85-94, 2009.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, J. Shi. Micromechanical analysis of failure propagation in frictional granular materials. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 33, 1737-1768, 2009. doi: 10.1002/nag.792.

  • F. Alonso-Marroquin, S Galindo-Torres, A. TORDESILLAS, Y Wang, F Alonso-Marroquín. New perspectives for Discrete Element Modeling: Merging Computational Geometry and Molecular Dynamics. Powders and Grains 2009, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1145, 825-828, 2009. doi: 10.1063/1.3180055.

  • J. Zhang, J Ren, S Farhadi, RP Behringer, TS Majmudar, A. TORDESILLAS. A Dense 2D Granular Material Subject to Cyclic PureShear. Powders and Grains 2009, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1145, 553-556, 2009. doi: 10.1063/1.3179985.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, PT Metzger, E. Lam. Hyperstaticity and loops in frictional granular packings. Powders and Grains 2009, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1145, 325-328, 2009. doi: 10.1063/1.3179925.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, M. Muthuswamy. Stick-slip and force chain buckling. Powders and Grains 2009, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1145, 313-316, 2009. doi: 10.1063/1.3179921.

  • A. TORDESILLAS. Thermomicromechanics of dense granular materials. Powders and Grains 2009, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 1145, 51-55, 2009. doi: 10.1063/1.3179977.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, M. Muthuswamy. On the modeling of confined buckling of force chains. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 57, 706-727, 2009. doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2009.01.005.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, RP Behringer. Are we there yet? Following the energy trail in cohesionless granular solids.. 47-84, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, 2009. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-03578-4_3.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, J. Zhang, R Behringer. Buckling force chains in dense granular assemblies: physical and numerical experiments. Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 4, 3-16, 2009. doi: 10.1080/17486020902767347.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, J. Shi, HB Muhlhaus. Noncoaxiality and force chain evolution. International Journal of Engineering Science, 47, 1386-1404, 2009. doi: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2008.12.011.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, M. Muthuswamy. A thermomicromechanical approach to multiscale continuum modeling of dense granular materials. Acta Geotechnica, 3, 225-240, 2008. doi: 10.1007/s11440-008-0080-1.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, M. Muthuswamy, S. Walsh. Mesoscale Measures of Nonaffine Deformation in Dense Granular Assemblies. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 134, 1095-1113, 2008. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2008)134-12(1095).

  • A. TORDESILLAS. Force chain buckling, unjamming transitions and shear banding in dense granular assemblies. Philosophical Magazine A - Physics of Condensed Matter Structure Defects & Mechanical Properties, 87, 4987-5016, 2007. doi: 10.1080/14786430701594848.

  • S. Walsh, A. TORDESILLAS, J Peters. Development of micromechanical models for granular media: The projection problem. Granular Matter, 9, 337-352, 2007. doi: 10.1007/s10035-007-0043-5.

  • A. TORDESILLAS. "Stranger than friction: Force chain buckling and its implications for constitutive modelling". 95-110, World Scientific Publishing Co, 2007.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, S. Walsh, JF Peters, J. Bosko, M. Muthuswamy. Development of micromechanical models for participate media: The role of mesoscale kinematics and non-affine motion in the transition from particle to bulk mechanical properties. AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings, 2006.

  • A. TORDESILLAS. Stranger than friction: force chain buckling and its implications for constitutive modelling. Granular and Complex Materials, 8, 95-109, 2006.

  • B Gardiner, A. TORDESILLAS. Effects of particles size distribution in a three-dimensional micropolar continuum model of granular media. Powder Technology, 161, 110-121, 2006. doi: 10.1016/j.powtec.2005.04.057.

  • S. Walsh, A. TORDESILLAS. Finite element methods for micropolar models of granular materials. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 30, 1043-1055, 2006. doi: 10.1016/j.apm.2005.05.016.

  • M. Muthuswamy, A. TORDESILLAS. How do interparticle contact friction, packing density and degree of polydispersity affect force propagation in particulate assemblies?. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2006, P09003 (23pp), 2006. doi: 10.1088/1742-5468/2006/09/P09003.

  • M. Muthuswamy, J Peters, A. TORDESILLAS. Uncovering the secrets to relieving stress: discrete element analysis of force chains in particulate media. The ANZIAM Journal, 47, C355-C372, 2006.

  • S. Walsh, A. TORDESILLAS. Injecting particle scale physics into continuum models of granular materials for large-scale applications. Earth and Space 2006 Proceedings of the 10th ASCE Aerospace Division of International Conference on Engineering, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments, 2006, 31, 2006. doi: 10.1061/40830(188)31.

  • M. Muthuswamy, A. TORDESILLAS. Multiscale analysis of the effects of changing gravity on stress propagation in a material subject to an indenting rigid flat punch. Earth and Space 2006 Proceedings of the 10th ASCE Aerospace Division of International Conference on Engineering, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments, 2006, 33, 2006. doi: 10.1061/40830(188)33.

  • J. Bosko, A. TORDESILLAS. Evolution of Contact Forces, Fabric, and Their Collective Behavior in Granular Media under Deformation: a DEM Study. Earth and Space 2006 Proceedings of the 10th ASCE Aerospace Division of International Conference on Engineering, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments, 2006, 34, 2006. doi: 10.1061/40830(188)34.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, S. Walsh, J Peters, J. Bosko, M. Muthuswamy. Development of micromechanical models for granular media: kinematics and nonaffine motion. Proceeding of the 5th World Congress on Particle Technology, 2006.

  • B Gardiner, A. TORDESILLAS. Micromechanical constitutive modelling of granular media: Evolution and loss of contact in particle clusters. 93-106, 2005. doi: 10.1007/1-4020-4183-7_6.

  • C. Mangelsdorf, A. TORDESILLAS. Real world maths in action!. Vinculum, 42, 3-6, 2005.

  • B Gardiner, A. TORDESILLAS. The link between discrete and continuous modelling of liquid foam at the level of a single bubble. Journal of Rheology, 49, 819-838, 2005. doi: 10.1122/1.1917841.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, S. Walsh. Analysis of deformation and localization in thermomicromechanical Cosserat models of granular media. Powers and Grains 2005, 1, 419-424, 2005.

  • JF Peters, M. Muthuswamy, J Wibowo, A. TORDESILLAS. Characterization of force chains in granular material. Physical Review E, 72, 041307 (8pp), 2005. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.041307.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, D Arber, A Tordesillas *. Capturing the S in segregation: a simple model of flowing granular mixtures in rotating drums. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 36, 861-877, 2005. doi: 10.1080/00207390500064486.

  • S. Walsh, A. TORDESILLAS. A thermomechanical formulation of finite element schemes for micropolar continua. The ANZIAM Journal, 46, C336-C350, 2005.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, JF Peters, M. Muthuswamy, M Mathuswamy. Role of particle rotations and rolling resistance in a semi-infinite particulate solid indented by a rigid flat punch. The ANZIAM Journal, 46, C260-C275, 2005.

  • B Gardiner, A. TORDESILLAS. A micromechanical constitutive modelling of granular media: evolution and loss of contact in particle clusters. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 52, 93-106, 2005. doi: 10.1007/s10665-004-2260-9.

  • BS Gardiner, A. TORDESILLAS. Micromechanical constitutive modelling of granular media: Evolution and loss of contact in particle clusters. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 52, 93-106, 2005. doi: 10.1007/bf02694032.

  • C. Mangelsdorf, P. Taylor, A. TORDESILLAS. Real World Mathematics in Action 2002!. Australian Mathematical Society Gazette, 31, 175-183, 2004.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, JF Peters, B Gardiner. Insights into 1D localisation theory and micromechanical constitutive laws. Geotechnique, 54, 327-330, 2004. doi: 10.1680/geot.54.5.327.46727.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, S. Walsh, B Gardiner. Bridging the length scales: micromechanics of granular media. Bit (Lisse), 44, 539-556, 2004. doi: 10.1023/B:BITN.0000046817.60322.ed.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, JF Peters, B Gardiner. Shear band evolution and accumulated microstructural development in Cosserat media. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 28, 981-1010, 2004. doi: 10.1002/nag.343.

  • B Gardiner, A. TORDESILLAS. Micromechanics of shear bands. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 41, 5885-5901, 2004. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2004.05.051.

  • S. Walsh, A. TORDESILLAS. A thermomechanical approach to the development of micropolar constitutive models of granular media. Acta Mechanica, 167, 145-169, 2004. doi: 10.1007/s00707-003-0072-z.

  • S. Walsh, A. TORDESILLAS. The stress response of a semi-infinite micropolar granular material subject to a concentrated force normal to the boundary. Granular Matter, 6, 27-37, 2004. doi: 10.1007/s10035-004-0155-0.

  • C. Mangelsdorf, M. Brazil, A. TORDESILLAS. Getting hooked on mathematics through its applications. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications, 22, 63-75, 2003. doi: 10.1093/teamat/22.2.63.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, S. Walsh, D. Walsh. Incorporating rolling resistance and contact anisotropy in micromechanical models of granular media. Powder Technology, 124, 106-111, 2002. doi: 10.1016/S0032-5910(01)00490-9.

  • S. Walsh, A. TORDESILLAS. Stranger than friction: micromechanics of granular media. The International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems. Proceedings of International Conferences, 1, 1-9, 2002.

  • C. Mangelsdorf, A. TORDESILLAS. 2000 Maths in Action!. Vinculum, 39, 4-7, 2001.

  • C. Mangelsdorf, A. TORDESILLAS. Real world mathematics in Action! I'd like to see that!. Australian Mathematical Society Gazette, 28, 135-142, 2001.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, J Shi. The frictionless rolling contact of a rigid circular cylinder on a semi-infinite granular material. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 37, 231-252, 2000.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, J Shi. Frictional indentation of dilatant granular materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 455, 261-283, 1999. doi: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0312.

  • JM Hill, J Shi, A. TORDESILLAS, YH Wu. Velocity field for the punch problem for dilatant granular materials. The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 52, 99-110, 1999. doi: 10.1093/qjmam/52.1.99.

  • C Loudon, A. TORDESILLAS. The use of the dimensionless Womersley number to characterize the unsteady nature of internal flow.. Journal of theoretical biology, 191, 63-78, 1998. doi: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0564.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, J Shi. Indentation of a double shearing dilatant granular material by a smooth rigid wedge. Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 51, 1998.

  • JM Hill, A. TORDESILLAS. The symmetrical adhesive contact problem for circular elastic cylinders. Journal of Elasticity, 27, 1-36, 1992. doi: 10.1007/BF00057857.

  • A. TORDESILLAS, JM Hill. Three-dimensional frictionless contact between layered elastic bodies and incorporating sharp edges. Computational Mechanics, 8, 257-268, 1991. doi: 10.1007/BF00577379.

  • JM Hill, A. TORDESILLAS. The pressure distribution for symmetrical contact of circular elastic cylinders. The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 42, 581-604, 1989. doi: 10.1093/qjmam/42.4.581.