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Roger I. Tanner Professor Roger I. Tanner, FRS


Address: Building J07
School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006, Australia
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Email: rit@aeromech.usyd.edu.au


 Qualifications
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  • Ph.D. (Manchester)
  • M.S. (California)
  • B.Sc. (Bristol)

 Professional Societies
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  • Fellow of Royal Society of London (FRS)
  • Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
  • Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering
  • Hon. Fellow, Engineers Australia
  • Hon. Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Member, Society of Rheology
  • Hon. Member, Australian Society of Rheology
  • Member, Polymer Processing Society
  • Hon. Member, British Society of Rheology

 Awards & Medals
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  • Edgeworth David Medal (1967)
  • AGM Michell Medal (1999)
  • Aust. Soc. of Rheology Medallion (1993)
  • British Society of Rheology Gold Medal (2000)

 Research Interests
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  • Rheology and polymer processing
  • Constitutive equations for soft materials
  • Bread dough rheology

 Publications
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Journal Articles
  • Fabrication of microstructured optical fibers - Part II: Numerical modeling of steady-state draw process, J. Lightwave Technology 23 (7) (2005 2255-2266 (S-C. Xue, R.I. Tanner, G.W. Barton, R. Lwin, M.C.J. Large and L. Poladian).

  • Solving high-order partial differential equations with indirect radial basis function networks, Int. J. Numerical Methods in Engineering 63 (11) (2005) 1636-1654 (N. Mai-Duy, R.I. Tanner).

  • A comparison of some models for describing polymer crystallization at low deformation rates, J. Non-Newt. Fluid Mech., 127 (2005) 131-141 (R.I. Tanner and F. Qi).

  • The determination of the isoelectric point from measurements of dispersion viscosity as a function of pH, J. Dispersion Sci. and Techn. 26 (2005) 469-472 (G.H.G. Liang, B.S. Hawkett).

  • Recoil from elongation using general network models , Rheol. Acta 44 (2005) 513-520 (A.M. Zdilar, S. Nasseri, R.I. Tanner).

  • An effective high order interpolation scheme in BIEM for biharmonic boundary value problems, Engn. Analysis with Boundary Elements 29 (2005) 210-223 (N. Mai-Duy, R.I. Tanner).

  • Very low friction state of a dodecane film confined between mica surfaces, Phys. Rev. Letters 94 (2005) Art No. 126103 (A. Jabbarzadeh, P. Harrowell, R.I. Tanner).

  • A rheological investigation of the self-assembly and adsorption behavior of a surfactant salt, J. Colloid and Interface Science 292 (2005) 46-53 (G.H.G. Liang, B.S. Hawkett, R.I. Tanner).

  • A theory of die-swell revisited, J. Non-Newt. Fluid Mech. 129 (2005) 85-87 (R.I. Tanner).

  • Stress boundary layers in the viscoelastic flow past a cylinder in a channel: limiting solutions, Acta Mechanica Sinica 21 (2005) 311-321 (H-Y. Yang, Y-R. Fan, R.I. Tanner).

  • Fabrication of microstructured optical fibers - Part I: Problem formulation and numerical modeling of transient draw process, J. Lightwave Techn. 23 (2005) 2245-2254 (S-C. Xue, R.I. Tanner, G.W. Barton, R. Lwin, M.C.J. Large and L. Poladian).

  • SPH simulations of transient viscoelastic flows at low Reynolds number, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 132 (2005) 61-72 (M. Ellero and R.I. Tanner).

  • A phenomenological approach to suspensions with viscoelastic matrices, Korea-Australia Rheology, J. 17 (2005) 149-156.

  • Anisotropic thermal conductivity of polypropylene under shear, Rheol. Acta 45 (2006) 228-238.

  • Strain and strain-rate formulation for flow-induced crystallization, Polymer Eng. And Sci. 46 (2006) 659-669.

  • On the congruence of some network and pom-pom models, Korea-Australia Rheology J. 18 (2006) 9-14.

  • Direct simulation for concentrated fibre suspensions in transient and steady state shear flows, J. Non-Newt. Fluid Mech. 135 (2006) 46-57.

  • Crystal bridge formation marks the transition to rigidity in a thin lubrication film, Phys. Rev Letters 96 (2006) 206102.

Conference Papers
  • A revisitation of the PTT model, Proceedings 4th Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology, Shanghai, (2005) 45-49.

 Project Areas
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  • CRC for Polymers - crystallization under flow
  • Bread dough rheology
  • Molecular dynamics for Tribology

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