Publications

2022

Hines B, Qian G, Tordesillas A (2022) “Discovering optimally representative dynamical locations (ORDL) in big multivariate spatiotemporal data: a case study of precipitation in Australia from space to ground sensors” Applied Mathematical Modelling
Tordesillas A, Zhou S, Bailey J, Bondell H (2022) “A representation learning framework for detection and characterization of dead versus strain localization zones from pre- to post-failure” Granular Matter 24 (75)
Deng N, Wautier A, Tordesillas A, Thiery Y, Yin ZY, Hicher PY, Nicot F (2022). Lifespan dynamics of cluster conformations in stationary regimes in granular materials. Physical Review E, 105(1), 014902.

In Review

Qian G, Zheng H, Tordesillas A (2022) “Forecasting and what-if-scenario analytics with quantified uncertainty from big spatiotemporal slope monitoring data” International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
Hines B, Qian G, Tordesillas A (2022) “Mapping Australia’s precipitation by harnessing synergies of multi-platform remote sensing data” GIScience & Remote Sensing

2021

Chakraborty B, O’Hern CS, Shattuck MD, Tordesillas A (2022). In memoriam of Robert P. Behringer. Granular Matter, 24(1), 1-7.
Tordesillas A, Kahagalage S, Campbell L, Bellett P, Batterham R (2021) “Introducing a data-driven framework for spatiotemporal slope stability analytics for failure estimation” SSIM 2021: Second International Slope Stability in Mining, 235-246
Tordesillas A, Zhou S, Campbell L, Bellett P, (2021) “Dynamics of undeforming regions in the lead up to failure: jumping scales from lab to field” Powders & Grains 2021 EPJ Web of Conferences 249 10002
Qian G, Tordesillas A, Zheng H (2021). Landslide Forecast by Time Series Modeling and Analysis of High-Dimensional and Non-Stationary Ground Motion Data. Forecasting, 3(4), 850-867.
Tordesillas A, Kahagalage S, Campbell L, Bellett P, Batterham R (2021). Introducing a data-driven framework for spatiotemporal slope stability analytics for failure estimation (pp. 235-246). Australian Centre for Geomechanics.
Fei W, Narsilio GA, van der Linden JH, Tordesillas A, Disfani MM, Santamarina JC (2021). Impact of particle shape on networks in sands. Computers and Geotechnics, 137, 104258.
van der Linden JH, Narsilio GA, Tordesillas A (2021). Thermal conductance network model for computerised tomography images of real dry geomaterials. Computers and Geotechnics, 136, 104093.
Zhou S, Tordesillas A, Pouragha M, Bailey J, Bondell H (2021). On local intrinsic dimensionality of deformation in complex materials. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-14.
Tordesillas A, Kahagalage S, Campbell L, Bellett P, Intrieri E, Batterham R (2021). Spatiotemporal slope stability analytics for failure estimation (SSSAFE): linking radar data to the fundamental dynamics of granular failure. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-18.
Zhou S, Tordesillas A, Intrieri E, Di Traglia F, Qian G, Catani F (2021). Pinpointing early signs of impending slope failures from space. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2021JB022957.
Tordesillas A, Zhou S, Campbell L, Bellett P (2021). Dynamics of undeforming regions in the lead up to failure: jumping scales from lab to field. In EPJ Web of Conferences (Vol. 249, p. 10002). EDP Sciences.
Kashizadeh E, Mukherjee A, & Tordesillas A (2021). Experimental and numerical investigations on confined granular systems stabilized by bacterial cementation. International Journal of Geomechanics, 21(1), 04020244.

2020

Tordesillas A, Kahagalage S, Ras C, Nitka M, Tejchman J (2020) “Early prediction of macrocracks in concrete and other granular composites” Scientific Reports (IF: 011)
Kashizadeh E, Mukherjee A#, Tordesillas A (2020) “Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Confined Granular Systems Stabilised by Bacterial Cementation” ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics (in press)
Wang H, Qian G#, Tordesillas A (2020) “Modeling big spatio-temporal geo-hazards data for forecasting by error-correction cointegration and dimension-reduction” Spatial Statistics, 36, 100432. (IF: 219)
van der Linden JH, Narsilio GA#, Tordesillas A (2020) “Thermal Conductance Network Model for Computerised Tomography Images of Real Geomaterials” Computers & Geotechnics (Accepted) (IF: 83)
Zhou S, Bondell H#, Tordesillas A, Rubinstein B, Bailey J (2020) “Early Prediction of a Rockslide Location Via a Spatially-Aided Gaussian Mixture Model” Annals of Applied Statistics 14 (2), 977-992. (IF: 79)
Pucilowski S and Tordesillas A# (2020) “Rattler wedging and force chain buckling: metastable attractor dynamics of local grain rearrangements underlie globally bistable shear banding regime” Granular Matter 22 (1), 1-7. (IF: 48)
Tordesillas A#, Kahagalage S, Ras C, Nitka M, Tejchman J (2020) “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. (IF: 689)
Singh K, A Tordesillas A# (2020) “Spatiotemporal Evolution of a Landslide: A Transition to Explosive Percolation” Entropy 22 (1), 67. (IF: 419)

2019

van der Linden JH, A Tordesillas A#, Narsilio GA (2019) “Preferential flow pathways in a deforming granular material: self-organization into functional groups for optimized global transport” Scientific Reports 9 (1), 1-15. (IF: 011)
Das S#, Tordesillas A# (2019) “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 (23), 2777. (IF: 118)
Kashizadeh E, Mukherjee A#, Tordesillas A (2019) “Experimental and numerical investigation on heap formation of granular soil sparsely cemented by bacterial calcification” Powder Technology 360, 253-263. (IF: 413)
Patel RR#, Riveros G, Thompson D, Perkins E, Hoover JJ, Peters J, Tordesillas A (2019) “A Transdisciplinary Approach for Analyzing Stress Flow Patterns in Biostructures” Mathematical and Computational Applications 24 (2), 47.

2018

Patel RR#, Riveros G, Thompson D, Perkins E, Hoover JJ, Peters J, Tordesillas A (2018) “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. (IF: 456)
Tordesillas A#, Zhou Z, Batterham R (2018) “A data-driven complex systems approach to early prediction of landslides” Mechanics Research Communications 92, 137-141. (IF: 229)

2017

Walker DM, Tordesillas A#, Kuhn M (2017) “Spatial connectivity of force chains in a simple shear 3D simulation exhibiting shear bands” Journal of Engineering Mechanics 143: (IF: 2.350)
van der Linden JH, Sufian A, Narsilio GA#, Russell AR, Tordesillas A (2017) “A computational geometry approach to pore network construction for granular packings” Computers and Geosciences 112: 133-143. (IF: 000)

2016

van der Linden JH, Narsilio GA#, Tordesillas A# (2016) “Machine learning framework for analysis of transport through complex networks in porous, granular media: A focus on permeability” Physical Review E 94, 022904. (IF: 353)
Russell S, Walker DM, Tordesillas A# (2016) “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 Mechanics and Physics of Solids 88: 227-251. (IF: 087)
Tordesillas A#, Pucilowski S, Lin Q, Peters JF, Behringer RP (2016) “Granular vortices: identification, characterization and conditions for the localization of deformation.” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 90: 215-241. (IF: 087)

2015

Tordesillas A#, Pucilowski S, Tobin S, Kuhn M, Ando E, Viggiani G, Druckrey A, Alshibli K (2015) “Shear bands as bottlenecks in force transmission.” Europhysics Letters 110 (IF: 2.269)
Tordesillas A#, Tobin S, Mehmet C, Alshibli K, Behringer RP (2015) “A network flow model of force transmission in unbonded and bonded granular media.” Physical Review E 91 (IF: 2.326)
Tordesillas A#, Liu E (2015) “Evolution of mesoscopic granular clusters in comminution systems: a structural mechanics model of grain breakage and force chain buckling” Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics 27 pp 105-132. (IF: 1.259)
Walker DM, Tordesillas A#, Zhang J, Behringer RP, Ando E, Viggiani G, Druckrey A, Alshibli K (2015) “Structural templates of disordered granular media” International Journal of Solids and Structures 54 pp 20-30. (IF: 2.394)
Walker DM, Tordesillas A#, Brodu N, Dijskman J, Behringer RP (2015) “Self-assembly in a near-frictionless granular material: conformational structures and transitions in uniaxial cyclic compression of hydrogel spheres” Soft Matter 11 pp 2157-2173. (IF: 3.652)
Sibille L#, Hadda N, Nicot F, Tordesillas A, Darve F (2015) “Granular plasticity, a contribution from discrete mechanics” Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids 75 pp 119-139. (IF: 4.289)

2014

Tordesillas A#, Steer CAH, Walker DM (2014) “Force chain and contact cycle evolution in a dense granular material under shallow penetration” Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, Special Issue: Complex network approaches to analyzing and modeling nonlinear systems in geosciences 21 pp 505–519. (IF: 1.618)
Walker DM, Tordesillas A#, Froyland G (2014) “Mesoscale and macroscale kinetic energy fluxes from granular fabric evolution” Physical Review E 89 (IF: 2.326)
Tordesillas A#, Hilton J, Tobin S (2014) “Stick-slip and force chain evolution in a granular bed in response to a grain intruder” Physical Review E 89 (IF: 2.326)
Walker DM, Tordesillas A#, Ren J, Dijskman J, Behringer RP (2014) “Uncovering temporal transitions and aging dynamics in granular materials under cyclic shear using quadrant scans” Europhysics Letters 107 (IF: 2.269)
Tordesillas A#, Carey D, Croll A, Shi J, Gurmessa B (2014) “Micromechanics of elastic buckling of a colloidal polymer layer on a soft substrate: experiment and theory” Granular Matter 16 pp 249-258. (IF: 1.967)
Lin Q, Tordesillas A# (2014) “Towards an optimization theory for deforming dense granular materials” Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization 10 pp 337-362. (IF: 0.677)
Walker DM#, Tordesillas A, Small M, Behringer RP, Tse CK (2014) “A complex systems analysis of stick-slip dynamics of a laboratory fault” Chaos 24 (IF: 1.494)

2013

Hilton J#, Tordesillas A (2013) “Drag force on a spherical intruder in a granular bed at low Froude Number” Physical Review E 88 (IF: 2.326)
Walker DM, Tordesillas A#, Rechenmacher AL (2013) “Transmission of kinematic information in dense granular systems: local and nonlocal network sensing,” Acta Geotechnica 8 pp 547-560. (IF: 1.860)
Walker DM, Vo K, Tordesillas A# (2013) “On Reynolds’ dilatancy and shear band evolution: a new perspective” International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 23 (IF: 1.146)
Walker DM, Tordesillas A#, Nakamura T, Tanizawa T (2013) “Directed network topologies of smart grain sensors” Physical Review E 87 (IF: 2.326)
Tordesillas A#, Walker DM, Andò E, Viggiani G (2013) “Revisiting localized deformation in sand with complex systems” Royal Society of London Ser A 469 20120606. (IF: 2.166)
Small M#, Walker DM, Tordesillas A, Tse CK (2013) “Characterizing chaotic dynamics from simulations of large strain behavior of a granular material under biaxial compression” Chaos 23 (IF: 1.494)
Walker DM, Tordesillas A#, Froyland G (2013) “Examining evolving structural networks using minimal cycle similarity networks: applications to stick-slip granular dynamics” Nonlinear Theory and its Applications, IEICE 4 pp 148-159.

2012

Tordesillas A#, Pucilowski S, Sibille L, Nicot F, Darve F (2012) “Multiscale characterisation of diffuse granular failure.” Philosophical Magazine 92 pp 4547-4587. (IF: 1.408)
Walker DM, Tordesillas A#, Pucilowski S, Lin Q, Rechenmacher A, Abedi S (2012) “Analysis of grain-scale measurements of sand using kinematical complex networks” International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 22 (IF: 1.146)
Tordesillas A#, Walker DM, Froyland G, Zhang J, Behringer R (2012) “Transition dynamics and magic-number-like behavior of frictional granular clusters.” Physical Review E 86 (IF: 2.326)
Tordesillas A#, Shi J, Peters JF “Isostasticity in Cosserat continuum” (2012) Granular Matter 14 pp 295–301. (IF: 1.967)
Walker DM, Tordesillas A# (2012) “Taxonomy of granular rheology from grain property networks” Physical Review E 85 (IF: 2.326)
Tordesillas A#, Pucilowski S, Walker DM, Peters J, Hopkins M (2012) “A complex network analysis of granular fabric evolution in three-dimensions” Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems-B 19 pp 471-495. (IF: 0.446)

Other

Walker DM, Tordesillas A#, Einav I, Small M (2011) “Complex networks in confined comminution” Physical Review E 84 (IF: 2.326)
Walker DM, Tordesillas A#, Thornton C, Behringer RP, Zhang J, Peters J (2011) “Percolating contact sub-networks on the edge of isostaticity” Granular Matter 13 pp 233-240. (IF: 1.967)
Tordesillas A#, Hunt G, Shi J (2011) “A characteristic length scale for confined elastic buckling of force chains” Granular Matter 13 pp 215-218. (IF: 1.967)
Tordesillas A#, Shi J, Tshaikiwsky T (2011) “Stress-dilatancy and force chain evolution”, Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 35 pp 264-292. (IF: 1.739)
Tordesillas A#, Lin Q, Zhang J, Behringer RP, Shi J (2011) “Structural stability and jamming of self-organized cluster conformations in dense granular materials” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 59 pp 265-296. (IF: 4.289)
Tordesillas A#, O’Sullivan P, Walker DM, Paramitha (2010) “Evolution of functional connectivity in contact and force chain networks: Feature vectors, k-cores and minimal cycles,” Comptes Rendus Mecanique. Proc. French Academy of Sciences 338 pp 556-569. (IF: 1.148)
Hunt G#, Tordesillas A, Green S, Shi J (2010) “Force chain buckling in granular media: A structural mechanics perspective” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 368 pp 249-262. (IF: 2.798)
Ben-Nun O, Einav I#, Tordesillas A (2010) “Force attractor in confined comminution of granular materials” Physical Review Letters 104 (IF: 5.611)
Zhang J, Majmudar, T, Tordesillas A, Behringer RP# (2010) “Statistical properties of a 2D granular material subjected to cyclic shear” Granular Matter 12 pp 159-172. (IF: 1.967)
Tordesillas A#, Walker DM, Lin Q (2010) “Force cycles and force chains” Physical Review E 81 (IF: 2.326)
Walker DM, Tordesillas A# (2010) “Topological evolution in dense granular materials: A complex networks perspective” Journal of Solids and Structures 47 pp 624-639. (IF: 2.394)
Tordesillas A#, Shi J (2009) “Micromechanical analysis of failure propagation in frictional granular materials” International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 33 pp 1737-1768. (IF: 1.739)
Tordesillas A#, Shi J, Muhlhaus H (2009) “Non-coaxiality and force chain evolution” International Journal of Engineering Science 47 pp 1386–1404. (IF: 9.052)
Tordesillas A#, Zhang J, Behringer RP (2009) “Buckling force chains in dense granular assemblies: physical and numerical experiments” & Geoeng. 4 pp 3-16. (IF: 0.581)
Tordesillas A#, Walsh SDC, Muthuswamy M (2009) “The effects of local kinematics on local and global deformation of granular systems” Mech. of Solids 15 pp 3-41. (IF: 0.755)
Tordesillas A#, Muthuswamy M (2009) “On the modelling of confined buckling of force chains” Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids 57 pp 706-727. (IF: 4.289)
Tordesillas A#, Muthuswamy M, Walsh SDC (2008) “Mesoscale measures of nonaffine deformation in dense granular systems” Eng Mechanics ASCE 134 pp 1095-1113. (IF: 1.245)
Tordesillas A#, Muthuswamy M (2008) “A thermomicromechanical approach to multiscale continuum modelling of dense granular systems” Acta Geotechnica 3 pp 225-240. (IF: 1.860)
Walsh SDC, Tordesillas A#, Peters JF (2007) “Development of micromechanical models for granular media: The projection problem” Granular Matter 9 pp 337-352. (IF: 1.967)
Tordesillas A (2007) “Stranger than friction: force chain buckling and its implications for constitutive modelling” World Scientific Lecture Notes in Complex Systems 8 pp 95-110.
Tordesillas A (2007) “Force chain buckling, unjamming transitions and shear banding in dense granular assemblies” Philosophical Magazine 87 pp 4987 – 5016. (IF: 1.427)
Walsh SDC, Tordesillas A#, Peters JF (2006) “Development of micromechanical models for granular media: The projection problem” Granular Matter 9 pp 337-352. (IF: 1.967)
Muthuswamy M, Tordesillas A# (2006) “How do interparticle contact friction, packing density and degree of polydispersity affect force propagation in particulate assemblies?” Journal of Statistical Mechanics – Theory and Experiment (IF: 2.506)
Gardiner B, Tordesillas A# (2006) “The effects of particle size distribution based on a 3D homogenisation scheme for micropolar media” Powder Technology 161 pp 110-121. (IF: 2.269)
Muthuswamy M, Peters JP, Tordesillas A# (2006) “Uncovering the secrets to relieving stress: discrete element analysis of force chains” ANZIAM Journal, 47, pp C355-C372. (IF: 0.829)
Walsh SDC, Tordesillas A# (2006) “Finite element methods for micropolar models of granular materials” Applied Mathematical Modelling 30 pp 1043-1055. (IF: 2.158)
Peters JP, Muthuswamy M, Wibowo J, Tordesillas A# (2005) “Characterisation of force chains in granular material” Physical Review E 72 (IF: 2.326)
Tordesillas A#, Arber D (2005) “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 pp 861-877. (IF: 0.636)
Gardiner B, Tordesillas A# (2005) “The link between discrete and continuous modelling of liquid foam at the level of a single bubble” Journal of Rheology 49 pp 808-819. (IF: 3.276)
Tordesillas A#, Peters JP, Muthuswamy M (2005) “Role of particle rotations and rolling resistance in a semi-infinite particulate solid indented by a rigid flat punch” ANZIAM Journal 46 pp C260-C275. (IF: 0.829)
Gardiner B, Tordesillas A# (2005) “Micromechanical constitutive modelling of granular media: evolution and loss of contact in particle clusters” Eng Mathematics 52 pp 93-106. (IF: 1.145)
Walsh SDC, Tordesillas A# (2005) “A thermomechanical formulation of finite element schemes for micropolar continua” ANZIAM Journal 46 pp C336-C350. (IF: 0.829)
Tordesillas A#, Peters JF, Gardiner B (2004) “Insights on 1D localisation theory and micromechanical constitutive laws” Geotechnique 54 pp 1-4. (IF: 2.372)
Gardiner B, Tordesillas A# (2004) “Micromechanics of shear bands” International Journal of Solids and Structures 41 pp 5885-5901. (IF: 2.394)
Walsh SDC, Tordesillas A# (2004) “A thermomechanical approach to the development of micropolar constitutive models for granular media” Acta Mech, 167 pp 145-169. (IF: 1.432)
Tordesillas A#, Walsh SDC, Gardiner B (2004) “Bridging the length scales: micromechanics of granular media” BIT Numerical Mathematics 44 pp 539-556. (IF: 1.235)
Tordesillas A#, Peters JF, Gardiner B (2004) “Shear band evolution and accumulated microstructural development in Cosserat media” International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 28 pp 981-1010. (IF: 1.739)
Walsh SDC, Tordesillas A# (2004) “The stress response of a semi-infinite granular material subject to a normal point force at the boundary” Granular Matter 6 pp 27-37. (IF: 1.967)
Tordesillas A#, Walsh SDC (2002) “Incorporating rolling resistance and contact anisotropy in micromechanical models of granular media” Powder Technology 124 pp 106-111. (IF: 2.484)
Tordesillas A#, Shi J (2000) “The rolling contact of a rigid circular cylinder on a semi-infinite granular material” Journal of Engineering Mathematics 37 pp 231-252. (IF: 1.145)
Tordesillas A#, Shi J (1999) “Frictional indentation of dilatant granular materials”, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 455 pp 261-283. (IF: 2.166)
Hill JM#, Shi J, Tordesillas A, Wu YH (1999) “The velocity field for the punch problem for dilatant granular materials” J. Mech. & Applied Mathematics 52 pp 99-110. (IF: 1.288)
Tordesillas A#, Shi J (1998) “Indentation of a double shearing granular material by a smooth rigid wedge” Quarterly J. Mechanics and Applied Mathematics 51 pp 633-646. (IF: 1.288)
Loudon C#, Tordesillas A (1998) “The use of the dimensionless Womersley number to characterize the unsteady nature of internal flow” Theor. Biology 191 pp 63-78. (IF: 2.303)
Hill JM#, Tordesillas A (1992) “The symmetrical adhesive contact problem for circular elastic cylinders” Journal of Elasticity 27 pp 1-36. (IF: 1.043)
Tordesillas A# (1991) “A numerical analysis of three-dimensional non-Hertzian contact problems and its application to roller coating” Math. Society Gazette 18 pp 145-150.
Tordesillas A#, Hill JM (1991) “Three-dimensional frictionless contact between layered elastic bodies and incorporating sharp edges” Computational Mechanics 8 pp 257-268. (IF: 2.328)
Hill JM#, Tordesillas A (1989) “The pressure distribution for symmetrical contact of circular elastic cylinders” J. Mech. & Applied Mathematics 42, 581-604. (IF: 1.288)