Qualification
Ph.D in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
Cornell University, USA
Master of Engineering, 1st Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering
Diploma of Associateship of the City and Guilds of London Institute
Imperial College London, UK
Research Interests
Rheology of Granular Mixtures
Investigating and modelling the effect of microscale properties (particle size distribution, particle shape, moisture content, static electricity etc.) on the bulk behaviour of a granular
mixture.
Discrete Element Method Modelling
Investigating how changes in different aspects (hard-sphere vs soft-sphere, force contact model, energy dissipation, integration scheme etc.) of a typical DEM numerical simulation manifest in the results and affect the accuracy/efficiency of DEM as a computational tool.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed
D. Tan, L. Khazanovich, J. Siekmeier and K. Hill (2014). “Discrete Element Modeling of Moisture in the Light Weight Deflectometer Test Using Liquid Bridges” (submitted to
International Journal of Pavement Engineering)
K. Hill and D. Tan (2014). “Segregation in Dense Shear Flows: Gravity, Temperature Gradients, and Stress Partitioning” (under review by Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
Y. Gao, D. S. Tan, D. Yu and S. K. Tan (2014). “Wake Flow Behaviour behind a Smaller Cylinder Oscillating in the Wake of an Upstream Stationary Cylinder” (accepted for publication in Fluid Dynamics Research)
Y. Gao, D. Tan, Z. Hao, X. Wang and S. K. Tan (2014). “Application of Potential Theory to Steady Flow Past Two Cylinders in Tandem Arrangement” (accepted for publication in Mathematical Problems in Engineering)
M. T. Nguyen, A. Appan, D. S. Tan and S. K. Tan (2013). “Influence of Small Water Surface Perturbations on the Reaeration Process” (Journal of Environmental Engineering vol. 10 no. 1061, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000791)
Y. Gao, X. Wang, D. Tan and S. K. Tan (2013). “PIV measurements of the near wake behind a cylinder-pair of unequal diameters” (Fluid Dynamics Research vol. 45 no. 045504, DOI: 10.1088/0169-5983/45/4/045504)
Y. Gao, D. Tan and S. K. Tan (2013). “Experimental study on the flow around a moving cylinder”, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2013), Nantes, France. DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2013-10048
B. Yohannes, D. Tan, L. Khazanovich and K. Hill (2013). “Mechanistic Modeling of Tests of Unbound Granular Materials” (International Journal of Pavement Engineering, DOI: 10:1080/10298436.2013.775442)
D. Tan, P. Richard and J. Jenkins (2012). “A model for the onset of oscillations near the stopping angle in an inclined granular flow” (European Physical Journal E vol. 35 no. 122)
Conference Papers
D. Tan, L. Khazanovich, J. Siekmeier and K. Hill (Jan 2014). “Discrete Element Modeling of the Effect of Moisture and Fine Particles in the LightWeight Deflectometer Test” (Compendium of Papers, Transportation Research Board 93rd Meeting, Washington D.C., Jan 2014)
D. Tan, L. Khazanovich, J. Siekmeier and K. Hill (Jan 2013). “Discrete Element Modeling of the Effect of Moisture in the Light Weight Deflectometer Test Using Liquid Bridges” (Compendium of Papers, Transportation Research Board 92nd Meeting, Washington D.C.)