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2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
70
Citations
16010
World Ranking
398
National Ranking
12

Roger I. Tanner publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roger I. Tanner sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 315 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Roger I. Tanner D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roger I. Tanner sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Australia Leader Award
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Roger I. Tanner is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on rheology and fluid dynamics, covering a range of topics in engineering and material science.

Their work spans several main fields of study, including:

  • Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, they have contributed notably to various subfields:

  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Control and Systems Engineering

The central topics addressed in their research include:

  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Granular flow and fluidized beds
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
  • Vibration and Dynamic Analysis
  • Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization

Roger I. Tanner has published multiple papers, with recent examples including:

  • "Computation and experiment in non-colloidal suspension rheology," 2020, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
  • "Effect of particle roughness on the rheology of suspensions of hollow glass microsphere particles," 2020, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
  • "Oscillatory strain with superposed steady shearing in noncolloidal suspensions," 2020, Journal of Rheology
  • "Rheology of semi-dilute suspensions with a viscoelastic matrix," 2020, Rheologica Acta
  • "Modelling inelastic non-colloidal suspensions," 2021, Rheologica Acta

The frequent publication venues associated with Tanner's output include:

  • Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Rheologica Acta
  • Journal of Rheology
  • Soft Matter

Collaborative efforts play a role in their research, with frequent coauthors such as:

  • Shaocong Dai
  • Arif Mahmud
  • Christopher Hoyle
  • Ahmad Jabbarzadeh
  • Kostas D. Housiadas

Roger I. Tanner has been recognized by professional societies with awards including:

  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2001

Best Publications

  • A new constitutive equation derived from network theory

    Nhan Phan Thien;Roger I. Tanner

  • Numerical Simulation of Non-Newtonian Flow

    M. J. Crochet;A. R. Davies;K. Walters;R. I. Tanner

  • The solution of viscous incompressible jet and free-surface flows using finite-element methods

    Robert E. Nickell;Roger I. Tanner;Bruce Caswell

  • Numerical study of the Bingham squeeze film problem

    E.J. O'Donovan;R.I. Tanner

  • A theory of die‐swell

    R. I. Tanner

  • Numerical study of secondary flows of viscoelastic fluid in straight pipes by an implicit finite volume method

    S.-C. Xue;N. Phan-Thien;R.I. Tanner

  • Three dimensional numerical simulations of viscoelastic flows through planar contractions

    S.-C. Xue;N. Phan-Thien;R.I. Tanner

  • Effect of the wall roughness on slip and rheological properties of hexadecane in molecular dynamics simulation of couette shear flow between two sinusoidal walls

    A. Jabbarzadeh;J. D. Atkinson;R. I. Tanner

  • Rheology : an historical perspective

    Roger I. Tanner;Kenneth Walters

  • Galerkin/least-square finite-element methods for steady viscoelastic flows

    Yurun Fan;R.I. Tanner;N. Phan-Thien

  • Finite element simulation of long and short circular die extrusion experiments using integral models

    X.-L. Luo;R. I. Tanner

  • A streamline element scheme for solving viscoelastic flowproblems part II: Integral constitutive models

    X.-L. Luo;R.I. Tanner

  • Small and large strain rheology of wheat gluten

    Surjani Uthayakumaran;Marcus Newberry;Nhan Phan-Thien;Roger Tanner

  • Numerical analysis of three-dimensional Bingham plastic flow

    C.R. Beverly;R.I. Tanner

  • Generation of unstructured tetrahedral meshes by advancing front technique

    H. Jin;R. I. Tanner

  • Effect of Molecular Shape on Rheological Properties in Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Star, H, Comb, and Linear Polymer Melts

    A. Jabbarzadeh;J. D. Atkinson;R. I. Tanner

  • Folgar–Tucker constant for a fibre suspension in a Newtonian fluid

    N. Phan-Thien;X.-J. Fan;R.I. Tanner;R. Zheng

  • SPH simulations of transient viscoelastic flows at low Reynolds number

    Marco Ellero;Roger Tanner

  • Note on the Rayleigh problem for a visco-elastic fluid

    Roger I. Tanner

  • The drag on a sphere in a power-law fluid

    Gu Dazhi;R.I. Tanner

Frequent Co-Authors

Nhan Phan-Thien
Nhan Phan-Thien National University of Singapore
Colin W. Wrigley
Colin W. Wrigley University of Queensland
Pep Español
Pep Español National University of Distance Education
Frank Békés
Frank Békés Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Harry G. Poulos
Harry G. Poulos University of Sydney
John P. Carter
John P. Carter University of Newcastle Australia
Les Copeland
Les Copeland University of Sydney
Frederick L. Stoddard
Frederick L. Stoddard University of Helsinki
Klaus Friedrich
Klaus Friedrich Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Lin Ye
Lin Ye Southern University of Science and Technology

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