dr pj tan

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  • PJ
  • Joo
  • Tan
  • Dr PJ Tan
  • Tel: 020 7679 3754
  • Ex: 33754
  • Fax: 020 7388 0180
  • pj.tan@ucl.ac.uk
  • Website
  • https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/extResource/image/01/PJTAN13
  • 2007-09-01
Address
  • 584
  • Room 505A
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCL
  • Torrington Place
  • London
  • WC1E 7JE
Appointment
  • ACALEC
  • 2007-09-01
  • 1
  • Lecturer
  • ED
  • Dept of Mechanical Engineering
  • ENG
  • Faculty of Engineering Science
Joined UCL
  • 2007-09-01

Research Summary

Dr. Tan's research exploits computational, experimental and theoretical methods to characterise the structural and functional performance of engineering materials and structures; particularly, in their response to extreme loadings caused by blast and projectile/fragment impact. His research spans several areas, primarily in solid or cellular materials and structures, which can be broadly classified as follows:


- Cellular materials; their microstructure and mechanical properties
- Engineering for structural resilience and robustness to extreme loadings 
- Lightweight sandwich systems
- Impact dynamics and energy absorption
- Materials characterisation; constitutive modelling and high-strain rate response.
- Structural reliability and risk analysis 

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Role of specimen size upon the measured toughness of cellular solids
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Energy and momentum transfer to a 'fully-clamped' elastic plate in an air-blast.
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Deformation and failure of rectangular plates subjected to impulsive loadings
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Crack initiation and fracture toughness of random Voronoi honeycombs
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Viscoplastic constitutive theory for brittle to ductile damage in polycrystalline materials under dynamic loading
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Dynamics, stability and controllability of a lower limb exoskeleton
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On the dynamic mechanical properties of open-cell metal foams - A re-assessment of the 'simple-shock theory'
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Volcanic Hazard from Iceland: Analysis and implications of the Eyjafjallajokull eruption
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Publisher: UCL Institute of Risk and Disaster Reduction

Dynamic crushing of honeycombs and features of shock fronts
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Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Dynamic crushing of a one-dimensional chain of type II structures
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Academic Background

  • Award Year
    Qualification
     
    Institution
  • 2006
    PhD
    Doctor of Philosophy
    University of Manchester
  • 1998
    MSc
    Master of Science
    University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
  • 1994
    BEng
    Bachelor of Engineering
    National University of Singapore

Biography

Dr. Tan obtained his first degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore. This was followed by graduate research work undertaken at UMIST/The University of Manchester, culminating in the award of a PhD in Applied Mechanics. He has worked as a research assistant and post-doctoral fellow at The University of Manchester and, very briefly, at the University of Aberdeen before joining UCL as lecturer in September 2007. He heads a high-strain rate laboratory (HSRL) and leads an active research group working in various aspects of materials modelling and dynamic structural mechanics.

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