Trent Mattner

Research Interests

Computational Fluid Dynamics Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics

Dr Trent Mattner

Lecturer

School of Mathematical Sciences

College of Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

My primary interest is in the computational modelling of fluid flows. Past projects include: large-eddy simulation of Rayleigh-Taylor instability, homogeneous turbulence, mixing layers and jets in cross flow; simulations of bushfires and their interaction with the atmosphere; blood flow through the umbilical cord; transient flows around rotating annular ducts and spheres; and swirling flow through pipes and past spheres.

 

 

Date Position Institution name
2007 - ongoing Lecturer The University of Adelaide
2006 - 2007 Research Scientist CSIRO
2003 - 2006 Research Associate The University of Adelaide
2001 - 2003 Postdoctoral Scholar Caltech

Date Institution name Country Title
The University of Melbourne Australia PhD
The University of Melbourne Australia Bachelor of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Year Citation
2025 Michalski, H., Mattner, T., Balasuriya, S., & Binder, B. (2025). The effect of obstacle length and height in supercritical free-surface flow. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 39(2), 23-1-23-23.
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2024 Divahar, J., Roberts, A. J., Mattner, T. W., Bunder, J. E., & Kevrekidis, I. G. (2024). Staggered grids for multidimensional multiscale modelling. Computers and Fluids, 271(106167), 106167-1-106167-18.
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2024 Michalski, H., Mattner, T., Balasuriya, S., & Binder, B. (2024). The effect of obstacle length and height in subcritical free-surface flow. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 38(4), 511-530.
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2023 Divahar, J., Roberts, A. J., Mattner, T. W., Bunder, J. E., & Kevrekidis, I. G. (2023). Two novel families of multiscale staggered patch schemes efficiently simulate large-scale, weakly damped, linear waves. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 413(116133), 1-21.
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2022 Badza, A., Mattner, T. W., & Balasuriya, S. (2022). How sensitive are Lagrangian coherent structures to uncertainties in data?. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 444, 133580.
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2021 Wilke, D. J., Denier, J. P., Khong, T. Y., & Mattner, T. W. (2021). Estimating umbilical cord flow resistance from measurements of the whole cord.. Placenta, 103, 180-187.
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2021 Bunder, J. E., Divahar, J., Kevrekidis, I. G., Mattner, T. W., & Roberts, A. J. (2021). Large‐scale simulation of shallow water waves via computation only on small staggered patches. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 93(4), 953-977.
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2019 Edson, R. A., Bunder, J. E., Mattner, T. W., & Roberts, A. J. (2019). Lyapunov exponents of the Kuramoto-Sivashinksy PDE. The ANZIAM Journal, 61(3), 270-285.
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2018 Wilke, D., Denier, J., Khong, T., & Mattner, T. (2018). Pressure and flow in the umbilical cord. Journal of Biomechanics, 79, 78-87.
DOI Scopus18 WoS18 Europe PMC14
2018 Calabretto, S., Denier, J., & Mattner, T. (2018). The transient development of the flow in an impulsively rotated annular container. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 32(6), 821-845.
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2017 Wade, S., Binder, B., Mattner, T., & Denier, J. (2017). Steep waves in free-surface flow past narrow topography. Physics of Fluids, 29(6), 062107-1-062107-6.
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2016 Peace, M., Mattner, T., Mills, G., Kepert, J., & McCaw, L. (2016). Coupled fire-atmosphere simulations of the Rocky River fire using WRF-SFIRE. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55(5), 1151-1168.
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2016 Calabretto, S., Denier, J., & Mattner, T. (2016). The flow external to a rotating torus. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 30(4), 295-312.
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2015 Peace, M., McCaw, L., Kepert, J., Mills, G., & Mattner, T. (2015). WRF and SFIRE simulations of the Layman fuel reduction burn. Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 65(3-4), 302-317.
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2015 Calabretto, S., Levy, B., Denier, J., & Mattner, T. (2015). The unsteady flow due to an impulsively rotated sphere. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 471(2181), 20150299-1-20150299-20.
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2015 Tunney, A., Denier, J., Mattner, T., & Cater, J. (2015). A new inviscid mode of instability in compressible boundary-layer flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 785, 301-323.
DOI Scopus7 WoS3
2015 Calabretto, S., Mattner, T., & Denier, J. (2015). The effect of seam imperfections on the unsteady flow within a fluid-filled torus. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 767, 240-253.
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2015 Peace, M., Mattner, T., Mills, G., Kepert, J., & Mccaw, L. (2015). Fire-modified meteorology in a coupled fire-atmosphere model. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54(3), 704-720.
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2014 Wade, S., Binder, B., Mattner, T., & Denier, J. (2014). On the free-surface flow of very steep forced solitary waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 739, 1-21.
DOI Scopus10 WoS10
2011 Mattner, T. (2011). Large-eddy simulations of turbulent mixing layers using the stretched-vortex model. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 671, 507-534.
DOI Scopus16 WoS13
2005 Bergthorson, J., Sone, K., Mattner, T., Dimotakis, P., Goodwin, D., & Meiron, D. (2005). Impinging laminar jets at moderate Reynolds numbers and separation distances. Physical Review E. (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 72(6), 066307-1-066307-12.
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2003 Mattner, T., Joubert, P., & Chong, M. (2003). Vortical flow. Part 2. Flow past a sphere in a constant-diameter pipe. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 481, 1-36.
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2002 Mattner, T., Joubert, P., & Chong, M. (2002). Vortical flow. Part 1. Flow through a constant-diameter pipe. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 463, 259-291.
DOI Scopus56
2001 Mattner, T., Chong, M., & Joubert, P. (2001). Transient behavior of vortical through a constant diameter pipe.. Physics of Fluids, 13(9), S8.
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Year Citation
2018 Mattner, T. (2018). Large-eddy simulations of decaying turbulence using the stretched-vortex subgrid model with artificial damping. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-4). Adelaide, Australia: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2012 Mattner, T. (2012). Large-eddy simulation on staggered grids using the stretched-vortex subgrid model.. In P. Brandner, & B. Pearce (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 1-4). Launceston.
2011 Peace, M., Mattner, T., & Mills, G. (2011). The Kangaroo Island bushfires of 2007: a meteorological case study and WRF-fire simulation. In Proceedings of MODSIM 2011 (pp. 228-234). online: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and NZ.
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2010 Mattner, T. (2010). A refined stretched-vortex model for large-eddy simulation of turbulent mixing layers. In Proceedings of 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 1-4). www: University of Auckland.
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2008 Mattner, T., & Wheatley, V. (2008). Promotion of open and efficient communication in tutorials. In Proceedings of the ERGA 2008 Conference (pp. 1-9). Adelaide: UofA.
2008 Mattner, T. (2008). Large Eddy simulations of a self-similar mixing layer using the stretched-vortex subgrid model. In Proceedings of the XXII ICTAM 2008 (pp. 1-2). CD: AMS.
2007 Mattner, T. (2007). Large-eddy simulations of a turbulent mixing layer using the stretched-vortex subgrid model. In Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC) (pp. 1079-1082). Gold Coast, Australia: UQ.
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2005 Mattner, T., Tuck, E., & Denier, J. (2005). Optimal nose shaping for delayed boundary-layer separation in laminar plane-symmetric and axisymmetric flow. In ANZIAM Applied Mathematics Conference. Napier, N.Z..
2004 Mattner, T., Tuck, E., & Denier, J. (2004). Optimal nose shaping for delayed boundary-layer separation in laminar plane-symmetric and axisymmetric flow. In M. Behnia, W. Lin, & G. McBain (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference 2004 (pp. CD-ROM 1-CD-ROM 4). CD-ROM: The University of Sydney.
2004 Mattner, T., Pullin, D., & Dimotakis, P. (2004). Large eddy simulations of miscible Rayleigh-Taylor instability. In 9th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing. Cambridge, UK.
2003 Hill, D., Mattner, T., Pantano, C., Cook, A., Dimotakis, P., Meiron, D., & Pullin, D. (2003). Computational study of turbulent mixing at the Caltech ASC Center. In Proceedings of the 16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, 23-26 June 2003 (pp. 10). Orlando, Florida, USA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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2003 Mattner, T., & Dimotakis, P. (2003). Variable density ratio simulations of miscible Rayleigh-Taylor instability. In 56th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics. East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
2003 Hill, D., Mattner, T. W., Pantano, C., Cook, A. W., Dimotakis, P. E., Meiron, D. I., & Pullin, D. I. (2003). Computational study of turbulent mixing at the Caltech ASC center. In 16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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1998 Mattner, T. W., Joubert, P. N., & Chong, M. S. (1998). Axial flow regimes in a confined vortex. In Proceedings of the 1998 Thirteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 13-18 December 1998 (Volume 2) (pp. 773-776).

Year Citation
2013 Mattner, T. W. (2013). Coupled atmosphere-fire simulations of the 2003 Canberra bushfires using WRF-Sfire.. Poster session presented at the meeting of MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Adelaide.
2013 Peace, M., Mills, G., & Mattner, T. (2013). Coupled numerical simulations show a fire changes the weather forecast.. Poster session presented at the meeting of MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.
2013 Clarke, R., Calabretto, S., Walbran, S., Denier, J., & Cater, J. (2013). Receptivity Mechanisms in a Rotating Torus: Experiments and Simulations.. Poster session presented at the meeting of 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics.
2013 Wilke, D., Denier, J., Mattner, T., & Khong, Y. (2013). A Computational Fluid Dynamic Study of Blood Flow Within the Coiled Umbilical Arteries. Poster session presented at the meeting of 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics.
2013 Peace, M., Mattner, T., & Mills, G. (2013). Australian WRF-Sfire simulations show a fire changes the weather.. Poster session presented at the meeting of Tenth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology.
2011 Peace, M., Mattner, T., & Mills, G. (2011). Case studies and preliminary WRF-fire simulations of two bushfires in sea breeze convergence zones.. Poster session presented at the meeting of Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology.

Year Citation
- Edson, R., Bunder, J., Mattner, T., & Roberts, A. (n.d.). Kuramoto-Sivashinsky PDE Lyapunov Exponents: Code & Data.
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Year Citation
2022 Divahar, J., Roberts, A. J., Mattner, T. W., Bunder, J. E., & Kevrekidis, I. G. (2022). Staggered grids for multidimensional multiscale modelling.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Predicting bottom topography underneath free-surface flow Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Caitlin Lydia Anchor
2025 Co-Supervisor Predicting bottom topography underneath free-surface flow Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Caitlin Lydia Anchor
2024 Co-Supervisor Open channel flow past a topographic disturbance: generalised model for short and long length bumps Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hugh Clarke Michalski
2024 Co-Supervisor Open channel flow past a topographic disturbance: generalised model for short and long length bumps Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hugh Clarke Michalski

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Accurate multiscale simulation of wave-like systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Divahar Jayaraman
2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor A Quantitative Evaluation of Lagrangian Coherent Structure Detection Methods Based on Computational and Experimental Limitations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Aleksandar Badza
2015 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Large-eddy Simulations of a Jet in Crossflow Using Julia Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Amelia Jane Thomas
2015 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Flows through Helical Pipes with Elliptic Cross Sections Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Jordan Cirocco Belperio
2014 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Pressure and Flow within the Umbilical Vessels Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr David John Wilke
2014 - 2019 Co-Supervisor The Hydrodynamics of Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Henry Charles Powell Ellis
2011 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Coupled fire-atmosphere simulations of three Australian fires where unusual fire behaviour occurred Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Marika Peace
2009 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Very Steep Solitary Waves in Two-Dimensional Free Surface Flow Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Stephen Wade

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