Dr Richard Curry
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering
+44 114 222 7814
Full contact details
Department of Mechanical Engineering
D223 central wing
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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I completed my engineering training at the University of Cape Town in South African and spent the first part of my career working in Blast and Impact protection as well as the Centre for Materials Engineering.
I am interested in the deformation of materials at high strain rates under blast and impact loading conditions and the transient deformation of structures under these extreme loading conditions. I am particularly interested in the application on non contact measurement techniques such as Digital Image Correlation (DIC) in these environments due to the dense datasets we can generate during experiments.
- Research interests
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My research interests predominantly surround the response of structures to dynamic loading and include imaging tools such as Digital Image Correlation which are utilised in these extreme conditions to better understand the loading and deformation of structures exposed to these loads.
Digital Image Correlation
Ballistic Impact
Transient Blast characterisation
Structural mechanics
Finite Element modeling
Material characterisation techniques
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Optical diagnostics in near-field blast measurements. Fire and Blast Information Group Technical Newsletter(82), 25-30. View this article in WRRO
- The effect of explosive charge backing in close-proximity air-blast loading. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 151. View this article in WRRO
- Predicting the response of plates subjected to near-field explosions using an energy equivalent impulse. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 128, 24-36. View this article in WRRO
- Experimental Measurement of Specific Impulse Distribution and Transient Deformation of Plates Subjected to Near-Field Explosive Blasts. Experimental Mechanics, 59(2), 163-178. View this article in WRRO
- Experimental response of high strength steels to localised blast loading. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 115, 106-119. View this article in WRRO
- The response of mild steel and armour steel plates to localised air-blast loading-comparison of numerical modelling techniques. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 115, 81-93. View this article in WRRO
- Transient response of steel plates subjected to close proximity explosive detonations in air. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 102, 102-116. View this article in WRRO
- The “Open” Hopkinson Pressure Bar: Towards Addressing Force Equilibrium in Specimens with Non-uniform Deformation. Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 2(1), 43-49.
- Implementation of viscoelastic Hopkinson bars. EPJ Web of Conferences, 26, 01044-01044.
Chapters
- Using optical diagnostics for near field blast testing, Current Perspectives and New Directions in Mechanics, Modelling and Design of Structural Systems (pp. 515-520). CRC Press
- Mapping high temperature strain localisation in steel weldments using digital image correlation, Advances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems: Innovations, Mechanics and Applications (pp. 383-387). CRC Press
Conference proceedings papers
- Using optical diagnostics for near field blast testing. Current Perspectives and New Directions in Mechanics, Modelling and Design of Structural Systems. Cape Town, South Africa, 5 September 2022 - 7 September 2022.
- Transient response of structures subjected to blast loading: the chase for better experimental measurements. Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Impact Loading of Structures and Materials 2022 (pp 28-29), 13 June 2022 - 17 June 2022.
- Near-field blast loading and transient target response : a collaboration between Sheffield and Cape Town. Advances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems: Innovations, Mechanics and Applications. Cape Town, South Africa, 2 September 2019 - 4 September 2019. View this article in WRRO
- Experimental response of S2-glass fibre reinforced composites subjected to localised blast loading (pp 816-822)
- Near-field blast loading and transient target response: A collaboration between Sheffield and Cape Town (pp 749-754)
- Deformation and Rupture of Armour Grade Steel Under Localised Blast Loading. Procedia Engineering, Vol. 197 (pp 13-22) View this article in WRRO
- Comparison of Design Criteria for Externally Pressurized Vessels. Volume 2: Structures, Safety and Reliability, 31 May 2009 - 5 June 2009.
- Optical diagnostics in near-field blast measurements. Fire and Blast Information Group Technical Newsletter(82), 25-30. View this article in WRRO
- Teaching activities
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Solid mechanics, Dynamics and Numerical simulation