Dr Richard Curry

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering

Dr Richard Curry
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r.curry@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7814

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Dr Richard Curry
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
D223 central wing
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
91Ö±²¥
S1 3JD
Profile

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

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

Journal articles

  • Langdon G, Curry RJ, Rigby S, Pickering E, Clarke S & Tyas A (2021) Optical diagnostics in near-field blast measurements. Fire and Blast Information Group Technical Newsletter(82), 25-30. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Curry RJ & Langdon GS (2021) . International Journal of Impact Engineering, 151. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rigby SE, Akintaro OI, Fuller BJ, Tyas A, Curry RJ, Langdon GS & Pope DJ (2019) . International Journal of Impact Engineering, 128, 24-36. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rigby SE, Tyas A, Curry RJ & Langdon GS (2019) . Experimental Mechanics, 59(2), 163-178. RIS download Bibtex download
  • McDonald B, Bornstein H, Langdon GS, Curry R, Daliri A & Orifici AC (2018) . International Journal of Impact Engineering, 115, 106-119. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mehreganian N, Louca LA, Langdon GS, Curry RJ & Abdul-Karim N (2018) . International Journal of Impact Engineering, 115, 81-93. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Curry RJ & Langdon GS (2017) . International Journal of Impact Engineering, 102, 102-116. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Govender RA & Curry RJ (2016) . Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 2(1), 43-49. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Curry R, Cloete T & Govender R (2012) . EPJ Web of Conferences, 26, 01044-01044. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Langdon GS, Curry RJ, Rigby SE, Pickering EG, Clarke SD, Tyas A, Gabriel S, Yuen SCK & von Klemperer CJ (2022) , Current Perspectives and New Directions in Mechanics, Modelling and Design of Structural Systems (pp. 515-520). CRC Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Curry R, Knutsen RD & Singh K (2019) , Advances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems: Innovations, Mechanics and Applications (pp. 383-387). CRC Press RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Waddoups R, Clarke S, Curry R, Tyas A, Lodge T, Mullins J & Cordell J (2024) . CORD: Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium 2023, 31 January 2024 - 1 February 2024. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lodge T, Clarke S, Barr A, Curry R, Farrimond D, Waddoups R, Tetlow L & Tyas A (2023) Recent development and research at the University of 91Ö±²¥ blast lab in Buxton, UK. Proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS26). Wollongong, Australia, 4 December 2023 - 4 December 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Langdon GS, von Klemperer CJ, Gabriel S & Curry RJ (2023) BLAST BEHAVIOUR OF FIBRE-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITE STRUCTURES. ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials RIS download Bibtex download
  • Langdon G, Curry RJ, Rigby SE, Pickering E, Clarke SD, Tyas A, Gabriel S, Chung Kim Yuen S & von Klemperer CJ (2022) 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Langdon G, Curry R, Rigby S, Clarke S & Tyas A (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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rigby S, Tyas A, Curry R & Langdon G (2019) . Advances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems: Innovations, Mechanics and Applications. Cape Town, South Africa, 2 September 2019 - 4 September 2019. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Daliri A, Orifici A, Curry RJ, Langdon GS, Bornstein H & Odish R (2019) (pp 816-822) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rigby SE, Tyas A, Curry RJ & Langdon GS (2019) (pp 749-754) RIS download Bibtex download
  • von Willingh S, Knutsen RD & Curry RJ (2019) INFLUENCE OF MICROSTRUCTURE ON THE CREEP PROPERTIES OF GRADE P22 STEEL. JOINT EPRI - 123HIMAT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE MATERIALS, 2019 (pp 174-184) RIS download Bibtex download
  • McDonald B, Bornstein H, Langdon G, Curry R & Orifici A (2017) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 197 (pp 13-22) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kahlen F-J & Curry R (2009) . Volume 2: Structures, Safety and Reliability, 31 May 2009 - 5 June 2009. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Curry R & Langdon G () . The 18th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 107 (pp 442-442) RIS download Bibtex download

Reports

  • Waddoups R, Curry R, Clarke S & Tyas A (2023) Dstl Ground Shock Quantification RIS download Bibtex download
Teaching activities

Solid mechanics, Dynamics and Numerical simulation