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South Africa
2026

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Overview

Gerald Nurick is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa and conducts research primarily in the field of engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including civil and structural engineering, materials chemistry, mechanics of materials, and building and construction.

The research topics addressed by Nurick focus on structural response to dynamic loads, high-velocity impact and material behavior, energetic materials and combustion, transportation safety and impact analysis, and structural behavior of reinforced concrete.

  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • Energetic Materials and Combustion
  • Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis
  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete

Nurick has contributed to several publications, with recent papers including:

  • Influence of venting on the response of scaled aircraft luggage containers subjected to internal blast loading, 2020, International Journal of Impact Engineering
  • Localised External Blast Response of CFRP Retrofitted Steel Cylindrical Tubes, 2024, Journal of Physics Conference Series

Their co-authors frequently include G.S. Langdon, Shaun Kriek, Mujtaba M. Shuaib, and S. Chung Kim Yuen.

Nurick's work has appeared mainly in the International Journal of Impact Engineering and the Journal of Physics Conference Series, with equal representation in these venues.

  • International Journal of Impact Engineering
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series

Best Publications

  • The quasi-static and blast loading response of lattice structures

    S. McKown;Y. Shen;W.K. Brookes;C.J. Sutcliffe

  • Deformation of thin plates subjected to impulsive loading—a review Part II: Experimental studies

    G.N. Nurick;J.B. Martin

  • The deformation and tearing of thin square plates subjected to impulsive loads—An experimental study

    G.N. Nurick;G.C. Shave

  • Deformation of thin plates subjected to impulsive loading—A review

    G.N. Nurick;J.B. Martin

  • The deformation and tearing of thin circular plates subjected to impulsive loads

    R.G. Teeling-Smith;G.N. Nurick

  • Experimental and numerical studies on the response of quadrangular stiffened plates. Part I: subjected to uniform blast load

    S. Chung Kim Yuen;G.N. Nurick

  • Mechanical behaviour of glass and carbon fibre reinforced composites at varying strain rates

    R.O. Ochola;K. Marcus;G.N. Nurick;T. Franz

  • The effect of stand-off distance on the failure of fully clamped circular mild steel plates subjected to blast loads

    N. Jacob;G.N. Nurick;G.S. Langdon

  • Experimental and numerical studies on the response of quadrangular stiffened plates. Part II: localised blast loading

    G.S. Langdon;S.Chung Kim Yuen;G.N. Nurick

  • Deformation and rupture of blast loaded square plates—predictions and experiments

    M.D. Olson;G.N. Nurick;J.R. Fagnan

  • Tearing of blast loaded plates with clamped boundary conditions

    G.N. Nurick;M.E. Gelman;N.S. Marshall

  • Scaling aspects of quadrangular plates subjected to localised blast loads—experiments and predictions

    N. Jacob;S. Chung Kim Yuen;G.N. Nurick;D. Bonorchis

  • Behaviour of sandwich panels subjected to intense air blast - Part 1: Experiments

    G.N. Nurick;G.S. Langdon;Y. Chi;N. Jacob

  • The Energy-Absorbing Characteristics of Tubular Structures With Geometric and Material Modifications: An Overview

    S. Chung Kim Yuen;G. N. Nurick

  • Response of flexible sandwich-type panels to blast loading

    D. Karagiozova;G.N. Nurick;G.S. Langdon;S. Chung Kim Yuen

  • Deformation and tearing of blast-loaded stiffened square plates

    G.N. Nurick;M.D. Olson;J.R. Fagnan;A. Levin

  • Behaviour of fibre–metal laminates subjected to localised blast loading: Part I—Experimental observations

    G.S. Langdon;G.S. Langdon;S.L. Lemanski;G.N. Nurick;M.C. Simmons

  • Numerical simulation of the post-failure motion of steel plates subjected to blast loading

    V.H. Balden;G.N. Nurick

  • Response of V-shape plates to localised blast load: Experiments and numerical simulation

    S. Chung Kim Yuen;G.S. Langdon;G.N. Nurick;E.G. Pickering

  • Fracture of aluminium foam core sacrificial cladding subjected to air-blast loading

    G.S. Langdon;D. Karagiozova;D. Karagiozova;M.D. Theobald;G.N. Nurick

  • Behaviour of sandwich panels subject to intense air blasts – Part 2: Numerical simulation

    D. Karagiozova;D. Karagiozova;G.N. Nurick;G.S. Langdon

Frequent Co-Authors

Genevieve Langdon
Genevieve Langdon University of Sheffield
Wesley J. Cantwell
Wesley J. Cantwell Khalifa University
Guoxing Lu
Guoxing Lu Zhejiang University
Raphael H Grzebieta
Raphael H Grzebieta University of New South Wales
Xiao Ling Zhao
Xiao Ling Zhao Monash University
Zhongwei Guan
Zhongwei Guan University of Liverpool
Dong Ruan
Dong Ruan Swinburne University of Technology
Zhihua Wang
Zhihua Wang Arizona State University
W. Van Paepegem
W. Van Paepegem Ghent University
Marcílio Alves
Marcílio Alves Universidade de São Paulo

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