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For more see the link, Prof. Genevieve S. Langdon
Blast Impact & Survivability Research Unit (BISRU)
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Biography:
Professor Genevieve Langdon investigates blast resistant materials and structures for use in structural and transportation applications. She seeks to make the world a safer place by improving our understanding of a structures’ response to explosion loading (which could occur due to terrorism, landmine detonations or industrial accidents, for example). Her work has focused on determining the failure mechanisms involved in lightweight materials like composites, foams, lattices and metal/fibre hybrids. The goal is to improve materials selection and the design process when manufacturing items that face an explosion loading threat.
Most of the research into explosively loaded structures is limited to a small number of expensive field tests on overly complicated structures, or relies on substitute types of loading which do not represent a “real” explosion very well. Prof Langdon performs actual explosive detonations under carefully controlled conditions, making her work unique in the world. No other university research group in the world has similar capabilities – hence Prof Langdon performs a lot of collaborative research with partners across the globe.
She completed her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Liverpool in 2003. She is currently a Professor and Deputy Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Cape Town. Professor Genevieve Langdon has co-authored more than 50 journal articles, five book chapters and numerous conference papers. She is as a founder member of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS), a chartered (professional) engineer and holds an NRF rating. She was also recently a finalist in the National NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards, first runner up in the distinguished young research scientist category at the national Women in Science Awards and was the recipient of the British Association Medal (Silver) awarded by the S2A3 for outstanding contribution to science by a person under the age of 40 years (2014)
Selected Publications:
G.S. Langdon, G.K. Schleyer, Inelastic deformation and failure of clamped aluminium plates under pulse pressure loading, Int. J. Impact Eng., 28 (10) (2003), pp. 1107–1127
Langdon GS, Cantwell WJ, Nurick GN. The blast response of novel thermoplastic-based fibre-metal laminates – some preliminary results and observations. Composites Science and Technology 2005; 65(6): 861–872.
G.S. Langdon, S. Chung Kim Yuen, G.N. Nurick, Experimental and numerical studies on the response of quadrangular stiffened plates. Part II: subjected to localised load, Int. J. Impact Eng., 31 (1) (2005), pp. 85–111
G. S. Langdon and G. K. Schleyer, “Response of Quasi-statically Loaded Corrugated Panels with Partially Restrained Boundaries”, Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 47, No. 2, 2007, pp. 251-261
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