Steeve Kim Yuen

Associate Professor Steeve Chung Kim Yuen is the Deputy Director of the BISRU Centre. He is a graduate of the University of Cape Town. He obtained his BSc in Engineering (Mechanical) in 1997 before completing a Masters degree in Engineering in the field of Structural Impact (looking at deformation and tearing of quadrangular stiffened plates subjected to uniform blast load) in 2000. He completed his PhD in the field of crashworthiness in 2006. He is an NRF rated researcher (C1) and is currently employed as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Steeve's research interests focus mostly on the response of structures to blast loading (both in air and buried charges (towards developing blast protection structures) and impact loading (crashworthiness).

Qualifications:

• MScEng, University of Cape Town (2000)
• PhD, University of Cape Town (2006)

Professional Affiliations:

• IAPS, ISIE

Undergraduate Teaching:

• MEC2045S Applied Engineering Mechanics
• MEC3076F Stress Analysis and Materials

Research Affiliations:

• Blast Impact and Survivability Research Centre

Research Interests:

• Blast response of structures
• Structural Impact
• Crashworthiness

Recent Publications

Book Chapters

CHUNG KIM YUEN, S. and NURICK, G.N., Chapter: The use of tubular structures as cores for sandwich panels subjected to dynamic and blast loading, Blast Mitigation: Experimental and Numerical Studies, Editors: A.SHUKLA, Y. RAJAPAKSE, and M.E. HYNES, Publisher: Springer, pp 229-248, 2014.

CHUNG KIM YUEN, S & NURICK, GN, "The Response of "Large" Square Tubes (width/thickness ratio>45) to Opposite Lateral Blast Loads Followed by Dynamic Axial Load", IUTAM Symposium on Theoretical, Computational and Modelling Aspects of Inelastic Media, Vol 11, pp. 309-317, 2008. Journal Papers

WANG, C., XU, W.L. and CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., Penetration of shaped charge into layered and spaced concrete targets, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol 112, pp 193-206, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.10.013, 2018.

CHUNG KIM YUEN, S. and WARNCKE, The response of quadrangular plates to blast load resulting from the detonation of encased buried charges, International Journal of Protective Structures: Special Issue on “Research Development on Protective Structures ", Vol.8(3), pp 433-453, https://doi.org/10.1177/2041419617721547, 2017.

AMINI, K., ALTENHOF, W., CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., OPPERMAN, C.J. and NURICK, G.N., Experimental and numerical investigation on the deformation and energy dissipation of AA6061-T6 circular extrusion subjected to blast loading, International Journal of Impact Engineering: Special Issue in honor of Seventy Fifth Birthday of Professor N. K. Gupta, Vol. 110, pp 228-241, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.02.003, 2017.

CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., CUNLIFFE, G. and du PLESSIS, M.C., Blast response of cladding sandwich panels with tubular cores, International Journal of Impact Engineering: Special Issue in honor of Seventy Fifth Birthday of Professor N. K. Gupta, Vol.110, pp 266-278, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.04.016, 2017.

CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., NURICK, G.N., LANGDON, G.S. and IYER, Y., Deformation of thin plates subjected to impulsive load:Part III, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol 107, pp 108-117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2016.06.010, 2017.

RANWAHA, N. and CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., The effects of blast-induced fragments on cellular materials, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol 92 Special issue on Impact Loading on Lightweight Structures,pp 50-65, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2015.12.003 , 2016

NIOLLET, J.E., CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., NURICK, G.N. and GIRAULT, G., A study to assess the use of cylindrical bars as blast barriers, International Journal of Protective Structures: Special Issue on “Protection of Structures against Hazards", Vol 6 (2), pp263-286, https://doi.org/10.1260/2041-4196.6.2.263 2015.

GERETTO, C., CHUNG KIM YUEN S. and NURICK, G.N., An experimental study of the effects of degrees of confinement on the response of square mild steel plates subjected to blast loading, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol 79 Special issue for IUTAM 2013, pp 32-44, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2014.08.002 , 2015

LANGDON, GS, OZINSKY, A and CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., The response of partially confined right circular stainless steel cylinders to internal air-blast loading, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol 73, pp 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2014.05.002 , 2014.

ALIA, RA, CANTWELL WJ, LANGDON,GS CHUNG KIM YUEN S and NURICK, GN, The energy-absorbing characteristics of composite tube-reinforced foam structures, Composites: Part B, 61, pp 127–135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.01.018, 2014.

Published Conferences Proceedings

• CHUNG KIM YUEN, S & NURICK, GN, "Modelling of axial loading of square tubes with blast-induced imperfections" – 9th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics (IMPLAST 2007), Bochum, Germany , pp 553-560., 2007
• KARAGIOZOVA, D, NURICK, GN, LANGDON, GS, CHUNG KIM YUEN,S , CHI, Y & BARTLE, S, "Response of flexible sandwich panels to blast loading", 16th International Conference on Composite Materials, Japan, July 2007
• NURICK, G. N., CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., JACOB, N., VERSTER, W., BWALYA, D., & VARA, A., "Response of Quadrangular Mild Steel Plates to Large Explosive Load" [Keynote address]– 2nd International Conference on Defence and Analysis of Protective Structures, (DAPS 2006), Singapore, pp 30-44, 2006
• CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., & NURICK, G. N.,Modelling the deformation and tearing of "thin and thick plates subjected to localised blast loads - 8th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics, (IMPLAST 2003) - New Delhi - India, pp 729-739, 2003.
• JACOB, N., CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., NURICK, G. N., DESAI, S. & TAIT, D., Quadrangular plates subjected to localised blast loads - An insight into scaling - 8th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics, (IMPLAST 2003) - New Delhi - India, pp 769-776, 2003.
• NURICK, G.N., BALDEN, V.H., CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., WILLIAMS, J., STRETCH, R.A., "Measuring the position of impact of a ball striking a cricket bat - Results of three elite cricketers." Science and Medicine in Cricket - A collection of papers from the Second World Congress of Science and Medicine in Cricket, (Eds. Stretch RA, Noakes T, Vaughan CL.), ComPress, Cape Town (ISBN 1-919833-62-5), pp121-140, 2003.
• LANGDON, G. S., CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., & NURICK, G. N., The response of stiffened plates subjected to localised blast loading - 6th International Conference on Structures under Shock and Impact, (SUSI2002), Montreal - Canada, 2002.
• CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., & NURICK, G. N.,Deformation and tearing of uniformly blast-loaded quadrangular stiffened plates - Proceedings of the International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC) - Cape Town - South Africa, pp 1029 - 1036, 2001.
• CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., & NURICK, G. N., The significance of the thickness of a plate when subjected to localised blast load - 16th Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS16) - Oxford - UK, pp 491 - 499, 2000.

Published Conference Abstracts/Presentations

• CHUNG KIM YUEN, S, NURICK GN, & WITBEEN HL, The response of sandwich panels made of thin-walled tubes subjected to dynamic axial load, Impact Loading of Lightweight Structures Conference, Norway 17-19 June 2008.
• NURICK, GN, CHUNG KIM YUEN, S, JACOB, N, VERSTER, W, BWALYA, KD, & VARA, A. "Experiments of Steel Plates subjected to Large Explosive Loads", US-Africa Workshop on Mechanics and Materials, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 24-28 January, 2005.
• CHUNG KIM YUEN, S, LANGDON, GS & NURICK, GN. "Predicting tearing in blast-loaded quadrangular stiffened plates ", US-Africa Workshop on Mechanics and Materials, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 24-28 January, 2005.
• CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., & NURICK, G.N., "Modelling the deformation and tearing of thin and thick plates subjected to localised blast loads." South Africa's First International Symposium on Land Mine Countermeasures and Survivability, Pretoria, South Africa, September, 2003.
• JACOB, N., CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., NURICK, G.N., DESAI, S., & TAIT, D. "Quadrangular plates subjected to localised blast loads - an insight into scaling." South Africa's First International Symposium on Land Mine Countermeasures and Survivability, Pretoria, South Africa, September, 2003.
• CHUNG KIM YUEN, S., & NURICK, G. N., Deformation and tearing of uniformly blast-loaded quadrangular stiffened plates - Proceedings of the Solid Mechanics, Materials and Manufacturing conference (MMM)- Cape Town - South Africa, p 23 - 24, 2000.