Dr Dain George Farrimond

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research Associate in Blast Protection Engineering

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Dr Dain George Farrimond
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
D105
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Research interests

Development of experimental capabilities to characterise the yield of explosives with varying composition and size in both ideal scenarios, and those with increasing complexity to assess the influence of structural arrangement.

Publications

Journal articles

Chapters

Conference proceedings papers

  • Barr A, Tyas A, Farrimond D, Woolford S, Clarke S, Rigby S, Speak T & Portius P (2024) Rapid thermochemical predictions of internal detonations using plasticised explosives. Proceedings of The 19th International Symposium for the Interaction of Munitions with Structures. Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 19). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Farrimond D, Nowak P, Tetlow L, Lodge T, Langdon G, Tyas A, Sielicki P, Gajewski T, Tam E & Whittaker M (2024) Characterisation of Underwater Shock Parameters in Shallow and Open Water Conditions. Proceedings of The 19th International Symposium for the Interaction of Munitions with Structures. Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 19). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Farrimond D, Nicholson A, Nowak P, Tetlow L, Dennis A, Lodge T, Langdon G, Tyas A, Sielicki P, Gajewski T , McDonald P et al (2024) Experimental Validation of Viper Underwater Explosion CFD Solver. Proceedings of The 19th International Symposium for the Interaction of Munitions with Structures. Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 19). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Farrimond D, Nowak P, Waddoups R, Gajewski T, Lodge T, Langdon G, Tyas A, Sielicki P, Tam E & Whittaker M (2024) A fragmentation assessment method for submerged charges. Proceedings of The 19th International Symposium for the Interaction of Munitions with Structures. Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 19). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Farrimond D, Whittaker M, Limbu A, Tam E, Klomfass A, Tyas A, Lodge T, Falco S, Eakins D & Pope D (2024) Development of a numerical capability for simulating non-ideal explosives and reactive materials. Proceedings of The 19th International Symposium for the Interaction of Munitions with Structures. Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 19). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Tam E, Whittaker M, Limbu A, Pope D, Klomflass A, Tyas A, Lodge T, Farrimond D & Tetlow L (2024) Recent Improvements in Dstl’s Capacity for Modelling UNDEX and Associated Structural Response. Proceedings of The 19th International Symposium for the Interaction of Munitions with Structures. Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 19). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Farrimond D, Ratcliff A, Dennis A, Rigby S, Tyas A, Clarke S, Lodge T & Tolman W (2023) MicroBlast - a benchmarking study of gramme-scale explosive trials. Proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS26). Wollongong, Australia, 4 December 2023 - 4 December 2023. View this article in WRRO 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 Sheffield 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. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Whittaker M, Limbu A, Pope D, Tyas A, Lodge T & Farrimond D (2023) DEVELOPMENT OF A PREDICTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING THE VIABILITY AND POWER OF IDEAL AND NON-IDEAL EXPLOSIVES WITH RESPECT TO MITIGATING AND PROTECTING AGAINST ENERGETIC EFFECTS. Proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock. Wollongong, Australia, 3 December 2023 - 3 December 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Speak T, Woolford S, Farrimond D, Christopher I, Barr A, Portius P & Tyas A (2023) Experimental observation and modelling of contained detonations of PE4: what is the influence of afterburn?. Future Developments in Explosives and Energetics: 1st International Explosives Conference, Vol. 356 (pp 200-219). London, United Kingdom, 22 June 2022 - 22 June 2022. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Farrimond D, Woolford S, Tyas A, Rigby S, Lodge T, Barr A, Clarke S, Whittaker M & Pope D (2023) Far-field positive phase blast parameter characterisation of small-scale ammonium nitrate based explosives. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS6). Auburn, AL, United States, 14 May 2023 - 14 May 2023. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Tyas A, Farrimond D, Woolford S, Barr A, Lodge T, Waddoups R, Clarke S, Rigby S, Hobbs M, Willmott J & Whittaker M () Experimental and numerical studies of confined blast from detonation of plasticised high explosives in reactive and non-reactive atmospheres. Proceedings of The 19th International Symposium for the Interaction of Munitions with Structures. Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 19). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

Blast and Impact Research Group

Structural Engineering and Materials