Dr Dain George Farrimond

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research Associate in Blast Protection Engineering

d.farrimond@sheffield.ac.uk

D105, Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)

Full contact details

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

Farrimond DG, Woolford S, Barr AD, Lodge T, Tyas A, Waddoups R, Clarke SD, Rigby SE, Hobbs MJ, Willmott JR , Whittaker M et al (2024) Experimental studies of confined detonations of plasticized high explosives in inert and reactive atmospheres. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 480(2294).
Barr AD, Rigby SE, Clarke SD, Farrimond D & Tyas A (2023) Temporally and spatially resolved reflected overpressure measurements in the extreme near field. Sensors, 23(2), 964-964. View this article in WRRO
Farrimond DG, Woolford S, Tyas A, Rigby SE, Clarke SD, Barr A, Whittaker M & Pope DJ (2023) Far-field positive phase blast parameter characterisation of RDX and PETN based explosives. International Journal of Protective Structures. View this article in WRRO
Hobbs MJ, Barr A, Woolford S, Farrimond D, Clarke SD, Tyas A & Willmott JR (2022) High-speed infrared radiation thermometer for the investigation of early stage explosive development and fireball expansion. Sensors, 22(16). View this article in WRRO
Farrimond DG, Rigby SE, Clarke SD & Tyas A (2022) Time of arrival as a diagnostic for far-field high explosive blast waves. International Journal of Protective Structures, 13(2), 379-402. View this article in WRRO

Chapters

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 (pp. 200-219). Royal Society of Chemistry

Conference proceedings papers

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
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

Research group

Blast and Impact Research Group

Structural Engineering and Materials