Tommy Lodge
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Research Student
Full contact details
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
D105/Buxton
Cedus Labs
Harpur Hill
Buxton, Derbyshire
SK17 9NL
- Profile
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Tommy graduated from The University of Sheffield with an MPhys degree in Physics in 2012. He then spent a number of years working in industry before returning to the University as Lab Manager for the Blast and Impact Dynamics Group's research lab in Buxton. He is responsible for day to day running of the lab, working closely with industry partners to deliver complex research projects and testing regimes in a safe environment.
Beginning in 2019, Tommy is also currently studying for a PhD looking to understand the effects different soil conditions have on the loading due to a buried charge.
- Qualifications
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MPhys Physics from the University of Sheffield
- Research interests
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Research Project: Understanding the threat posed by buried charges in different operating environments
This work aims to investigate the risk posed by buried charges in both the littoral and subarctic environment, and combine this with existing data to widen the knowledge of the affect geotechnical conditions have on the loading from a buried charge. This will be achieved through a meta analysis of existing data in the literature and a series of experiments using the Characterisation of Blast Loading (CoBL) apparatus housed at the Universities Blast labs in Buxton.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- 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). View this article in WRRO
- The effect of soil mineralogy and particle breakage on the impulse generated from shallow buried charges. Applied Sciences, 13(9). View this article in WRRO
- Preliminary yield estimation of the 2020 Beirut explosion using video footage from social media. Shock Waves, 30(6), 671-675. View this article in WRRO
Conference proceedings papers
- Utilising Digital Image Correlation for the Characterisation of Ground Shock from Buried Charges. CORD: Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium 2023, 31 January 2024 - 1 February 2024.
- 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
- 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
- Preliminary results of shallow buried charge testing on carbonate based sand. Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS6)
Reports
- Dstl Cased UNDEX / FloatEX
Presentations
- Blast analysis in 280 characters How social media can be used to predict the size of the Beirut blast. Online.
- 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). View this article in WRRO
- Research group
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Blast & Impact