Dr Tommy Lodge (he/him)

Journal articles

• Karlsen J, Farrimond DG, Lodge TJ, Rigby SE, Tyas A, Clarke SD & Brewer TR (2025) Trilateration of blast wave arrival time: an inverse method for determining explosive yield and position. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 383(2305). View this article in WRRO
• Barr AD, Tyas A, Farrimond DG, Woolford S, Speak T, Rigby SE, Clarke SD & Lodge T (2025) Fast-running thermochemical predictions of quasi-static pressure for confined detonations of plasticised high explosives. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. View this article in WRRO
• 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). View this article in WRRO
• Lodge T, Clarke S, Waddoups R, Rigby S, Gant M & Elgy I (2023) 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
• Rigby SE, Lodge TJ, Alotaibi S, Barr AD, Clarke SD, Langdon GS & Tyas A (2020) 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

Book chapters

• Langdon GS, Osborne E, Curry RJ, Clarke SD, Hibbert A, Waddoups R, Farrimond D, Lodge T, Tyas A, Denny JW & Tyler JP (2025) Response of soft materials to extreme loads: Quasi-static to blast, Engineering Materials, Structures, Systems and Methods for a More Sustainable Future (pp. 9-10). CRC Press
• Langdon GS, Osborne E, Curry RJ, Clarke SD, Hibbert A, Waddoups R, Farrimond D, Lodge T, Tyas A, Denny JW & Tyler JP (2025) Response of soft materials to extreme loads: Quasi-static to blast, Engineering Materials, Structures, Systems and Methods for a More Sustainable Future (pp. 23-28). CRC Press
• Limbu A, Tam E, Whittaker M, Falco S, Eakins D, Klomfass A, Tyas A, Lodge T, Farrimond D & Pope D (2025) Expansion of high-fidelity physics capabilities for simulating the detonation and behaviour of explosive materials, Next Generation Energetics (pp. 120-141). Royal Society of Chemistry

Conference proceedings

• Barr A, Tyas A, Cottington G, Farrimond D, Woolford S, Waddoups R & Lodge T (2025) Experimental measurement and thermochemical modelling of water mitigation of confined detonations. Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS27). Colmar, France, 5 October 2025 - 5 October 2025. View this article in WRRO
• Waddoups R, Clarke S, Curry R, Tyas A, Farrimond D, Dennis A, Lodge T, Mullins J & Cordell J (2024) Validation of numerical modelling of explosive ground shock propagation in dry sand with digital image correlation experiments. Proceedings of The 19th International Symposium on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. View this article in WRRO
• 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 on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. View this article in WRRO
• 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 on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. View this article in WRRO
• Tyas A, Farrimond D, Woolford S, Barr A, Lodge T, Waddoups R, Clarke S, Rigby S, Hobbs M, Willmott J & Whittaker M (2024) 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 on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. View this article in WRRO
• Whittaker M, Limbu A, Tam E, Klomfass A, Tyas A, Lodge T, Farrimond D, 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 on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. View this article in WRRO
• 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 on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. View this article in WRRO
• Lodge T, Clarke S, Waddoups R, Rigby S, Gant M & Elgy I (2024) Blast testing of explosive charges buried in frozen soil. Proceedings of The 19th International Symposium on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. View this article in WRRO
• Nowak P, Waddoups R, Farrimond D, 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 on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024. View this article in WRRO
• Waddoups R, Clarke S, Curry R, Tyas A, Lodge T, Mullins J & Cordell J (2024) 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.
• 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
• 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
• 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 (MABS26). Wollongong, Australia, 4 December 2023 - 4 December 2023. View this article in WRRO
• Lodge T, Waddoups R, Tyas A, Clarke S, Rigby S, Langdon G, Gant M & Elgy I (2023) Preliminary results of shallow buried charge testing on carbonate based sand. Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Protective Structures (ICPS6)

Reports

• Waddoups R, Lodge T, Farrimond D & Tyas A (2024) Dstl Cased UNDEX / FloatEX

Presentations

• Lodge T, Rigby S, ALotaibi S, Barr A, Clarke S, Langdon G & Tyas A Blast analysis in 280 characters How social media can be used to predict the size of the Beirut blast. Online.