Dr Tommy Lodge (he/him)

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Laboratory Manager, Blast and Impact Dynamics (Buxton)

Member of the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering Health and Safety Committee

Tommy Lodge
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t.j.lodge@sheffied.ac.uk
+44 7742 879246

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Dr Tommy Lodge
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
D105 Broad Lane Building & Cedus Labs, Buxton
Cedus Labs
Harpur Hill
Buxton, Derbyshire
SK17 9NL
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I graduated from The University of Sheffield with an MPhys degree in Physics in 2012 and 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. 

I am responsible for the day to day running of the lab, working closely with industry partners to deliver complex research projects and testing regimes in a safe environment.

In 2025 I completed my PhD at the University of Sheffield looking to understand the effects different soil conditions have on the loading due to a buried charge.

Qualifications

MPhys Physics from the University of Sheffield

Research interests

PhD 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.

Publications

Journal articles

Conference proceedings papers

  • 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, 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, 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
  • 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, 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
  • 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. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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) 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
  • Lodge T, Clarke S, Waddoups R, Rigby S, Gant M & Elgy I () Blast testing of explosive charges buried in frozen soil. 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

Reports

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

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. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

Blast & Impact

Structural Engineering & Materials Discipline