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


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School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
D105 Broad Lane Building & Cedus Labs, Buxton
Cedus Labs
Harpur Hill
Buxton, Derbyshire
SK17 9NL
- Profile
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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
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MPhys Physics from the University of Sheffield
- Research interests
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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
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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.
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Reports
Presentations
- 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