Dr Dain George Farrimond

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research Associate in Blast Protection Engineering

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d.farrimond@sheffield.ac.uk
D105, Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)

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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

  • Karlsen J, Farrimond DG, Lodge TJ, Rigby SE, Tyas A, Clarke SD & Brewer TR (2025) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 383(2305).
  • Barr AD, Tyas A, Farrimond DG, Woolford S, Speak T, Rigby SE, Clarke SD & Lodge T (2025) . Process Safety and Environmental Protection.
  • Rigby SE, Mendham E, Farrimond DG, Pickering EG, Tyas A & Pezzola G (2025) . Shock Waves, 35, 1-16.
  • 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) . Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 480(2294).
  • Farrimond DG, Woolford S, Tyas A, Rigby SE, Clarke SD, Barr A, Whittaker M & Pope DJ (2024) . International Journal of Protective Structures, 15(1), 141-165.
  • Barr AD, Rigby SE, Clarke SD, Farrimond D & Tyas A (2023) . Sensors, 23(2), 964-964.
  • Hobbs MJ, Barr A, Woolford S, Farrimond D, Clarke SD, Tyas A & Willmott JR (2022) . Sensors, 22(16).
  • Farrimond DG, Rigby SE, Clarke SD & Tyas A (2022) . International Journal of Protective Structures, 13(2), 379-402.
  • Denny JW, Farrimond DG, Gabriel S, Yuen SKC, Rigby S, Al-Hajj S & Langdon GS () . Shock Waves.

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) , 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) , 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) , Next Generation Energetics (pp. 120-141). Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Speak T, Woolford S, Farrimond D, Christopher I, Barr A, Portius P & Tyas A (2023) , Future Developments in Explosives and Energetics (pp. 200-219). Royal Society of Chemistry

Conference proceedings

  • McDonald P, Wurster J, Nicolson A, Barr A & Farrimond DG (2025) Physics-informed modeling of afterburn in explosive simulations with GPU-accelerated CFD. Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS27). Colmar, France, 5 October 2025 - 5 October 2025.
  • Mendham EM, Rigby SE, Farrimond DG, Tyas A, McDonald P, Nicholson A & Pezzola G (2025) Numerical investigation of blast loading from cube shape explosive charges. Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS27). Colmar, France, 5 October 2025 - 5 October 2025.
  • Dennis AA, Karlsen J, Farrimond DG, Cook S, Tyas A, Rigby SE & Fay SD (2025) MicroBlast: The influence of obstacle orientation on the variability of blast loading in urban environments. Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS27). Colmar, France, 5 October 2025 - 5 October 2025.
  • Farrimond DG, Rigby S, Baldam C, Dennis AA, Tyas A & Fay SD (2025) MicroBlast: Experimental assessment of charge shape effects on blast loading in urban environments. Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS27). Colmar, France, 5 October 2025 - 5 October 2025.
  • 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.
  • Angelides S, Bassam B, Rigby S, Farrimond D, Lodge T & Tyas A (2025) An experimental investigation of clearing effects in near-field and above-ground explosions. Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS27). Colmar, France, 5 October 2025 - 5 October 2025.
  • Rigby S, Mendham E, Farrimond D, Tyas A, Pickering E & Pezzola G (2024) Re-visiting the secondary shock. Proceedings of The 19th International Symposium on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS 19). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024.
  • 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.
  • Barr A, Tyas A, Farrimond D, Woolford S, Clarke S, Rigby S, Speak T & Portius P (2024) Rapid thermochemical predictions of internal detonations using plasticised explosives. Proceedings of The 19th International Symposium on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures (ISIEMS). Bonn, Germany, 9 December 2024 - 9 December 2024.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mendham EM, Rigby SE, Farrimond DG, Tyas A & Pezzola G (2024) Far field blast parameters from cuboidal charges. Proceedings of the The 4th International Conference on Structural Safety Under Fire & Blast Loading (CONFAB 2024). London, UK, 9 September 2024 - 9 September 2024.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Speak T, Woolford S, Farrimond D, Christopher I, Barr A, Portius P & Tyas A (2023) . Future Developments in Explosives and Energetics: 1st International Explosives Conference, Vol. 356 (pp 200-219). London, United Kingdom, 22 June 2022 - 22 June 2022.
  • 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.
Research group

Sheffield Blast and Impact Group

Structural Engineering and Materials