Dr Tommy Lodge (he/him)

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Laboratory Manager, Sheffield Blast and Impact Group

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

Tommy Lodge
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t.j.lodge@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 7742 879246
D105 Broad Lane Building & Cedus Labs, Buxton, Cedus Labs

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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

  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Lodge T, Clarke S, Waddoups R, Rigby S, Gant M & Elgy I (2023) . Applied Sciences, 13(9).
  • Rigby SE, Lodge TJ, Alotaibi S, Barr AD, Clarke SD, Langdon GS & Tyas A (2020) . Shock Waves, 30(6), 671-675.

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

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Waddoups R, Clarke S, Curry R, Tyas A, Lodge T, Mullins J & Cordell J (2024) . 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.
  • 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, 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.
Research group

Sheffield Blast and Impact Group