Dr Clare Knock
Lecturer
Location: Shrivenham campus
E: c.knock@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1793 785728
Department of Engineering and Applied Science
Current activities
Clare Knock is currently carrying out work to determine the position of the source of blood stains for angled impacts, TNT equivalence close to an explosion, the use of propellants to process food, the development of safety netting for electrical bushings and studying the blast from a gun using an intermediate ballistics computer model.
Clients
defra, DOSG, National GridBackground
Clare Knock began her career in the numerical modelling of coastal and estuarine systems before modelling the spigot intrusion and cookoff of explosives and thermal transfer of heat in weapon systems. Clare Knock has also developed a method to predict the position of the source of angled blood stains, the risk of injury from fragments from an explosion, bounce and roll of masonry debris and ammunition safety systems to prevent mutual detonation of stored weapons. Her teaching includes internal ballistics, numerical modelling, blood stain analysis and introductory statistics, mathematics and risk analysis.Selected publications
Knock, C. and M. Davison (2007). Predicting the position of the source of blood stains for angled impacts. J. Forensic Sci. 52(5):1044-1050.
Knock, C., I. Horsfall, S. M. Champion and I. C. Harrod (2004): The bounce and Roll of Masonry Debris - Numerical Modelling. Int. J. Impact Eng. 30(1):1-16.
