Contact Dr Clare Knock
- Email: c.knock@cranfield.ac.uk
- ORCID
Areas of expertise
- Explosives and Munitions
- Weapons Engineering
Background
Dr Knock is a senior lecturer at Cranfield University and an expert in blast waves, ammunition safety and blood stain analysis. Clare's research on blast waves includes studying the shock waves from non-spherical chares such as cylinders, cuboids, crosses and truncated cones and the TNT equivalence of explosives. Her work on ammunition safety has included preventing mutual detonation in weapon systems. Clare's work on blood stain analysis includes developing methods for predicting the size and shape of blood and liquid impact onto porous, non-porous and granular materials, in particular fabrics, carpet sand and paper.
Current activities
Dr Knock's research interests include:
explosive blast
TNT equivalency
blood stain analysis
ammunition safety
risks from civilian explosions
fragment flight
bounce and roll of fragments.
She lectures on the following subject areas:
internal and intermediate ballistics
explosive blast
computer modelling
blood stain analysis
risk analysis
introductory mathematics and statistics.
Clients
AWE
Wallop Defence System Ltd
Defence Ordnance Safety Group
National Grid
MOD
Defence Intelligence
Defra
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Dicken L, Knock C, Carr DJ & Beckett S. (2022). The effect of reactive dyeing of fabric on the morphology of passive bloodstains. Forensic Science International, 336(July)
- Dicken L, Knock C, Carr DJ & Beckett S. (2022). The effect of the digital printing of fabric on the morphology of passive bloodstains. Forensic Science International, 341(December)
- Malbon C, Knock C, Critchley R & Carr DJ. (2021). The effect of underwired and sports bras on breast shape, key anthropometric dimensions, and body armour comfort. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 95(3)
- Dicken L, Knock C, Carr DJ & Beckett S. (2019). Investigating bloodstain dynamics at impact on the technical rear of fabric. Forensic Science International, 301
- Dicken A, Knock C, Beckett S & Carr DJ. (2019). The effect of fabric mass per unit area and blood impact velocity on bloodstain morphology. Forensic Science International, 301
- Malbon C, Knock C, Critchley R & Carr DJ. (2019). The effect of breast size and bra type on comfort for UK female police officers wearing body armour. Applied Ergonomics, 84
- Knock C & George A. (2019). Post-mortem dismemberment using chainsaws. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 53(1)
- Anastacio A & Knock C. (2016). Radial blast prediction for high explosive cylinders initiated at both ends. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 41(4)
- Dicken L, Knock C, Beckett S, de Castro TC, Nickson T, .... (2015). The use of micro computed tomography to ascertain the morphology of bloodstains on fabric. Forensic Science International, 257
- Knock C, Davies N & Reeves T. (2014). Predicting blast waves from the axial direction of a cylindrical charge. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 40(2)
- de Castro T, Nickson T, Carr D & Knock C. (2013). Interpreting the formation of bloodstains on selected apparel fabrics. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 127(1)
- Knock C, Horsfall I & Champion SM. (2013). Development of a computer model to predict risks from an electrical bushing failure. Electric Power Systems Research, 103
- Knock C, Horsfall I & Champion SM. (2013). Effect of core size and ground surface on debris fields of failed electric bushings. Electric Power Systems Research, 104
- Knock C & Davies N. (2011). Predicting the Impulse from the Curved Surface of Detonating Cylindrical Charges. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 36(2)
- Knock C & Davies N. (2011). Predicting the Peak Pressure from the Curved Surface of Detonating Cylindrical Charges. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 36(3)
- Knock C & Davison M. (2007). Predicting the Position of the Source of Blood Stains for Angled Impacts. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 52(5)
- Knock C, Horsfall I, Champion SM & Harrod IC. (2004). The bounce and roll of masonry debris. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 30(1)
Conference Papers
Books
- Jermy M, Knock C, Michielsen S, Smith F, Rough R, .... (2022). Drying of Complex Fluid Drops In Brutin D & Sefiane K (eds), Drying of complex fluid drops: Fundamentals and applications. Royal Society of Chemistry.
- Jermy M, Knock C, Michielsen S, Smith F, Rough R, .... (2022). Drying Processes in the Formation of Bloodstains at Crime Scenes In Drying of Complex Fluid Drops. The Royal Society of Chemistry.
