Clare Knock

Clare Knock is a Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University specializing in blast waves, ammunition safety, and blood stain analysis. Her research on explosive effects includes developing predictive models for blast waves from cylindrical charges and fragment behavior. She investigates bloodstain dynamics on fabrics using high-speed videography and micro-CT analysis, with applications in forensic science.

Her current work examines blast wave formation from non-spherical charges and TNT equivalence calculations. Additional research areas include risk assessment of infrastructure vulnerabilities to explosions and ballistic protection systems. She teaches internal ballistics, explosive blast theory, and forensic blood pattern analysis.

Dr. Knock's publications demonstrate expertise in both explosive physics and forensic fluid dynamics. Recent studies quantify how fabric properties affect bloodstain morphology and predict blast parameters from complex charge geometries.