Shepherd, C.J., Appleby-Thomas, G.J., Hazell, P.J., Allsop, D.F. (2009) The dynamic behaviour of ballistic gelatin. In: ElertFurnish MD, Anderson WW, Proud WG, M and Butler, W.T. and Furnish, M.D., eds. AIP Conference Proceedings. Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (2009), American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, pp. 1399-1402. link. 1195. pp. 1399-1402. IOP Institute of Physics (doi:10.1063/1.3295071) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:45125)
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Abstract
In order to characterise the effect of projectiles it is necessary to understand the mechanism of both penetration and resultant wounding in biological systems. Porcine gelatin is commonly used as a tissue simulant in ballistic tests because it elastically deforms in a similar manner to muscular tissue. Bullet impacts typically occur in the 350-850 m/s range; thus knowledge of the high strain-rate dynamic properties of both the projectile and target materials are desirable to simulate wounds. Unlike projectile materials, relatively little data exists on the dynamic response of flesh simulants. The Hugoniot for a 20 wt.% porcine gelatin, which exhibits a ballistic response similar to that of human tissues at room temperature, was determined using the plate-impact technique at impact velocities of 75-860 m/s. This resulted in impact stresses around three times higher than investigated elsewhere. In US-uP space the Hugoniot had the form US = 1.57 + 1.77uP, while in P-uP space it was essentially hydrodynamic. In both cases this was in good agreement with the limited available data from the literature.
Item Type: | Conference or workshop item (Poster) |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1063/1.3295071 |
Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA401 Materials engineering and construction |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy |
Depositing User: | Chris Shepherd |
Date Deposited: | 20 Nov 2014 22:32 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:18 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/45125 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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