There is an interest within forensic science to understand the physical and mechanical
properties of human skin and the natural and synthetic simulants used to represent it …

Introduction Penetrating wounds from explosively propelled fragments and bullets are the
most common causes of combat injury experienced by UK service personnel on current …

The material properties and structural characteristics of ballistic composites are crucial to
their ballistic performance. A numerical model of a 1.1 g FSP penetrating a UHMWPE target …

Ballistic gelatin is widely used as a simulant of soft tissues, and its dynamic responses to
high-speed projectile penetration are critical for understanding soft tissue damage, wound …

Tissue simulants are typically used in ballistic testing as substitutes for biological tissues.
Many simulants have been used, with gelatine amongst the most common. While two …

This paper describes a constitutive model for ballistic gelatin at the low strain rates
experienced, for example, by soft tissues during surgery. While this material is most …

Ballistic gelatin has been extensively used in ballistics research for decades, but calibration
standards were established on limited datasets, and only few studies have attempted to …

Biomechanical tests typically involve bending, compression, or shear stress, while fall tests
are less common. The main challenge in performing fall tests is the non-reproducible …

Gelatin, a representative simulant for soft tissue of the human body, was used to study the
effects of 9 mm pistol bullet's penetration. The behavior of a bullet penetrating gelatin was …

Explosively propelled fragments are the most common cause of injury to UK service
personnel in modern conflicts. Numerical injury models to simulate such injuries utilise …