Textile fibres along the bullet path-experimental study on a skin-gelatine composite model

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-218

  Vennemann, B ^a   Dautel, F ^a   Braunwarth, R ^b   Strassburger E ^c   Hunzinger, M ^c   Pollak, S ^a   Grosse Perdekamp M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Freiburg Regional Council   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SPEED DYNAMICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bullet track; Composite model; Gunshot wound; Textile fibres

Indexed keywords

GELATIN;

ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; BODY REGIONS; CLOTHING; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; GEOMETRY; GUNSHOT INJURY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEXTILE;

FORENSIC BALLISTICS; GELATIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEXTILES; VIDEO RECORDING; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 42149115738     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0221-3     Document Type: Article

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