Prediction of flyrock trajectories for forensic applications using ballistic flight equations

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1086-1094

  Stojadinović, Saša ^a   Pantović, Radoje ^a   Žikić, Miodrag ^a  

^a Technical Faculty in Bor   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ballistic flight; Differential equations; Flyrock; Numeric solution; Runge Kutta; Safe distance; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

BALLISTIC FLIGHT; FLY-ROCKS; FORENSIC APPLICATIONS; FOURTH-ORDER; NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION; NUMERIC SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RUNGE-KUTTA ALGORITHMS; RUNGE-KUTTUM; SAFE DISTANCE;

BALLISTICS;

ALGORITHM; FLIGHT; FORENSIC SCIENCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MECHANICS; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 80053130615     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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