The Use Gelatine Blocks In

Wound Ballistic
Name- Tanishq Joshi
Paper ID- 0P88
 Introduction
• Gelatine blocks are used to find cause of death or severe damage caused by bullets i.e. to evaluate
projectiles results the use of material believed to represent (some part of) the human body.

• Gelatine is used for visualization transient and permanent wound profiles; factors recognized to
offer an affordable approximation damage in humans.

• It is to improve the projectile's damage and the opposite to recognize the effects body pictures to
improve surviving conditions.

• The areas of studies that use gelatine blocks are various and encompass projectile designers, the
clinical and forensic groups, and designer of ballistic shields
Why the gelatine blocks are used in the
wound ballistics?
• Gelatin blocks have the potential to cause projectile depths of penetration (DoP) and long-term
damage that is comparable to soft tissue, both living and dead.

• When compared to DoP in live porcine femoral tissue which had a DoP similar to that of gelatin
blocks at a bulk concentration of 10% and conditioned at 4 °C, they yielded up to 3% DoP in
selected beads from the pig's body.

• Similar trajectories were observed, with DoPs within 1%, in a recent comparison of wounds
induced by 10% mass gelatin and an anaesthetized porcine leg on 4.8 mm diameter ball
bearings
 Types Of Projectiles Used in
Gelatine Blocks
 Bullets

There are four basic components in the cartridge:i) the cartridge case; ii) the
primer; iii) the propellant; and iv)

 Fragmentations (ball bearing)

Metal compartments are regularly loaded up with explosives, or holders are

loaded up with metal items (like nails, nuts, or potentially metal rollers) and
explosives.
Wound ballistic

 The mechanisms and medical consequences of injuries

caused by exploding gunpowder and bullets are the primary
focus of wound ballistics.

 Impact on the tissue around the penetration site results in the

formation of a substantial temporary cavity.

 The size of this temporary cavity determines the degree of

local damage
 Material
• Gelatine from a solitary assembling bunch and with a Blossom strength of
225-265 (type 3 ballistic visual grade gelatineFootnote1) was utilized to
produce 10 and 20 % gelatine blocks.

• The gelatine block molds had dimensions of 250 mm (w), 250 mm (h), and
500 mm. The longer sides were tapered 1° to make it easier to remove the set
gelatine block from the mold.

• Before being placed in the refrigerator for an additional 24 hours, both

gelatine concentrations were allowed to settle at room temperature (18 °C 3
°C) for 24 hours;Prior to use, 10% blocks at 4 °C, and 20% blocks at 10 °C.
 Amumunation Used

Two types of ammunition were tested:

(i) Remington.223

(ii) 9 mm Luger
 Result

By firing synthetic models made of 10 percent and 20 percent combat

gelatin, wound ballistics investigates the specific effects of bullets on the
body or wound patterns.As the projectile leaves the weapon, it turns.When it
reaches its target, it accelerates.The bullet can either deviate (with the head
back on the heel) or expand within the body, depending on the design and
materials used.
 Conclusion

Through proper experimental design and planning, researchers using

gelatin blocks for lethality and survivability studies should reduce

variability.

Practitioners in their own discipline (such as medicine) should look for

literature in fields other than their own (such as forensics) due to the

diversity of the scientifically published literature in this field.

Thank you
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