TY - GEN
T1 - DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE BULLET RESISTANT IMPLANT
T2 - 33rd International Symposium on Ballistics, BALLISTICS 2023
AU - Miranda Vicario, Angel
AU - Van Holder, Carlo
AU - De Decker, Ignace
AU - Coghe, Frederik
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Five cases are reported in the literature of direct ballistic impact into breast implants. In a total of three of them, the conclusions reported that the breast implants had an influence and helped to save the lives of the victims. This article aims to verify this claim, and in order to achieve it, some silicone breast implants have been impacted with pistol ammunition. Also, some armour material was added in the back of the implant to assess the feasibility of stopping the bullet and its influence in the process of slowing down the bullet was analysed. Particular attention has been paid to assess the damage produced by the back face deformation, since the armour size is small and it would be place in close contact with the human ribs. The considered threat is 9 x 19 mm Full Metal Jacket.
AB - Five cases are reported in the literature of direct ballistic impact into breast implants. In a total of three of them, the conclusions reported that the breast implants had an influence and helped to save the lives of the victims. This article aims to verify this claim, and in order to achieve it, some silicone breast implants have been impacted with pistol ammunition. Also, some armour material was added in the back of the implant to assess the feasibility of stopping the bullet and its influence in the process of slowing down the bullet was analysed. Particular attention has been paid to assess the damage produced by the back face deformation, since the armour size is small and it would be place in close contact with the human ribs. The considered threat is 9 x 19 mm Full Metal Jacket.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85178995367
T3 - Proceedings - 33rd International Symposium on Ballistics, BALLISTICS 2023
SP - 1937
EP - 1945
BT - Interior Ballistics, Terminal Ballistics
A2 - Coghe, Frederik
PB - DEStech Publications
Y2 - 16 October 2023 through 20 October 2023
ER -