title: Novel formulations of ballistic gelatin. 1. Rheological properties.
abstract: Ballistic gelatin is the simulant of the human body during field tests in forensics and other related fields, due to its physical and mechanical similarities to human trunk and organs. Since the ballistic gelatin used in present has important issues to overcome, an alternative approach is the use of gelatin-polymer composites, where a key factor is the insertion of biocompatible materials, which replicate accurately the human tissues. In order to be able to obtain an improved material in terms of mechanical performances by an easy industrial-scale technology, before the verification of the ballistic parameters by shooting in agreement with military standards, one of the best and cheapest solutions is to perform a thorough check of their rheological properties, in standard conditions.
authors.affiliation: Scientific Research Center for CBRN Defense and Ecology, 225 Olteniţei Sos, 041309 Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Teodora
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zecheru
authors.affiliation: Scientific Research Center for CBRN Defense and Ecology, 225 Olteniţei Sos, 041309 Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Ciprian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Său
authors.affiliation: Scientific Research Center for CBRN Defense and Ecology, 225 Olteniţei Sos, 041309 Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Claudiu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lăzăroaie
authors.affiliation: Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Advanced Polymer Materials Group, 1-7 Gh. Polizu Str., 011061 Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Cătălin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zaharia
authors.affiliation: Scientific Research Center for CBRN Defense and Ecology, 225 Olteniţei Sos, 041309 Bucharest, Romania; Military Technical Academy, 39-49 Bvd. George Cosbuc, 050141 Bucharest, Romania. Electronic address: traian.rotariu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Traian
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rotariu
authors.affiliation: Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Advanced Polymer Materials Group, 1-7 Gh. Polizu Str., 011061 Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Paul-Octavian
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Stănescu
mesh_terms: D044709:Forensic Ballistics; D005780:Gelatin; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D008954:Models, Biological; D012212:Rheology
chemical_list: D005780:Gelatin
keywords: Ballistic behavior; Hybrid composite; Simulant of human tissues