Open AccessHydrodynamics of back spatter by blunt bullet gunshot with a link to bloodstain pattern analysis
Author(s) -
Patrick Comiskey,
Alexander L. Yarin,
Daniel Attinger
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
physical review fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 2469-9918
pISSN - 2469-990X
DOI - 10.1103/physrevfluids.2.073906
Subject(s) - drag , drop (telecommunication) , blunt , mechanics , instability , geology , rayleigh–taylor instability , meteorology , physics , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering , surgery
A theoretical model predicts backward blood spatter from a blunt bullet which favorably agrees with experimental data. Drop generation is explained through the Rayleigh-Taylor instability and includes the effects of air drag and drop-drop interactions.
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