Assessment of weapon-ammunition systems in forensic ballistics

摘要

This paper presents theoretical predictions and experimental tests made in order to assess the system weapon-ammunition for small arms of interest in forensic science. A dedicated test configuration was designed aiming to evaluate the correlation between average pressures of gaseous products, gunpowder loading density, powder manufacturing process, weight of the propellant charge, bullet discharge force, forcing cone, bore enlargement, muzzle velocity. Interior ballistic parameters for gun propellants are correlated with the design characteristics of weapon and ammunition allowing the assessment of the performance and safety features of the whole system.