Issue
DYMAT 2009
Volume 2, 2009
DYMAT 2009 - 9th International Conference on the Mechanical and Physical Behaviour of Materials under Dynamic Loading
Page(s) 1775 - 1781
Section Numerical Simulations
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/dymat/2009250
Published online 15 September 2009
DYMAT 2009 (2009) 1775-1781
DOI: 10.1051/dymat/2009250

Evidence recovery from the post impact characterization of a Full Metal Jacket 9 mm Parabellum bullet

F. Bresson1, C. Marechal2, O. Franck1 and P. Drazetic2

1  INPS, Laboratoire de Police Scientifique, 7 Bd. Vauban, 59000 Lille, France
2  Université de Valenciennes, LAMIH, Le Mont Huy, 59300 Valenciennes, France


Published online: 15 September 2009

Abstract
We demonstrate here how the shooting distance of a 9 mm Parabellum FMJ bullet (115 gr) has been estimated both via shooting experiments and computer simulation. A 9 mm bullet was found by investigators near a concrete wall, fairly distorted at its tip. The bullet carries no evidence of multiple impact and no evidence of ballistic impact on the wall has been reported. We estimated the impact velocity by comparing the questioned bullet with a set of comparison bullets hitting a wall (rigid target) with different velocities. These comparison bullets were obtained both by experimental and numerical means. The estimated velocities (experimental velocity and numerical velocity) exhibit a very good concordance. The shooting distance was recovered from the impact velocity by studying the typical behaviour of a manufactured 9 mm bullet weighting 115 grains (7,45g), shot in pistol or a sub machine gun. The results demonstrated that the questioned bullet was a lost bullet. The shooting distance also helped the investigators, narrowing the range of the estimated positions of the shooter.



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