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A new mechatronic set-up and technique for investigation of firearms
- Source :
- SPIE Proceedings.
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- SPIE, 2016.
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Abstract
- Since ancient times, mankind has manifested interest in the development and improvement of weapons, either for military or hunting purposes. Today, in competition with these legal practices, the number of those who commit crimes by non-compliance with the regime of weapons and ammunition has increased exponentially. This is why the technology and methods employed in the area of judicial ballistics, requires constant research and continuous learning. The present paper advances a new experimental set-up and its corresponding methodology, meant to measure the force deployed by the firing pin. The new experimental set-up and procedure consists of a mechatronic structure, based on a piezoelectric force transducer, which allows to measure, in-situ, the force produced by the firing pin when it is deployed. The obtained information can further be used to establish a correspondence between this force and the imprint left on the firing cap. This correspondence furthers the possibility of elaborating a model that would permit ballistic experts to correctly identify a smoothbore weapon.
- Subjects :
- Structure (mathematical logic)
Engineering
business.industry
Firing pin
Ballistics
Measure (physics)
02 engineering and technology
Commit
Mechatronics
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Computer security
computer.software_genre
01 natural sciences
Industrial engineering
law.invention
010309 optics
Ammunition
law
0103 physical sciences
0210 nano-technology
Set (psychology)
business
computer
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0277786X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- SPIE Proceedings
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........79ab592e1eb86c6bb1ff89c64e144d64