Penetration performance of protective materials from crossbow attack: a preliminary study.

ABSTRACT: Crossbow-related injuries resulting in serious and mortal consequences have increased in recent years, and although significant research exists for both injury and fatality on the human body, limited data exists on the lethality of the bolt and the failure modes of protective materials. This paper concerns itself with the experimental validation of four differing crossbow bolt geometries, their effects on material failure and potentially lethality. During this study, four different types of crossbow bolt geometries were tested against two protection mechanisms that differed in mechanical properties, geometry, mass and size. The results show that at 67 ms^-1, ogive, field and combo tips do not provide lethal effect at 10-m range, whilst a broadhead tip will perforate both the para

SUBMITTER: Read J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10944438 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature