Ballistic skin simulant

The tests showed that the best skin simulant of the ones evaluated was semi-finished chrome tanned upholstery “crust” cowhide of 0.9-1.1 mm nominal thickness. Its threshold velocity was 90.7 m/s, tensile strength 20.89 ± 4.11 MPa and elongation at break 61 ± 9%. These values are the same as the average values of human skin. Of the synthetic materials evaluated, 1 mm thick natural rubber can be used on impact side as a threshold velocity filter with some reservations although its theoretical threshold velocity is only 82.9 m/s.