The Application of DIC in Criminology Analysis Procedures to Measure Skin Deformation

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Szabolcs Szalai 1
Brigitta Fruzsina Szívós 1
Dániel Kocsis 1
Mykola Sysyn 2
Jianxing Liu 3
Szabolcs Fischer 1
1 Central Campus Gyor, Széchenyi István University, 9026 Gyor, Hungary
2 Department of Planning and Design of Railway Infrastructure, Institute of Railway Systems and Public Transport, Technical University of Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
3 School of Civil Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
10.22055/jacm.2024.46966.4634
Abstract
In engineering, DIC is a widely used measurement technique. Its major advantage is that it provides real-time results (displacements, accelerations, stresses, strains, deformations) of the surface under examination relatively quickly and without contact. However, its application in medicine, biomechanics, and the field of criminalistics is novel. The present research focuses mainly on the frontier areas of forensics and medicine. The research aims to define the test boundary conditions and preparatory activities to measure the surface of the animal and then human skin. Injuries caused by low-energy ballistic bullets, blunt-force trauma, and cuts and punctures caused by knives and/or blades will be investigated. The present research focuses on puncture injuries in animal skin. The main challenge is to create a speckle pattern on the surface that can track deformation well. The research is about developing and validating this. The GOM ARAMIS measurement system was applied for the measurements. This paper demonstrates that a suitable preparation, painting procedure, and measurement setup has been established to measure the above effects, i.e., to identify displacements and deformations of up to tenths of a millimeter with sufficient accuracy. The evaluation of the results will also show that this method could be used in forensic applications, the automotive industry, medical orthopedics, and the textile industry.
Keywords
GOM Aramis
deformation analysis
knife wound
criminalistics
skin deformation measurement
Subjects

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Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics
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