Like, I couldn’t just push my finger in and easily pierce a person’s torso, so why is it deemed a good material for human analogue testing?
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It’s a great analogue for human muscle, but that’s about it. It doesn’t do well replicating skin, as skin has an elasticity that muscle doesn’t have. Unless it’s a really well made dummy, it also won’t account for the structure of bones and organs. It’s main use is to see what kind of damage something would do to human muscle, and how the muscle would react. For example, stabbing ballistic gel with different blades or objects can help identify what object a victim was stabbed with.
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