Beat P. Kneubuehl

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Beat Paul Kneubuehl (born July 24, 1944 ) is a Swiss mathematician and ballistics scientist.

Life

The graduate mathematician ( University of Bern ) worked from 1974 to 2006 as a research assistant in the ballistics department in the ballistics / shooting tests department of the armaments group of the Swiss Ministry of Defense. Main areas of work: trajectory measurement, projectile aerodynamics, external and terminal ballistics, ballistic protection. In addition, Beat Kneubuehl became interested in wound ballistics early on, especially in the physical processes involved in the development of gunshot wounds. As an opponent of animal experiments, he developed synthetic body models for performing experimental simulations in collaboration with doctors from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). His work led to lasting improvements in the assessment and treatment of gunshot and splinter wounds. The wound ballistic results and the experimental simulation also found their way into forensics. In 1999, Kneubuehl received his doctorate in forensic sciences ( University of Lausanne ).

From 2007 to mid-2014 Beat Kneubuehl headed the Center for Forensic Physics / Ballistics at the Institute for Forensic Medicine at the University of Bern. His publications are among the standard works of ballistics and wound ballistics . He leads further research and standardization activities within the framework of the international test center association VPAM in cooperation with the Police Technical Institute of the German Police University .

In October 2009 the Ig Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Stephan Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael Thali and Beat Kneubuehl. The subject of the award-winning work was ballistic studies on the difference in impact effects of full and empty beer bottles .

In 2010, Kneubuehl received an honorary doctorate from the medical faculty of the University of Bern, primarily because of the humanitarian potential of his work on the physics of gunshot wounds.

In 2014 he was awarded the Konrad Handel Foundation Prize of the German Society for Forensic Medicine with a view to the forensic applications of his work .

See also

literature

  • Beat Kneubuehl (eds.), Robin Coupland, Markus Rothschild , Michael Thali: Wundballistik. Basics and Applications . 3rd completely revised and expanded edition. Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-79008-2 .
  • Beat Kneubuehl: Bullets . Volume 1: Ballistics, accuracy, mode of action . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 978-3-7276-7119-7 .
  • Beat Kneubuehl: Bullets . Volume 2: Ballistics, effectiveness, measurement technology . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-7276-7145-9 .
  • Beat Kneubuehl: Storeys Complete Edition . Ballistics, measurement technology, effectiveness, accuracy . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-613-30666-0 .
  • Beat Kneubuehl: The ricochet of projectiles from a forensic point of view , 1999, ISBN 978-2-940098-15-6 .
  • Beat P. Kneubuehl: Ballistics, Theory and Practice , Springer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, 2018, ISBN 978-3-662-58299-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Curriculum Vitae BP Kneubuehl ( Memento from June 9, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  2. Bettina Jakob: The shot on the soap block. In: UniPress. 133/2007, pp. 21–23 (report on ballistic tests by Beat Kneubühl) ( web archive, online PDF, accessed on March 9, 2018; 353 kB)
  3. Beat P. Kneubuehl: Problems with the ballistic test - VPAM's suggested solutions ( web archive , online PDF, accessed on March 9, 2018)
  4. VPAM: About Us / History ( Memento from June 9, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  5. Police Technical Institute of the German Police University: Information on the establishment of the PTI ( Police Technical Institute) ( Memento from April 26, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  6. Beat P. Kneubuehl: Comprehensive list of publications ( Memento from June 9, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  7. Ig Nobel Prize: The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize Winners (Peace Price) ( Memento from March 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), 2009 (Eng.)