Noon Forensic Engineering Investigation

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4200-4141-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 488 Seiten

Forensic Engineering Investigation is a compendium of the investigative methodologies used by engineers and scientific investigators to evaluate some of the more common types of failures and catastrophic events. In essence, the book provides analyses and methods for determining how an entity was damaged and when that damage may have legal consequences. The material covers 21 common types of failures, catastrophic events, and losses that forensic engineers routinely assess. The range of topics include wind and blasting damage to structures, vehicular accidents, fires, explosions, hail damage to roofs and exteriors, lighting damage, and industrial guarding accidents.

Additionally, the book offers an extensive discussion of the scientific method as it applies to forensic science and provides tips on organizing and writing an investigative report. The book also supplies the applicable codes and standards that regulate the profession, discusses the role of the forensic engineer in court proceedings, and addresses the role management plays in industrial safety.

Each chapter is self-contained, highly specific, and succinct. Even more important, the analysis in each chapter is tailored to the answering of questions usually posed in the particular circumstances under discussion. The author does not skimp on the mathematical and scientific underpinnings of the subject matter. In that sense, Forensic Engineering Investigation contains the "good stuff" that is typically omitted in less challenging texts.

Zielgruppe

Forensic Science, Civil Engineering (General), Mechanical Engineering

Autoren/Hrsg.

Noon, Randall K.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Wind damage to residential structures

Lightning damage to well pumps

Evaluating blasting damage to structures

Building collapse due to roof leakage

Putting machines and people together
Determining the point of origin of fire
Electrical shorting

Explosions

Determining the point of origin of an explosion
Arson and incendiary fires

Simple skids

Simple and vehicular falls

Vehicle performance

Momentum methods

Energy methods

Curves and turns

Visual perception and motorcycle accidents

Interpreting light filament damage

Automotive fires

Hail damage

Blaming brick freeze-thaw deterioration on hail

Management's role in accidents