Forensic Engineering Reconstruction of Accidents
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Author(s): J. F. Brown, K. S. Obenski and T. R. Obenski
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas
ISBN: 0398073406
Format: hardback
271pp
Price: $56.95
Review Date: 21 July 2003
Review: A ‘forensic engineering’ is an ‘expert witness’ engineer. A forensic engineer applies the principles of science and engineering to investigations that are part of, or potentially part of, some litigation process. The bulk of the work is with automobile accidents. This book provides forensic data, information and analytical techniques over and above that taught to non-engineers. Experienced investigators will find new ideas and relationships to fill the gaps in their knowledge; and those new to the subject will find the topics useful. There are chapters on: friction; forensic mechanics; traffic accident dynamics; vehicle fires; motorcycles; truck accidents; pedestrian accidents; motion perception; rollovers; tyres; mapping and measuring; photography; failure analysis; and slip and fall.