Forensic engineering investigation / Randall K. Noon.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Noon, Randall
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2001.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Wind damage to residential structures
  • Lightning damage to well pumps
  • Evaluating blasting damage
  • Building collapse due to roof leakage
  • Putting machines and people together
  • Determining the point of origin of a fire
  • Electrical shorting
  • Explosions
  • Determining the point of ignition of an explosion
  • Arson and incendiary fires
  • Simple skids
  • Simple vehicular falls
  • Vehicle performance
  • Momentum methods
  • Energy methods
  • Curves and turns
  • Visual perception and motorcycle accidents
  • Interpreting lamp filament damages
  • Automotive fires
  • Hail damage
  • Blaming brick freeze-thaw deterioration on hail
  • Management's role in accidents and catastrophic events.