
Engineering Standards for Forensic Application
Description
Key Features
- Addresses a wide variety of forensic engineering areas, including relevant law
- Provides a new approach of study that includes the work of both engineers and litigators
- Contains contributions from over 40 experts, offering the reader examples of general forensic methods that are based on reliable engineering practice
Readership
Forensic Engineers, Forensic Scientists, Litigators, Trial Attorneys and Judges. Students and instructors studying or teaching forensic engineering in forensic science programs, also law school libraries
Table of Contents
Part 1 Fundamentals
1. Case Studies in Engineering Evidence
2. Assessing Scientific Methodology of Engineering Experts
3. The Breadth of Engineering Standards
4. Engineering Standards in Forensic Education
5. An Environmental Engineering Case StudyPart 2 Disciplines
6. Engineering Standards in Electric Shock
7. HVAC and Building Envelope Litigation
8. Architectural Standards in Slip, Trip, and Fall Litigation
9. Engineering Standards in Construction Litigation
10. Engineering Standards in Transportation Litigation
11. Engineering Standards in Fire Investigation
12. Engineering Standards in Electrical Fire Investigations
13. Engineering Standards in Geotechnical Engineering Litigation
14. Engineering Standards in Welding Failure
15. Highway Design LitigationPart 3 De Facto Engineering Standards
16. De Facto Engineering Design Standards
17. Industry Standards in Computing Litigation
18. Electric Power Industry Standards
19. De Facto Standards in Tire Friction
20. A U.S. Patent Acting as a De Facto Standard in Tire Failure
21. Forensic Economics
22. De Facto Standards in Accident ReconstructionPart 4 Basic Sciences/Basic Engineering
23. Engineering Standards in Biomechanics
24. Engineering Standards in Human Factors
25. Standards in Human Vibration Litigation
26. Products LiabilityPart 5 Engineering Standards – The Forensic Future
27. The Future of Forensic Methods
28. NFL Brain Injury
29. Forensic Odontology
30. Flint Water Crisis
Product details
- No. of pages: 634
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2018
- Published: September 14, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128132418
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780128132401
About the Editors
Richard Mclay
Affiliations and Expertise
Robert Anderson
Affiliations and Expertise
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