Arc flashes and arc blasts are two components of a complex electrical phenomenon: the cause (arc flash) and effect (arc blast). When a short circuit (or arc flash) occurs, it can often cause an arc blast, a type of highly…
According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), there are an average each year of 15,970 home structure fires involving a clothes dryer or washing machine. The vast majority of these fires (92%) involved clothes dryers. These fires caused annual…
Civil engineers and structural engineers bring different approaches to the investigation. All structural engineers are civil engineers, but not all civil engineers are structural engineers. Civil engineering is a discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the…
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there are approximately 11,000 tire-related motor vehicle crashes each year and nearly 200 people will die in those crashes. In an average year, U.S. drivers’ car tires rack up 3 billion…