Today, in most product liability cases in the court system or with insurance companies, the alleged cause of the accident is either misuse or material failure. Accidents including people falling off ladders, chairs or bicycles and the failure of machinery…
Forensic engineering oftentimes involves an analysis of why a part or piece failed. The answer can be uncovered by the use of a Solid Mechanics/Material Science Engineer. Take for example a pipe that fails and causes a building to become…
The material of choice at a point in history often defines that period. For example, if you found yourself swinging a bronze sword around 3300 to 1200 BC, you would have been considered hot stuff…as you were wielding the cutting…
A Game Show host approaches you on the sidewalk and asks you a 100 dollar question: “What is the area inside a 10 foot by 10 foot square?” (insert tick tocking theme music here) Somewhere in the back of your…