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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2010.34.3.255

Forensic Engineering Study on Damage Assessment of the Damage to the Internal Parts of a Vehicle Involved in a Fire Accident  

Kim, Eui-Soo (National Institute of Forensic Science)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.34, no.3, 2010 , pp. 255-261 More about this Journal
Abstract
Forensic engineering is the area of expertise of those qualified to serve as engineering experts in courts of law or arbitration proceedings. Especially failure of internal parts during vehicle fire accidents causing injuries and damage to property almost always generates conflict between the automaker and customer. Hence, the investigation of such events generally involves an engineering analysis. One of the possible reasons for such accidents caused by vehicle fire is the failure of the piston and connecting rod. By formal inspections and engineering tests, this study shows the results of investigation and the cause of failure of the mechanical parts. For this purpose the failure mechanism is analyzed by using fractography methods and by applying an instrumented indentation technique to compare the material properties of the reference part with those of the malfunctioning part.
Keywords
Forensic Engineering; Instrumented Indentation Technique; Failure; Fractography; Accident Investigation;
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