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Author Brown, John Fiske

Title Forensic Engineering Reconstruction of Accidents
Edition 2nd ed
Published Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (285 pages)
Contents FORENSIC ENGINEERING RECONSTRUCTION OF ACCIDENTS; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 WHAT IS FORENSIC ENGINEERING?; Chapter 2 WHY ARE FORENSIC ENGINEERING; Chapter 3 FRICTION; Chapter 4 FORENSIC MECHANICS; Chapter 5 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DYNAMICS; Chapter 6 VEHICLE FIRES; Chapter 7 UNDERSTANDING MOTORCYCLES; Chapter 8 TRUCK ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION; Chapter 9 PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS; Chapter 10 MOTION PERCEPTION LIMITS IN TRAFFIC; Chapter 11 ROLLOVERS; Chapter 12 SINGLE VEHICLE LOSS OF; Chapter 13 TIRES AND RIMS; Chapter 14 MAPPING AND MEASURING; Chapter 15 PHOTOGRAPHY; Chapter 16 FAILURE ANALYSIS
Chapter 17 SLIP AND FALLINDEX
Summary This book is not an advanced engineering text. Rather, it is a practical presentation with traffic accident reconstruction principles presented in a simple, understandable manner so that the reader will easily retain these important concepts. The engineering principles involved are introduced at the elementary level, and in many cases equations used in freshman physics are derived. The authors believe that the derivations are presented in the simplest manner possible so that the reader will retain this material. The book is the result of an effort to compile over a period of years useful foren
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Subject Traffic accident investigation.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Safety.
Traffic accident investigation
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency.
Form Electronic book
Author Obenski, Kenneth S
Osborn, Thomas R
ISBN 9780398084165
0398084165