Many attorneys hire metallurgists to study failures across many
industries. Similarly, finite element analysis is regularly
applied to a vast array of products. As discussed in previous
issues of Courtroom FEA, FEA applies when something bending or
breaking is an issue.
The following collage presents some of the industries that FEA
is applied to. The blue text lists some of the products the
author has experience with. (Collage available at
www.finiteelement.com/newsletter/CourtroomFEA_Vol03.html)
About the author:
Steve Roensch is an expert witness and mechanical engineer with
more than 20 years of professional experience. He has analyzed
hundreds of product designs and has served as an expert witness
across many industries, including giving depositions and Click here to read more from this article
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DNA testing has three major applications for forensic studies: identification of missing persons; identification of victims of wars, accidents, and natural disasters; and crime investigation. Annually, more than 20,000 forensic DNA tests are performed in the UK. Two out of three of all criminal cases using DNA evidence involve sexual assault, the rest are cases dealing with burglary, murder, and other types of violent crime. During the last 15 years, DNA trial analysis became an indispensable police tool in fighting crime because it allows unambiguous identification of the criminal by traces of biological material left at the crime scene. It Click here to read more from this article
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