Estimation of time since death by heat-flow Finite-Element model part II: Application to non-standard cooling conditions and preliminary results in practical casework

Legal Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-80

  Mall, Gita ^a,b   Eisenmenger, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite Element Method; Postmortem cooling; Time since death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; CLOTHING; COOLING; CRIME; DEATH; EMPIRICISM; ENERGY YIELD; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT LOSS; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL PROBE; RECORDING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOCIAL WORKER; STANDARD; THERMODYNAMICS; THICKNESS; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VICTIM; WIND;

EID: 13644252227     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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