Forensic engineering: Reduction of risk and improving technology (for all things great and small)

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1019-1037

  Brown, Sam ^a  

^a Quest Engineering Development Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident reconstruction; Failure analysis; Forensic engineering; Risk; Safety

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; HAZARDS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION; FORENSIC ENGINEERING; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEM FAILURES;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; HAZARDS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 34147113773     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2006.11.065     Document Type: Article

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