A Practical Guide to Engineering Failure Investigation

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A Practical Guide to Engineering Failure Investigation has been written with the specific purpose of helping those involved in serious engineering failures. When mechanical plant fails, the technical, legal and contractual issues become very involved and complicated, and deciding causation can be difficult and prolonged. The principles and methodologies explained here will helpengineers to link their technical knowledge to the commercial realities of working with insurers, loss adjusters and their representatives.This book is essential reading for consultants, expert witnesses and all engineers who may become involved in commercial failure investigations.CONTENTS INCLUDE:How to use this bookProfessional roles and responsibilitiesStrategy and tactics of failure investigationThe inspection visitDoing a design and operation appraisalMechanisms of failureDeciding causationHow to present your conclusionsInsurance investigations – deferring failure ‘events’ and proximate cause – subrogation. /* This willbe called by youtube js api with the player id that is now ready to play. The code below sent to YoutubeWidget creates a player id which identifies if it is from product page (pre-appends with product_page_) */ function onYouTubePlayerReady(playerId) { //disabling this for IE if($.browser.msie){ return; } if(typeof playerId == "string" && playerId.indexOf("product_page_")>=0){ var ytplayer = document.getElementById(playerId); //This is youtube's addeventlistener, not the native javascript one. ytplayer && ytplayer.addEventListener && ytplayer.addEventListener("onStateChange", "FKART.omni.youtubePlayerStateChanged"); } }