Beds of non metallic inclusions on the surface of a fractured shaft failed due to torsional loading.
Liability Investigations
ATRONA Material Testing Labs provides expert engineering services to the insurance companies, law firms and manufacturers. The forensic engineer meticulously investigates accidents and failures with the objective of establishing causation and the sequence of events leading to the accident. The work is typically utilized in arbitration, settlement, civil and criminal matters.
The Forensic Engineering Service is primarily concerned with the correct reconstruction of an incident which resulted in failure, loss, injury or death. As such, Forensic Engineering is also often utilized in investigation with a commercial or industrial focus. Engineering knowledge, concepts and techniques are used in order to arrive at the required reconstruction. In performing the forensic reconstruction the ATRONA multi-disciplinary engineering team combines specialized knowledge and systems in the fields of materials behavior, stress and structural analysis and failure, to arrive at the correct reconstruction. In doing so, we utilize state-of-the-art techniques and software, as well as extensive staff experience. Our Forensic Engineers are supported by full Material and Mechanical testing laboratories.