Uncertainty Analysis for Forensic Science - Softcover

Brach, Raymond M., Ph.D.; Dunn, Patrick F., Ph.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933264721 ISBN 13: 9781933264721

Publisher: Lawyers & Judges Pub Co, 2009

Synopsis

This unique book covers the fundamentals of uncertainty analysis a tool used by engineers and scientists throughout the world to estimate uncertainty. In an increasingly complex society, it is easy to become overwhelmed by numbers and units. However, units and measurements are not meant to confuse, but to help. They were developed and designed to allow for effective communication on commercial and technical levels. The brand-new second edition of this instructive book has been geared solely towards the many legal professionals and forensic engineers who want more information on uncertainty analysis and its potential applications in the courtroom. This detailed work gives you the facts and knowledge you need. Covering a wide range of topics ranging from probability and statistical variables, mathematical relationships and equations, to sensitivity and design of experiments, Uncertainty Analysis for Forensic Science, Second Edition serves to enlighten, inform and familiarize you with these particular ideas by applying scientific and medical knowledge to legal matters, giving you an edge in the courtroom. This new edition has been modified and expanded with more case study examples and analysis.

About this title

About the Author

Raymond M. Brach, Ph.D., P.E., is a consultant in the field of accident reconstruction and a professor emeritus from the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame. He was granted a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois. His specialized areas of teaching and research include mechanical design, mechanics, vibrations, acoustics, applications of statistics and quality control, vehicle dynamics, accident reconstruction and microparticle dynamics. He is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Indiana and is a Fellow member of SAE. In addition to over 100 research papers and numerous invited lectures, he has authored Mechanical Impact Dynamics, published by Wiley Interscience in 1991 (also, Revised Edition, www.brachengineering.com, 2007) and Vehicle Accident Analysis and Reconstruction Methods, SAE, 2005, coauthored with R. Matthew Brach.Patrick F. Dunn, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, where he has been a faculty member since 1985. Prior to 1985, he was a mechanical engineer at Argonne National Laboratory from 1976 to 1985 and a postdoctoral fellow at Duke University from 1974 to 1976. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in engineering from Purdue University (1970, 1971 and 1974). He is the author of over 160 scientific journal and refereed symposia publications and a licensed Professional Engineer in Indiana and Illinois. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is the recipient of departmental, college and university teaching awards. Professor Dunn’s scientific expertise is in fluid mechanics and microparticle behavior in flows. He is an experimentalist with over 40 years of experience involving measurement uncertainty. He is the author of the textbook Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science (1st edition by McGraw-Hill, 2005; 2nd edition by Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2010) involving uncertainty and other issues related to measurements.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lawyers & Judges Pub Co
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933264721
• ISBN 13: 9781933264721
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 189