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Fires & Explosions

It takes a unique set of engineering skills to analyze fires and explosions, since each one has its own setting and its own set of unique circumstances. The challenge is, then, determining and verifying the root cause. To complete this task, the engineers at Engineering Design & Testing Corp. rely on engineering education, years of experience, and a devotion to continuing education.

Technology

  • Combustion
  • Flammability
  • Chemistry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Thermodynamics
  • Microscopy
  • Alarm Systems
  • Accelerant Analysis
  • Codes and Standards Interpretation
  • Construction Techniques
  • Structural Analysis

Applied To

  • Fire/Explosion Origin and Cause
    • Buildings
    • Industrial Facilities
    • Pipelines
    • Vehicles
  • Site Documentation
  • Post-Fire Damage Assessment

 

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The Stress Point

ED&T's quarterly educational magazine.

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Case Studies

A sampling of consultations from across our service areas. Read more by clicking on the Case Studies tabs above.

Service Directories

Booklets describing ED&T's services.

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Other Technical Articles

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Automotive / Vehicle

  • Drive Shaft Fracture in Boat Engine
  • Fracture Surface Determines Cause of Boat Damage
  • Head-On Collision Reconstruction
  • Heavy Vehicle Tire Failure
  • Stolen-Recovered-Burned Vehicle
  • Suspicious Fire or Just Another Hot Wire?
  • Uncontrolled Acceleration of a Vehicle

Fires & Explosions

  • A Fire 14 Months in the Making
  • Cargo Catches Fire
  • Explosion Levels Boarding House
  • Fire Traced to Cook Top
  • Suspicious Fire or Just Another Hot Wire?

Materials Testing & Analysis

  • Drive Shaft Fracture in Boat Engine
  • Hot Water Faucet Injury
  • What Led to Lead Bath Pan Fracture?

Products

  • Door Closer Evaluation
  • Hot Water Faucet Injury
  • Wheelbarrow Injury

Property

  • Ceiling Collapse
  • Moisture Damage Weakens Floor Framing
  • Pre or Post-Storm Damage?
  • Premature Aging of a Shingled Roof
  • Shrinking Soil and Foundation Settlement
  • Water Intrusion Into a Commercial Building
  • Water-Damaged Stucco
  • Wind Damage to Dock Structure

Workplace

  • Aerial Lift Operator Injury
  • Fatality Involving Fractured Gate Valve Housing

Construction

  • Construction Error or Design Defect?
  • Design Defect: Agricultural Storage Bins
  • Distressed Floors, Distressed Walls, Distressed Design Methodology

Failure Analysis

  • Hip Replacement Screw Fracture Analysis
  • Medical Instrument Failure Analysis
  • Moped Accident and a Fractured Gear Tooth
  • Plastic Boat Seat and a Fatality
  • Tour Bus Fire Failure Analysis

Products

  • Injury at a Guarded Location
  • Negligence on the Job and Injured Workers

Claim Review and Analysis

  • Gasoline Storage Tank Fire
  • Pipeline Compressor Fire
  • Power Plant Boiler Explosion
  • Power System and Operating Unit Incidents
  • Water Damage to Electrical Equipment

Damage Assessment

  • Embankment Erosion
  • Fire-Related Damage to a Food Processing Facility
  • Making Sense of Four Fallen Container Cranes
  • Which Came First - The Fire or the Overspeed?

Litigation Support

  • Microbiological Corrosion
  • Winery Contamination

Origin and Cause

  • A Fire 14 Months in the Making
  • A Power Loss and a Damaged High Voltage Transformer
  • Communications Tower Collapse
  • Power Shovel Fire
  • What Led to Lead Bath Pan Fracture?

Repair/ Reconstruction Monitoring

  • Power Station Incident
  • Structural Monitoring of Problematic Construction

Valuation

  • Ammonia Refrigeration System Moisture Damage
  • Fire and Explosion in a Process Furnace
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