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Plastic Failure Analysis

October 27, 2008 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Plastics failure expert performs a root cause failure analysis on a plastic automobile door handle. The handle is from a van’s sliding side door. The product failure occurred when the user was trying to close the van’s sliding door. This is a products liability issue because the handle failed in a brittle manner and a […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Automobile, Door Handle, Manufacturing Defects, Molding Defect, Plastic Failure

Wine Glass Failure Analysis

October 8, 2008 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

              Glass failure expert witness performs a root cause failure analysis on a failed wine glass. Failure analysis revealed that the failure initiated on the inside edge at the bead on the top. The top left photograph shows the re-assembled glass; the arrow indicates the crack starting point. The […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bending Stress, Glass, Photomicrograph, Wine Glass

Glass Expert Discusses Glass Ovenware

September 18, 2008 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

A glass expert in California compares Pyrex glass ware from two eras. The original glass ovenware was developed by Corning Glass Works. They introduced annealed borosilicate glass that had a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the more common soda lime glass. The lower expansion coefficient reduced the level of thermal shock and allowed this glass […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass, Glass Ovenware, Heat Strengthened Glass, Pyrex, Tempered Glass

Safety Expert Examines a Personal Injury from Bungee Cord

September 8, 2008 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

           Safety Expert analyzes the cause of injury to a wakeboard user from a bungee cord on the wakeboard rack. The rack is a piece of sports equipment, and it is designed to hold two boards in place with two 19″ long bungee cords; each has a 1″ plastic ball on […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bungee Cord, Design Defects, Expert Witness, Wakeboard

Beer Bottle Impact Failure Analysis

September 5, 2008 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass failure expert analyzed a failed beer bottle to determine if there was a product defect. It was stated that the bottle exploded when it was put into a cooler filled with ice. The failure analysis revealed that the bottle had been hit with a sharp object. The photograph on the left is the bottle […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Beer Bottle, Bottle, Glass, Impact Failure

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Phone: 707-494-5089
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