A Northern California failure analysis expert witness performs a glass failure analysis on broken tempered glass windows removed from a recently built Chicago Illinois high rise. Soon after construction windows in the high rise began to fail. Read Consulting which provides failure analysis services in Santa Rosa California was contracted to determine the cause of failure. A portion […]
California Failure Analysis Expert Witness Examines Window Damage
Window cleaning is an important final step in finishing off construction of a building. This fact is sometimes ignored, and improper cleaning results in significant damage to the new windows. This in turn leads to a lawsuit. The glass association of North America (GANA) has published a bulleton to instruct as to the proper window cleaning […]
Failure Analysis of Glass Pot: Visions Cookware
A failure analysis was performed on a broken 5 quart stove top glass pot. The origin was determined with optical microscopy, and the broken pot was assembled to show how cracking proceeded. The re-assembled pot is shown upside down in the upper left photograph. The failure originated at a preexisting “chip” on the interior at […]
Glass Failure Analysis: Windshield
A failure analysis was performed on a light rail windshield failure. In this there was a pop and the operator was showered with glass. The glass failure analysis expert witness determined that there were two leads to the windshield defogger that were in proximity and because they were improperly wired, arcing occurred between them. The […]
Failure Analysis: “Exploding” Coffee Pot
California failure analysis expert was presented with the claim that a coffee pot had “exploded” when replaced on the coffee warmer in a convenience store.First of all, there is no “stored” energy to cause an explosion. The coffee is not under pressure, and the pot is made from annealed borosilicate glass. In addition, the broken […]
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