ABSTRACT

Forensic Biomechanics and Human Injury: Criminal and Civil Applications � An Engineering Approach provides a concise, comprehensive overview of human anatomy and the biomechanical factors involved in human injury. It describes the methodologies used to compute the various forces, stresses, and energies required to injure the human body.The book cov

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|14 pages

Court System and Testimony

chapter 3|12 pages

How Injuries Occur

chapter 4|20 pages

Types of Injuries

chapter 5|14 pages

The Need for Analysis

chapter 6|12 pages

Biomechanical Terminology

chapter 7|20 pages

Basic Elements of Anatomy 81

chapter 9|20 pages

Mechanics of Materials

chapter 10|18 pages

Material Sizes of Humans

chapter 11|36 pages

Statics and Dynamics 169

chapter 13|8 pages

Protective Structures and Their Effect

chapter 14|22 pages

Examples of Analysis

chapter 15|4 pages

Federal and Other Standards