Conclusion

What has been presented here is the tip of the iceberg. Forensic engineering is essential to bring justice to the losers in an accident; but it is vital to prevent or reduce future accidents.

It needs special knowledge and skill, but more important, it needs a special attitude to convince a court with that talent. It is not a game to win or lose; it is a professional service to share for the good of the community - and it can be very fulfilling, beyond financial rewards.

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Source Credit:

The above article by Dr. N Krishnamurthy was presented during the recently held Forensic Civil Engineering seminar, FCE 13 at Bangalore, organised by ACCE (I).

About the Author

Dr. Natarajan Krishnamurthy is a Consultant in Safety and Structures in Singapore with more than five decades of teaching, research and consultancy experience in the USA, Singapore and India. In USA he was Professor of Civil Engineering at Auburn and Vanderbilt Universities and Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. He has held senior positions in the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Mysore University, India. Recently he has been focussing on workplace safety and risk management. Currently he teaches at the National University of Singapore and the University of  Newcastle, Australia.

He is the author of three books : Introduction to Bridges (1959, 1963), Introduction to Computer Graphics (1993, 2002) and Introduction to Risk Management (2007) and has been co-author for Structural Welding (2002) . has written the chapter on Finite Element Method - Part 1 in the book  Finite Element Analysis in Implant Dentistry(2006), in addition to publishing over 80 papers in reputed international journals. He has travelled and lectured extensively in the areas of structures, analysis and design, computer graphics and computer applications in civil and structural engineering and workplace safety and risk management.