Knott Laboratory provides forensic engineering and animation, Civil & Structural, and Fire & Explosion Investigation services to reconstruct accidents.

Publications & Abstracts List

The experts at Knott Laboratory have been published in many engineering journals. While most of these essays are quite detailed, these short abstracts express a summary of the overall papers that were published.

Crush and Conservation of Energy Analysis: Toward a Consistent Methodology

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2005-01-1200
2005

An Examination of the CRASH3 Effective Mass Concept

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2004-01-1181
2004

A New Polycarbonate and Glass Laminate and its Affects on the Relationship Between Residual Tensile Stresses and Impact Resistance of Windshields

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2002-01-1991
2002

Forensic Engineering Techniques to Reconstruct Shooting Incidents

Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers
June 2001

Using Digital Photogrammetry to Determine Crash Severity

International Journal of Crashworthiness, REF: 2173
September 2000

Forensic Engineering Comparison of Two & Three Dimensional Photogrammetric Accident Analysis

Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers
June, 2000

Using Digital Photogrammetry to Determine Vehicle Crush and Equivalent Barrier Speed (EBS)

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Paper 1999-01-0439
1999

Automotive Airbags

Accident Investigation Quarterly, Issue 16
1997

Head Injury Prevention and Future Design Trends in the Automobile Industry

Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers
June, 1996

Head Injury Risk Assessment and Prevention in Automobile Accidents

Proceedings of the 29th International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation (ISATA)
June 1996