Lake Mead Water Pump Failures
Figure 1. Lake Mead pump house. Duffner Engineering recently presented a paper at the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) conference…
Mechanical Engineering
Impact Damage to Electronic Circuits
Figure 1. Finite element computer model of circuit board with microchip. Electronic components are being used in increasingly more abusive…
Fatigue Damage to Truck Cab Steps
Figure 1. Step access to truck cab. Fatigue is a well known form of progressive damage. Repeated use of parts…
Building Vibration
Figure 1. Three accelerometers arranged in a tri-axial fashion, and used to measure building vibration. Figure 2. Curve of…
Anesthesia Machine
Figure 1. Breathing circuit. A patient is admitted to the hospital for routine surgery, but before the procedure can even…
Deflategate Negated
Figure 1. Test football. Figure 2. Results of football radiation test. On January 18, 2015, the New England Patriots…