Steve Roensch is an engineering stress analyst with more than 25 years of professional experience in failure analysis and litigation consulting. He has analyzed hundreds of product designs and has provided expert witness services across many industries, including giving depositions and court testimony.
Mr. Roensch has provided litigation consulting in the energy, construction, industrial, transportation, commercial, utility and residential industries. He has supplied legal team technical support, and has given depositions and testified in court and arbitration hearings.
Mr. Roensch specializes in analyzing the physical stresses that arise in a product under various loading conditions, and in determining if the design is sufficient to survive such loads. He investigates product failures and accidents from a fundamental engineering perspective, often applying finite element analysis. He documents his efforts thoroughly from the start, for concise presentation to the legal team, other experts and the jury. Complex engineering principles are explained using everyday concepts that everyone can understand. Color stress plots and animations are used whenever possible to convey complicated engineering results in an easy to understand visual format.
Learn more about mechanical engineer expert witness services at www.FiniteElement.com.
The Courtroom FEA Newsletter discusses the use of Finite Element Analysis in the courtroom, and serves thousands of product liability and personal injury attorneys in 26 countries.
__________________________________________________
Courtroom FEA: Why did it fail?
Do you have a case where a loss, injury or death was caused by something bending or breaking? Finite element analysis (FEA) can help explain why the product failed, which can often identify the responsible party.
Was the product design deficient? Was the subject part defectively manufactured? Or was the product abused by the end user? Being able to answer these questions with engineering certainty may be the difference between winning and losing your case.
The FEA results can be presented as color images and animations. As discussed in previous issues of Courtroom FEA, this makes the analysis conclusions more understandable for the jury. An accurate FEA can also be powerful leverage in reaching an advantageous settlement with your opposition.
An experienced analyst can prepare the finite element model such that it accurately predicts the part's behavior, and can ensure that the solution algorithms do not interject significant errors. Results from the less-experienced are often suspect, and identifying them as so can be a tremendous advantage in the courtroom.
FEA has internal checks that a good analyst needs to apply to verify the results. Hand calculations provide a rough estimate of the results, and the hand calculations and FEA had better match within their accuracies. If not, something is wrong with one or both of them, and the analyst had better correct that. Once they do match, hand calculations are an external check of the detailed FEA results.
Given the advantages of a carefully applied analysis, it is worth your time to consider how an experienced FEA expert can help you win your client's case.
- Related Articles
- Related Q&A
- Can A Worker Claim Compensation For Stress?
- Law as Career
- The Law of Attraction & a Balanced Lifestyle
- Los Angeles Work Related Stress, Find Legal Help
- Stress and the Law of Cause and Effect
- How Can The Law Of Attraction Help With Stress?
- Stress Reduction by Observing yourself and Applying the Laws of Attraction
- Law of Attraction and a Healthier you
How To Get Better Medical Care For Your Injuries and IncreaseThe Value of Your Case
By: Richard Hastings | 27/12/2009When you are a patient with a serious injury, medical malpractice case, condition, or other health care challenge, there are many things you can do to get the best care from your medical providers. What you must remember is that you are the captain of your health care team, and, ultimately, it is you who makes the decisions that affect your care and treatment.
Personal Injury Advice – How To Seek Compensation For Personal Injury
By: Ricky Lim | 27/12/2009A personal injury may either be physical or psychological. Worse case scenario, the personal injury can result to death. So it’s best to be really careful when you’re filing for this complaint.
Florida Car Accident: Settlement Question
By: Joseph M. Maus | 26/12/2009The value of your claim in a Florida car accident depends on a combination of factors such as any lost wages you may have suffered or may suffer in the future, money paid for medical bills, bills that remain outstanding, or medical bills you may have in the future, and pain and suffering, past and future.
Most malpractice lawyers charge you a percentage of the settlement
By: Paul Ingersole | 26/12/2009Medical malpractice lawyers commonly have a panel of medical experts that they consult with to determine if your particular case can be substantiated as malpractice due to negligence by the medical practitioner. There are four elements that must be present to constitute a medical malpractice lawsuit. If one of them is missing then you won’t be able to proceed.
The cost of malpractice insurance continues to rise,but I need protection
By: Paul Ingersole | 26/12/2009However, if you decide to have your own practice then you will be required by law to have malpractice insurance. Students in any of the above fields often are required to have insurance coverage before they can work in the field or complete on the job training.
Personal Injury Lawyers in Toronto
By: Tony Kovacs | 26/12/2009Personal Injury Lawyers in Toronto
Injury Lawyers in Toronto
By: Tony Kovacs | 26/12/2009Injury Lawyers in Toronto
Roof Ventilation are of many types Learn about it
By: Patrick Luthor | 25/12/2009When the roof is the most important part of the house. It can prevent rain, snow, of course, Mother Nature dishes. Without them, we have a cold - literally. Build or buy an apartment, it is important
Courtroom Fea: Why Did it Fail?
By: Steve Roensch | 16/04/2008 | Personal InjuryFinite element analysis can help explain why a product failed, which can often identify the responsible party.
Finite Element Analysis: Post-processing
By: Steve Roensch | 09/01/2006 | TechnologyThe following four-article series was published in a newsletter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). It serves as an introduction to the recent analysis discipline known as the finite element method.
Finite Element Analysis: Solution
By: Steve Roensch | 09/01/2006 | TechnologyThe following four-article series was published in a newsletter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). It serves as an introduction to the recent analysis discipline known as the finite element method.
Courtroom FEA: But my expert has hand calculations
By: Steve Roensch | 29/12/2005 | LawIt is very important that design engineers do hand calculations. It is very important that engineering expert witnesses do hand calculations. Hand calculations are good. But they aren't good enough in a high stakes courtroom battle.
Courtroom FEA: Does FEA apply to my case?
By: Steve Roensch | 29/12/2005 | LawMany attorneys hire metallurgists to study failures across many industries. Similarly, finite element analysis is regularly applied to a vast array of products. FEA applies when something bending or breaking is an issue.
Courtroom FEA: But how does FEA work?
By: Steve Roensch | 29/12/2005 | LawMany legal professionals are exposed to Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in the courtroom. But how does it work?
Courtroom FEA: FEA = Finite Element Analysis
By: Steve Roensch | 29/12/2005 | LawAs a product liability professional, it is important that you know what Finite Element Analysis (FEA) can do for you. If you don't, your adversary might. Whether you serve plaintiffs, defendants or both, you're probably already familiar with FEA.