Request Expert

Expert has extensive experience with the modeling and analysis of complex mechanical systems that incorporate articulated joints and that involve large and high rates of rotation. He has used angular momentum concepts to analyze the motion of falling cats as well as momentum wheels in space applications.

Expert has applied his expertise in dynamics, mechanics of solids, and biomechanics to accident reconstruction and injury analysis and prediction in low-speed vehicle collisions. He has written detailed analysis reports for a variety of plaintiff and defendant side clients including various law firms, the City of Tucson, and a major national insurance company.

Expert has extensive experience and expertise in the use of the ANSYS simulation software. He has regularly taught a course in finite element methods using ANSYS at the Employer. He has used ANSYS in a variety of industrial consulting projects for structural and dynamics analysis. Most of his work has focused on models based on linear materials, linear strains. He has also used ANSYS extensively for modal, harmonic, and transient analysis of vibration problems. Recently he used ANSYS for the thermal analysis of an electronics package for an upstart company.

Expert's work in the analysis of simple structures may involve the use of Castigliano's theorem and virtual work concepts.

Expert's work in the analysis of structures often involves checks using simplified models or equivalent systems, which may involve calculations of basic quantities such as bending moments, linear and angular momenta and mechanical energy. The methods used in such basic model analyses involve Newtonian mechanics, classical dynamics, dynamic force analysis, kinematics, kinetics, rigid-body dynamics, strain and stress analysis, stress modeling, scalar, vector, and complex analysis, and virtual work concepts.

Expert has a strong background in vibration analysis and modeling and has taught various courses on the subject at the Employer for many years. His expertise spans single and multi-degree-of-freedom systems, discrete and continuous systems, finite-element methods, modal and harmonic analysis, and three-dimensional structures. He has performed consulting work on these topics for various local and national companies. He uses the Matlab and ANSYS packages extensively for these analyses.

Expert has extensive experience and advanced expertise in the use of the Matlab mathematical software package. He has used the package for various complex numerical analyses projects as well as for the derivation of equations of motion using the Symbolic Toolbox of the package. He has also used the Optimization Toolbox of the package extensively in various mathematical models of complex multivariable systems. Expert can also use the Simulink and SimMechanics toolboxes of the package for friendly graphical-user interfaces and easy-to-understand models.

Provided analyses and arguments in numerous cases involving whiplash and back injuries in low-speed vehicle collisions to law firms and Allstate Insurance.Provided detailed finite-element analyses for failure of a dental chair, a portable massage table, and similar products to local law firms.Provided finite-element and dynamic analyses for load rating structures used by a Tucson subsidiary of Caterpillar corporation; redesigned structures for lower cost manufacturing while maintaining load ratings; designed tests to verify analysesGenerated various concepts for classified new types of missiles for Raytheon Corporation.Identified source of vibration problem for a high-precision medical device manufactured by a local company; provided a solution for fixing the problem