Savage Engineering Inc.
Experience and Insight make the Quality Difference
Why This Expert?
Getting to the truth
Carl Savage's unique combination of skills include:
- Over 1000 impact sled, full scale and component crash tests
- Field accident research involving cars, SUVs, vans, pickup trucks, medium duty trucks, large trucks, tractor trailers, motorcycles, snowmobiles and more
- In-the-field accident reconstruction
- Computer accident reconstruction
- Occupant kinematics
- Injury Biomechanics as they relate to impact trauma
- Interpreting Crash Data Recorders
- Design and critiquing safety systems such as airbags, seatbelts and other vehicle interior components and vehicle structure as it relates to crashworthiness.
Carl Savage brings many of these skills and experiences to bare in each case. He provides the client's lawyer the results and findings so they can determine how to proceed in each case.
Carl Savage displays confidence and ease in the courtroom as evidenced by his testifying there over 90 times.
He thoroughly analyzes the reconstruction and engineering aspects of each individual case. He then renders his expert opinions. Getting it right is his goal. These sometimes-complicated concepts are then presented in a clear and understandable manor.
Motorcycle and car collision at point of impact
services
Accident Reconstruction
Patent Infringement - Example Side Airbag
Patent Infringement - Example Side Airbag
Extensive background in crash testing, accident reconstruction and simulation
Patent Infringement - Example Side Airbag
Patent Infringement - Example Side Airbag
Patent Infringement - Example Side Airbag
Aid attorneys in understanding design issues in patent infringment cases
Trial Testimony
Safety Defect Analysis
Safety Defect Analysis
Example:
The lack of hood damage showed that this accident was not a pole impact as claimed
Safety Defect Analysis
Safety Defect Analysis
Safety Defect Analysis
Through experience, research of others and testing, we determine how vehicles and their safety systems performed in a specific accident or multiple accidents in the field
Analysis
Collisions are individual and unique. Some are relatively straight forward to reconstruct and analyze, but others need sophisticated analysis and tools. Here are a few skills and techniques Savage Engineering has at their disposal:
- Calculations and simulation programs that use the laws of physics
- Occupant & Pedestrian Kinematics
- Biomechanics
- Determining the loads and causes of injuries is the domain of his biomechanical experience.
- Biomechanics is the application of mechanical engineering to the human biosystem.
- Determining the loads and geometry of the object causing a given injury aids in understanding and reconstructing the event.
- Design Analysis:
- Evaluating the appropriateness and reasonableness of a safety design.
- Determining if a product was properly manufactured is also relevant.
- The experience and research capabilities at Savage Engineering can efficiently and accurately assess the safety of a vehicle's design.
- Areas include: active and passive restraint system design, crashworthiness, vehicle interior components such as seats and steering systems, structural design,
- History of Federal rule making and standards
- Analysis of technical papers
- Testing and Demonstrations:
- Tests are often an excellent way to evaluate and/or demonstrate the performance of a vehicle safety system or a complete vehicle.
- It is also effective in demonstrating the accuracy of a reconstruction or the inaccuracy of one. Savage Engineering Inc. has the background and experience to handle the complexities of sophisticated testing.
- Savage Engineering Inc. can conduct full scale, sled and component tests at appropriate test facilities.
- Analysis of test reports and demonstrations done by others.
- 3D Scanning generates detailed and measurable images for analysis and demonstrations.
