Engenharia mecânica na ciência forense: uma análise de softwares livres dedicados à investigação de acidentes de trânsito

Abstract

The extremely high number of traffic accidents in Brazil and in the world draws society's attention and excessive speed is one of the main causes of this problem, which is already considered a public health crisis by the World Health Organization. The main cause of traffic accidents is speeding and the professionals responsible for collecting traces and producing evidence and reports for the correct investigation and judgment of a traffic accident are the forensic experts. Forensic expert are trained in specific areas of science, known as Forensic Sciences, including Mechanical Engineering. In this work, applying knowledge acquired during the Mechanical Engineering course, case studies of practical experiments were carried out, seeking to validate free software that could be used to produce and/or complement expert reports in the future. The methodologies for producing the experiments were exposed, the results were analyzed and the software were validated using physical and mathematical equations learned during the Mechanical Engineering course. Finally, a case study of a real accident was carried out.