Simon Cox & Associates Pty Ltd - Forensic Consultant
Simon Cox provides expert consultancy in the fields of: * Fire Investigation Commercial, industrial and domestic buildings Motor vehicles, including trucks and heavy equipment Small and large marine vessels Bushfires in grassland, native vegetaton and commercial plantations; - Origin and cause determination - Identifying evidence of arson - Analyzing fire debris samples for accelerants - Fire cause simulation, both theoretical and physical - Assessing human behaviour in fires - Comparisons with statutory requirements - Fire modelling in relation to: Ignition mechanisms Fire development and spread The response of thermal and smoke alarms Fire suppression * Explosion Investigation Mechanical failures of storage cylinders boilers and pressure vessels Deflagrating explosions involving gas, dust and vapours Detonating explosions; - Origin and cause determination - Assessing ignition mechanisms - Identifying equipment and process faults - Assessing potential hazards * Materials Failure Analysis Metals, both ferrous and non-ferrous Machinery and mechanical structures Polymers, including fibre glass and other reinforced plastics Timber and timber products Glass (both sheet and container) Paints and other coatings; - Determining the proximate cause of failure - Metallurgical and chemical analysis - Identifying corrosion mechanisms - Macroscopic and microscopic defect identification - Failure analysis of welds - Tyre failure analysis - Failure of pipes, hoses and associated fittings Simon Cox is an expert based in South Australia with an office/laboratory in Penola. He works throughout Australia and travels regularly to New Zealand. He has over 40 years experience as a forensic consultant and has been accepted as an Expert Witness in all states and territories of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia. He is also an adjunct lecturer with the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security at Charles Sturt University and subject coordinator for Firesetting Behaviour, Legal Issues and Investigative Practice. |