Combustion expert witnesses may write reports and opine on explosions, flammable materials, and explosive limits. Research in this area may be found at The National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory which now offers public access to their new online repository Disaster and Failure Study Data:
For more than 40 years, scientists and engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have studied structural failures caused by natural disasters, fires and man-made factors, and used the lessons learned to improve building and fire codes, standards and practices. With the launch of the Disaster and Failure Events Data Repository, NIST has begun to make this valuable information accessible more easily online.
The repository will ensure that data collected during and after a disaster or failure event, as well as data generated from related research, is organized and maintained to enable study, analysis and comparison with future severe disaster events. It also will serve as a national archival database where other organizations can store the research, findings and outcomes of their disaster and failure studies.
Read more: http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/repository-081611.cfm