Application of the nondestructive and destructive research to disclose identification marks on vehicles

• Autorzy: Konieczny Jarosław , Labisz Krzysztof , Majchrzak Aleksandra , Atapek Şaban Hakan

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12913/22998624/200481

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Disclosure of removed or illegible identification marks occurs when the need arises to establish the origin of the object or to attempt to alter the original designation. In order to make it difficult to identify the subject, the offender removes all the marks characterizing the subject while applying the new mark. In addition to the most primitive character removal methods, there are those that make it difficult to evaluate the removal of the original sign. The publication presents selected methods of destructive and non-destructive testing which are used in forensic vehicle identification. The results of research on the detection of forgeries of vehicle identification numbers obtained using the methods discussed are presented in the publication. The presented results illustrate how easy it is to disclose attempts to process car numbers. As a result of the performed tests, the forgeries of the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) were revealed by the chemical method in the Hyundai Tucson car and the magnetic method in the Nissan car. In addition, using the thermal method, a forgery of the engine number of the Daewoo Matiz car was revealed. In turn, in the Audi A6 car, an attempt was made to counterfeit the VIN using the permanent magnetic method, and the method of replicas was disclosed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

vehicles; vehicle; identification mark; non-destructive methods; magnetic methods; electrochemical methods; chemical methods

• Wydawca: Lublin University of Technology ; Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE), Branch of PTIE in Lublin
• Czasopismo: Advances in Science and Technology. Research Journal
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 19, no. 4
• Strony: 280--293
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 43 poz., fig., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Konieczny Jarosław

• Department of Railway Transport, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Krasińskiego 8, 40-019 Katowice, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7318-5187

autor

Labisz Krzysztof

• Department of Railway Transport, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Krasińskiego 8, 40-019 Katowice, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4613-830X

autor

Majchrzak Aleksandra

• Department of Materials Engineering and Biomaterials, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Konarskiego 18A, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

autor

Atapek Şaban Hakan

• Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Kocaeli University, 41001 Kocaeli, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0964-2037

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).