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To: SoFloFreeper

Safety Factor - If the calculations show it will fail with a load of X, you design it to withstand a load of 2.5X. That’s the “margin of safety.”


83 posted on 03/15/2018 11:54:50 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

What’s “X”...damn algebra. /s


231 posted on 03/15/2018 12:50:04 PM PDT by shotgun
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