Jul 28, 2011 #1 joro Mechanical May 25, 2001 19 Can anyone help me with the definition of "Margin on failure"? and more specificly what does a MOF of 1.3 mean? thx j....
Can anyone help me with the definition of "Margin on failure"? and more specificly what does a MOF of 1.3 mean? thx j....
Jul 28, 2011 #2 MiketheEngineer Structural Sep 7, 2005 4,654 Is this a Safety Factor or sometimes referred to as a Factor of Safety Upvote 0 Downvote
Jul 28, 2011 1 #3 SlideRuleEra Structural Jun 2, 2003 5,527 Margin of Failure is a slightly different way to express the Safety Factor. An example is the easiest way to clarify the difference: Say that a simple beam has a 10 kip load applied, but the beam fails when the load is 23 kips (applied in exactly the same way). The Safety Factor is: 23 kips / 10 kips = 2.3 The Margin of Failure is: (23 kips - 10 kips) / 10 kips = 1.3 http://www.SlideRuleEra.net http://www.VacuumTubeEra.net Upvote 0 Downvote
Margin of Failure is a slightly different way to express the Safety Factor. An example is the easiest way to clarify the difference: Say that a simple beam has a 10 kip load applied, but the beam fails when the load is 23 kips (applied in exactly the same way). The Safety Factor is: 23 kips / 10 kips = 2.3 The Margin of Failure is: (23 kips - 10 kips) / 10 kips = 1.3 http://www.SlideRuleEra.net http://www.VacuumTubeEra.net
Jul 28, 2011 Thread starter #4 joro Mechanical May 25, 2001 19 Thxs SlideRuleEra, I haven't run across this term before and was unsure of what the author of the report I was reading was trying to convey. Thanks again, j.... Upvote 0 Downvote
Thxs SlideRuleEra, I haven't run across this term before and was unsure of what the author of the report I was reading was trying to convey. Thanks again, j....
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