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"margin on failure"

"margin on failure"

"margin on failure"

(OP)
Can anyone help me with the definition of "Margin on failure"?  and more specificly what does a MOF of 1.3 mean?

thx
j....

 

RE: "margin on failure"

Is this a Safety Factor or sometimes referred to as a Factor of Safety

RE: "margin on failure"

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

 

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RE: "margin on failure"

(OP)
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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