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Thanks guys. Think I have a way forward based on your responses and have found some work that was done on a previous project.

That was our feeling. Is there any guidance on the number of tests required to get reliable data. We will be manufacturing all shear pins from the same billet and they should all be made to the correct size (with pretty tight tolerances). Thanks

Hi, The design i am working on uses a shear pin to avoid damging the equipment (in fault scenario). In order to commission the equipment we are testing a singe hsear pin to see what the failure load is. However, we are unsure if a single test is sufficient for testing shear pins. Can anyone...