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Dec 7, 2010 | 4:00 am

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LeisureFirst

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Originally Posted by BOH

So a simple example is if a turbine component will catastrophically fail at 750C but the max designed operating temperature under normal conditions is 250C then your safety factor is 3.

Thanks for the explanation. However..

If measured in Fahrenheit your safety factor would be 1382/482 = 2.86.
If you're a scientist and measure in Kelvin, it would be 1023/523 = 1.95.

There are plenty of other non-linear relationships which make the answer ambiguous. You might for example consider the force or the air speed under which a particular component fails.

With what safety factor was the CW footrest designed? Maybe 0.2?

Last edited by LeisureFirst; Dec 7, 2010 at 4:09 am

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