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If it's rated to 6000lbs, and you test it at 6000lbs, it certainly _shouldn't_ be destructive.
by elmin 11y ago
If it's rated to 6000lbs, and you test it at 6000lbs, it certainly _shouldn't_ be destructive.
- elevensies 11y agoIt should go back as long as the test stays below the yield point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_(engineering) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_(engineering) ... but there is also fatigue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue_(material) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue_(material) . This is just for raw material though, I'm not sure how it works on the connectors.
- wiredfool 11y agoIf you only do a few cycles under the yield point, fatigue isn't going to be an issue. If you ran 10^5 or more on a fatigue critical part, then I'd start to question it.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoThose struts are also used in the stages that are about to be reusable, so my guess is that they're supposed to withstand the flight conditions multiple times. That would hint the equivalent tests should also not be destructive to the material.