I'm not a civil or aerospace engineer so this could be built into the safety factor models already. Reading the post had me wondering:
If safety factor adds mass and additional mass requires additional force to accelerate is a lower safety factor safer since you'll lower the amount of force required thus increasing the structural safety?
Calculating safety factor for a given scenario feels like a complex multivariable equation. Is that the case?
If safety factor adds mass and additional mass requires additional force to accelerate is a lower safety factor safer since you'll lower the amount of force required thus increasing the structural safety?
Calculating safety factor for a given scenario feels like a complex multivariable equation. Is that the case?