2007-03-27 20:57:33 · 3 answers · asked by ilinasalleh 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Piping in a basement, while important to the homeowner, is not a critical application. A factor of safety as small as 1.5 should be acceptable, and as high as 3 would not be unreasonable.
In general, the factor of safety is (the load at which the object fails) / (the load being applied to the object), and we use a factor of safety greater than 1 because we assume that the object may be subjected to a load greater than the load for which it was designed, which must not exceed the failure load for the object.
2007-04-03 05:37:59 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot get an answer to this unclear question.
There are three or more kinds of pipes in a basement.
And whose or what safety are you concerned about?
2007-04-01 09:41:40 · answer #2 · answered by ha_mer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 times better than the spec.
2007-04-03 12:46:53 · answer #3 · answered by Zoivic.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋