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Safety Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

J.K. Williams
J.K. Williams*
Affiliation:
Air Registration Board
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Three of the primary considerations involved in the design of an aeroplane are safety, weight and serviceaability. The structure weight being a major item in the design which can influence its efficiency as a flying machine, the considerations of safety and serviceability have always to be studied with respect to their effect on the weight of the structure. The history of the development of aircraft structural design indicates clearly the tremendous amout of work which has been devoted to the development of higher strength materials and more accurate stressing and testing methods, always with the aim of ensuring adequate safety and reliability consistent with efficiency of design, construction, and operation.

Type
Aircraft Design Philosophy
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 60 , Issue 545 , May 1956 , pp. 306 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1956

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