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Posted by Will (in IL) [98.215.26.138] on Monday, November 07, 2011 at 09:36:24 :
In Reply to: Mechanical Engineers Question posted by Paul(in NY) [12.64.158.56] on Monday, November 07, 2011 at 08:51:15 :
I believe it's all computer models, with minimal safety factors (and material cost as a result) calculated to the 1 billionth decimal.
Was way better designs and life when they used slide rules, and bigger whole number safety factors.