Re:Door blows off Boeing 777X during stress test
by txcwpalpha on Friday September 06, 2019 @09:54PM
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This is incorrect. These tests are specifically done because they want to gather data on what the failure loads (which are previously unknown) are.
Re:Door blows off Boeing 777X during stress test
by inferiorhuman on Saturday September 07, 2019 @06:31AM
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No, as the Seattle Times pointed out the intent of the test is to ensure the wings support 150% of their rated load. They may continue until things break, but the typical purpose is simply to ensure there's that 50% wiggle room.
When you do these types of tests you are testing for a expected outcome.
If you do a test and the outcome is un-expected (i.e. the fuselage fails prematurely) it means your engineering and the expectations built around that engineering are wrong.