• Oxysis/Oxy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      16 days ago

      There’s good reasons they engineers over calculate, because they know things break, that people don’t do regular maintenance and that people will over stress the object. So engineers have to account for things like this when designing an object or a device so they don’t fail prematurely.

      • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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        16 days ago

        Engineer here, I always just use pi and a “safety factor” multiplier. Extra material is expensive, and I want the cheapest part (like a screw) to fail first. We don’t just oversimplify pi because half the time it’ll make your design weaker.

        (If I just got whooshed I apologize)