Ideally, in every design of every component, the stress–strength relationship looks like this figure. The stress is well below the strength. Continue reading →

Stress–Strength Concept

Ideally, in every design of every component the stress–strength relationship looks like this figure:You will notice that the stress is well below the strength. This implies there is very little chance of failure as a result of the element being overstressed. Also, ideally, we fully characterize all stresses and all strengths for each element of a product. This is generally difficult to accomplish and it is rarely done to that extent. Continue reading →