1.6 SAFETYOF FACTOR

                                                                                                                                                      

1.6 FACTORS OF SAFETY

In our daily lives, it is difficult to determine accurately the burden imposed on a structure. It is because there are many obstacles and challenges arising out like wind resistance, water, gravity and so on. So as a safety measure, the designers have agreed to use a safety factor that could have stale security against the value obtained. Safety factor can be defined as the ratio of maximum load with the workload.

... If the load is the reference yield,