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Factor of safety

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Factor of Safety (FoS), also known as Safety Factor, is a crucial concept in engineering and design that quantifies the margin of safety in a system or structure. It is defined as the ratio of the maximum load that a structure or material can withstand to the actual load or operational load it is subjected to.

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