I have a question about determining the minimum factor of safety of a part that probably doesn't have a simple answer I know.
When doing FEA reports on parts it's very important to have a factor of safety. However, due stress concentrations and various other factors, how do you fea guru's determine what this fos is? I can't believe you would follow exactly what the software gives you and list it to be that...? It seems to me in most cases with stress concentrations every part would be overdesigned. Is there a rule of thumb or other factors that I should look for when determining what the "most accurate" fos to be for a part.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I hope so! Thanks for any light shed on this. Don