turvallisuustekijä
Turvallisuustekijä, often translated as safety factor, is a dimensionless ratio used in engineering to compare a component’s strength with the loads it is expected to carry. It expresses the margin of safety built into a design to accommodate uncertainties in materials, loading, and manufacturing.
Calculation and interpretation: The safety factor is typically defined as the strength (or an appropriate strength
Applications and standards: Turvallisuustekijä is applied across structural, mechanical, aerospace, and civil engineering. Standards and codes
Considerations and limitations: A higher factor increases safety but also weight and cost, and does not replace
Context in Finnish practice: In Finnish technical usage, turvallisuustekijä denotes the margin built into a design