Table 2: —Minimum Design and Test Factors for Composite/Bonded Structures

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Factor applies to concentrated stresses. For nonsafety-critical applications, this factor may be reduced to 1.4 for prototype structures and 1.5 for protoflight structures.

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NASA-STD-5001B, Structural Design and Test Factors of Safety for Spaceflight Hardware

Last Updated 29 Oct 2026

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Factor applies to concentrated stresses. For nonsafety-critical applications, this factor may be reduced to 1.4 for prototype structures and 1.5 for protoflight structures.