Implementation of fracture control and full compliance with fracture control requirements do not relieve the hardware developer from compliance with other hardware design and test requirements, quality assurance requirements, or materials requirements that are applicable independent of fracture control. The hardware developer should be aware of the influence of other requirements on the implementation of fracture control activities. For example, NASA-STD-5001, Structural Design and Test Factors of Safety for Spaceflight Hardware, requires that all composite or bonded flight hardware be acceptance (proof) tested, whereas this NASA Technical Standard does not require such tests in general.
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