One of the most painful moments for a research physician is to accept experimental failure.
Despite these achievements, there was too much experimental failure, and heart disease remained a medical, rather than surgical, matter.
In 1905 Bridgman discovered a method of packing pressurized samples, including gases and liquids, in such a way that the sealing gasket always experienced a higher pressure than the sample under study, thereby confining the sample and reducing the risk of experimental failure.
Experimental failure loads were found to average 175% of the theoretically predicted values.
Also the experimental failure loads averaged 67% of the design shear strength of the reinforced sections.
The thermo-mechanical model is validated by considering the experimental failure times of some joints.
The experimental failure loads averaged approximately 115% of the theoretical failure loads.
To avoid experimental failure, a sample size of n = 30 was required.
As compared with the experiments both procedures yield conservative predictions of the experimental failure loads.
Finally, a comparison between the obtained PCDFFs and the experimental failure results is presented.
