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sced
I sure Mr. Brandt did a good job at the time, but when talking about mechanical reliability, which is a notoriously complicated subject, it would be folly to infer anything from 30-year old or even last week's FEA without physical verification.
I can't imagine that any such study could possibly be done. Too many confounding factors. That leaves you to either accept the best engineering analysis available or not. Your choice.
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