How do engineers weight-rate support structures?

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Example: An exercise bike that can support 250 lb. Does the engineer find a large enough weight that deforms the bike, then take a fraction of that as the amount it can support?

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Lot and lots of history on materials will allow for mathematical predictions of how materials will perform. Also engineers typically build in a minimum of 10% safety factor.

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