What are the failure modes of floor plates, and supporting walls?
A. On floor plates approximately 17 tonne. The only way you can make the wall or floor plates fail is by loading either directly or in compression. With the Sirum tests that were undertaken in Malaysia and witnessed by a representative of Warrington, there was no sign of failure at 43.5 tonne at which time the test was concluded for fear of breaking the testing equipment. The floor plates failed at 17.2 tonnes, this was tested using a central load.
