For an aircraft, the combination of static and dynamic loads, with the range of the flight envelope, all payload loading conditions and flight maneuvers results in hundreds-of-thousands of load conditions.
Muslims break fast on the last day of Ramadan at the Islamic Center of Fort Collins Thursday, July 16, 2015. The practice aims to teach self control among Muslims. None. Muslims pray prior to the final breaking of fast on the last day of Ramadan at the Islamic Center of Fort Collins Thursday, July 16, 2015. The month long observance includes daytime fasting, charity and prayer. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan.
A worshiper read verses of the Quran in a mosque to observe Itikaf, the last 10 days of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, in the city of Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan in 2014. Allauddin Khan | AP 2014. Editor's note: This story was originally published in June 2015.