Destructive testing

Destructive testing is when we purposely break things so we can find out how strong they are and how much force they can handle. Just like when we play with our toys, sometimes things get broken and we can see what happens inside it. For example, imagine you have a toy car and you want to find out how much pressure it can handle before it breaks. You might press on it harder and harder until it finally breaks apart. Then you can look inside and see what happened to the little pieces that made it up.

In real life, people use destructive testing to make sure that things that we rely on every day—like buildings, bridges, and even airplane parts—are safe and strong enough to do their job. By purposefully breaking these things, engineers can learn how much weight they can carry, how fast they can go, how high they can withstand and how long they will last. It's like they are giving the things a test to make sure they can handle anything that might happen in the real world. However, it's important to remember that once something is broken, it can't be used anymore, so sometimes engineers will only test a small part of something instead of destroying the whole thing, so that they can still use the rest of it.