In sci.space.station message -
september.org, Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:04:54, Jeff Findley
posted:


An instantaneous force of approximately 74,000 pounds on ISS *is* what
would happen in real life if the inflatable part detached from the CBM.


Not quite. If the whole inflatable part detached suddenly, there would
be an instantaneous removal of that force from a part which is designed
to handle that force and also (for convenience in construction and
assembly) to handle zero force. The effect would undoubtedly be bad
enough, but not as great an overkill as a punch of 74,000 pounds applied
to a similar-sized arbitrary area of the surface of ISS.

If only the distal half detached, the instantaneous force would be
greater in the ratio of the cross-section of the module to that of the
hatch.

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