Re: Port Holes

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From: Marc Sira
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:29

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In a previous article, deghare@daisy.uwaterloo.ca (Dave Hare) says:

>And an even more serious question is: Why are airplane windows (roughly)
>round?

Actually, they're rounded rectangles, but "why are they rounded" is a good
question. It occurs to me that the window+hull interface is stronger with
rounded corners than without, in terms of distributing pressure (which may
be what you mean by "an even more serious question?"). I don't know if the
same applies to submerged portholes on ships, at least in terms of the
design decision.

Come to think of it, wouldn't round airplane windows be a sounder design
than the existing sort?


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