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Old 20th May 2018, 16:20
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Originally Posted by shimin
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Narratage: The windshield of civil aircraft usually has three layers: outer, middle and inner layers, and its toughness and compression capacity are two or three thousand times that of ordinary glass. According to the general theory, even if the inner layer glass is broken, the middle and outer glass can withstand two times the pressure difference.
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On the installed PN there are only 2 Structural plies - the inner and the middle one:
http://fs1.directupload.net/images/u...0/c3ocksv3.jpg

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