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Old 21st Aug 2006, 16:43
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Bear straps are extra layers of skin, generally around openings (cargo door cut-outs etc.) to transmit loads away from the weakened opening into the rest of the fuselage.

Tear straps are a reinforced doubler on the inside of the fuselage skin, that give a fail-safe area that contains any fatigue cracking.
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