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Old 27th May 2011, 10:07
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djpil
 
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chances are there will no visible damage but an area of significant dleamination in
I asked that question of 787 design engineers earlier in the year - answer was that it was designed (and apparently substantiated by test) such that if there was no visible damage then sufficient strength remains to take the design loads. Remains to be seen in service I guess.
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