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Old 2nd Dec 2015, 14:54
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Grrr RE composite ' fuselages '

Composite fuselage? How would it react to explosive decompression? And would it be stronger against explosive devices than an all metal one?
Puuuhleeese ! drop the term explosive re decompression and replace with ' rapid" Even in metal airframes, the whole section does NOT ' explode "

Check with mythbusters as to what happens when an reasl explosive is used to blow out a significant portion of skin.

AS to the never ending bit re composite ' tanks' barrels, tubes, fuselages, et ad infinitum ' exploding or being somehow ' magical " and or "new"

In the 1960's ( and possibly earlier) composite rocket motor cases were used on solid propellant missiles such as Minuteman. Such rocket motor cases are subject to higher pressure, higher temperature, and flight stresses well above aircraft parameters.

Yet still they myth of "fiberglass" car bodies ( corvette ?) bodies exploding on impact still persist. No doubt due to the condition of stretched and broken fibers of the broken parts. Knowledge and materials have improved somewhat over the last 50 years
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