Timeline for Is there an example of a classic aviation engineering moment when engineers had to discard all their work due to the wrong approach?
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| Jun 24, 2021 at 7:54 | history | edited | Guy Inchbald | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 14, 2021 at 18:30 | comment | added | Guy Inchbald | @FreeMan Rounding off the corners of the openings is hardly discarding all one's work. Far greater changes get made all the time. Many earlier aircraft had had rounded windows, they were nothing new. What changed was the increasing popularity of stressed-skin construction, where reducing stress concentrations matters more. | |
| Jun 14, 2021 at 18:19 | comment | added | FreeMan | The DH Comet also had the benefit of square cornered windows which, unfortunately, led to stress concentration and hence, fuselage failure mid-flight. It led to a complete rethink of window shapes and the now ubiquitous rounded windows. | |
| Jun 14, 2021 at 5:30 | history | edited | Guy Inchbald | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 14, 2021 at 5:19 | history | edited | Guy Inchbald | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 13, 2021 at 18:22 | history | edited | Guy Inchbald | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
keep remebering 'em
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| Jun 12, 2021 at 19:08 | history | edited | Guy Inchbald | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 12, 2021 at 17:42 | history | answered | Guy Inchbald | CC BY-SA 4.0 |