Why oval windows aircrafts?

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Oval windows allow stresses (from flight and pressurization) to be spread over a larger area.

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Openings with sharp corners concentrate stress in the corner and can form cracks there. This is what happened to the first jet airliner, the DH Comet, resulting in the catastrophic failure of the fuselage and in-flight breakup of the aircraft.

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Older aircraft have rectangular windows with rounded corners but cracks still form (these aircraft are much stronger than the Comet). Brand new planes have oval shaped windows to prevent cracking.

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Also, the Gulfstream looks so much cooler with oval windows.

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Less wind resistance.

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According to a couple of "Seconds to Disaster" shows, the oval windows eliminate the stress cracking that occurs in the aircraft metal at the corners of rectangular windows, and therefore allow the aircraft to last longer without coming apart in flight. God Bless you.

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The first pressurised jet passenger aircraft had square windows. The edges of the windows were weak and caused massive failures on the superstructer of the plane, rounded windows do not have any weak points

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.......................... there is research that oval provides maximum strength for the fuselage of the aircraft as far as window was concerned ................... comet aircraft used to blow up in flight and the research was done to fuselage on ground and found the widow pane were the most venerable portion .......

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No corners-less stress
less stress- no cracks

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Same concept as an egg... strength... every part has a radious which means less cracks from vibration...

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It is because the corners of a square window would concentrate the stress caused by pressure. the oval windows spread the stress over a wider area. Have alook at the size of the windows on conconrde and you will see what i mean.
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