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California Glass Expert Examines an Aircraft Windshield Failure

January 26, 2013 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Read Consulting failure analysis lab performed a glass failure analysis on a failed aircraft windshield. The  windshield of a turbo-prop aircraft suddenly cracked during descent through clouds. Initially it was thought that static electricity had caused the glass failure. Initially it was proposed that the static electricity sought the aircraft “ground” through heating wires in […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Aircraft Windshield, Conchoidal Fracture

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