{"id":2163,"date":"2017-03-17T13:03:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T07:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogtilarapolyplast.v1st.in\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2026-03-16T17:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:55:21","slug":"do-your-aircraft-windshields-often-fail-have-you-tested-windshield-layer-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tilarapolyplast.com\/blog\/do-your-aircraft-windshields-often-fail-have-you-tested-windshield-layer-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Do your aircraft windshields often fail? Have you tested windshield layer strength?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2163\" class=\"elementor elementor-2163\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4804a1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4804a1c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd9cb9e\" data-id=\"dd9cb9e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec48f15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"ec48f15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8b18b82 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-folder\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M464 128H272l-64-64H48C21.49 64 0 85.49 0 112v288c0 26.51 21.49 48 48 48h416c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V176c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tilarapolyplast.com\/blog\/category\/aerospace-rail\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Aerospace &amp; 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According to U.K. Civil Aviation Authority\u2019s Mandatory Occurrence Reporting system for incidents involving failure or malfunction, total 195 incidents reported windshield failure over a period of five years. Windshields have multiple layers that are called fail-safe design. If the outer pane should fail, the middle pane is stressed to take the load.<\/p><p>Since the windshields design is fail-safe, there are very rare chances of windshield failure due to design. In most of cases windshield failure happens due to bird-strikes. Birds may violently strike the pilots causing head injuries. In most of the cases when bird strike the windshield is shattered badly. If the quick action is not taken by pilot, it may result into the death.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5757140 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5757140\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"894\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tilarapolyplast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/aircraft-windshields-often-fail-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2167\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tilarapolyplast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/aircraft-windshields-often-fail-1.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.tilarapolyplast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/aircraft-windshields-often-fail-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tilarapolyplast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/aircraft-windshields-often-fail-1-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72922b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72922b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/mpr\/mpr\/p\/1\/005\/05d\/0fa\/3d649ad.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/mpr\/mpr\/p\/1\/005\/05d\/0fa\/3d649ad.jpg<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d5071e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d5071e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your windshield material is made of different material layers \u2013 glass, high tensile acrylic, polycarbonate compact sheet, etc. which should be pretty strong and resilient.<\/p><p>Polycarbonate is an amorphous thermoplastic with a glass transition temperature about 150\u00b0C, which shows large strain-to-break and high impact strength properties throughout the normal temperature range experienced by transport aircraft. Polycarbonate not only has significantly greater impact strength properties but also higher static strength properties when compared to acrylic materials.<\/p><p>Polycarbonate exhibits very high deflections under impact conditions, which can result in higher loading into the aircraft structure, compared to glass or acrylic windshield and window panels<\/p><p>Impact resistant Tilara Polycarbonate Compact Sheet which is about 200 times stronger than glass can be considered and reviewed following specifications to protect form windshield fail:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d97aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69d97aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2224\" height=\"2101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tilarapolyplast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pc-compact-sheet.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2171\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbb373a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cbb373a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Share :<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a015fde e-grid-align-left elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-shape-rounded elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"a015fde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-facebook elementor-repeater-item-7deab16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tilarapolyplast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-facebook\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M504 256C504 119 393 8 256 8S8 119 8 256c0 123.78 90.69 226.38 209.25 245V327.69h-63V256h63v-54.64c0-62.15 37-96.48 93.67-96.48 27.14 0 55.52 4.84 55.52 4.84v61h-31.28c-30.8 0-40.41 19.12-40.41 38.73V256h68.78l-11 71.69h-57.78V501C413.31 482.38 504 379.78 504 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-x-twitter elementor-repeater-item-dfdad14\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tilarapolyplast\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">X-twitter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-x-twitter\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-linkedin elementor-repeater-item-06e7a34\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/tilara-polyplast-pvt-ltd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Linkedin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-linkedin\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 32H31.9C14.3 32 0 46.5 0 64.3v383.4C0 465.5 14.3 480 31.9 480H416c17.6 0 32-14.5 32-32.3V64.3c0-17.8-14.4-32.3-32-32.3zM135.4 416H69V202.2h66.5V416zm-33.2-243c-21.3 0-38.5-17.3-38.5-38.5S80.9 96 102.2 96c21.2 0 38.5 17.3 38.5 38.5 0 21.3-17.2 38.5-38.5 38.5zm282.1 243h-66.4V312c0-24.8-.5-56.7-34.5-56.7-34.6 0-39.9 27-39.9 54.9V416h-66.4V202.2h63.7v29.2h.9c8.9-16.8 30.6-34.5 62.9-34.5 67.2 0 79.7 44.3 79.7 101.9V416z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aircraft pilots often complaint about their planes windshield failure. 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