Why do planes and ships have round windows?

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Why do planes and ships have round windows?

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“Rounded corners are designed to help evenly distribute the pressure exerted on the window, reducing the likelihood of a window cracking under changing air pressure,” It is mainly due to structural integrity. The ocean puts a lot of pressure on the body of the ship and square windows are more susceptible to stress. Rectangular or square windows tend to be weaker in some spots as compared to others. A round design is logically tougher and easier to reinforce. Name of the round window in a ship. A porthole, sometimes called bull’s-eye window or bull’s-eye, is a generally circular window used on the hull of ships to admit light and air

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