OC-ALC Aging Aircraft Disassembly and Hidden Corrosion Detection Program. Tri-Service Committee on Corrosion Proceedings.

Abstract

Corrosion has been a part of the aviation industry since metal was first used to build aircraft. It was recognized right away that corrosion was an undesirable condition for structural integrity, and so we coated, primed, painted and created corrosion resistant alloys to 'prevent' corrosion, or at least lessen its impact. Until recently, limited corrosion prevention measures; combined with a 'find it and fix it' maintenance philosophy has been adequate to combat the ravages of age on our aircraft. Unfortunately, that was when an aircraft life was relatively short. Today, we are flying our aircraft well beyond their original expected services lives, nature is starting to take its toll on the fleets, and we are caught without answers. The OC-ALC Aging Aircraft Disassembly and Hidden Corrosion Detection Program was initiated by Mr. Donald Nieser of the KC-135 engineering office, because this is the very problem being experienced on the KC-135.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA330982

Entities

People

  • Deric Kraxberger
  • Donald E. Nieser

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Corrosion
  • Corrosion Inhibition
  • Corrosion Resistant Alloys
  • Damage Tolerance
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Disassembly
  • Elements
  • Fuselages
  • Materials
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Protective Coatings
  • Structural Integrity
  • Tanker Aircraft

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Educational Psychology
  • Materials Science and Engineering.