Corrosion Management - A Statistical Approach

Abstract

One of the major cost drivers for any aging aircraft is the mitigation of corrosion damage. This problem has been exacerbated as aircraft are being kept in service beyond their original design service life in terms of both flight hours and calendar years. As this trend continues, the need to understand the impact corrosion has on reliability, maintainability, and the cost to maintain an aircraft becomes increasingly important. This paper will focus on these issues and the proposed methodologies by which they can be addressed in the Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP) today.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADP014067

Entities

People

  • Don Shelton
  • Mike Falugi
  • Robert Bell

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computer Programs
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Corrosion
  • Databases
  • Fuselages
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Standards
  • Structural Integrity
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.