841
Accession Number
23026
Author
Miller, Robert N.
Author Affiliation
Lockheed Corporation. Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company
Title Of Journal Book
Predictive Corrosion Modeling
Collation
53 p. : ill.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Report Number
LG87ER0083;AFWAL-TR-87-4105 Volume 1
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Unpublished
Literature Level
Monographic
Abstract
This report for a program to develop a predictive corrosion model for aircraft summarizes the work completes in Task III. The corrosion rate equations and models developed in Task II were converted into a VAX-11 FORTRAN program which enables the analysis of specific points on the C-5 aircraft and, utilizing environmental factors and the time periods an aircraft has been at various Air Force bases, gives recommended times for inspection and maintenance. The FORTRAN computer program includes a crack growth module which calculates the remaining flight hours until a theoretical crack grows to half its critical length, a corrosion module which calculates the remaining hours until exposed aircraft alloys corrode to a depth of 3 mils, and a coating degradation module which computes the optimum time remaining until the next paint renewal or complete repaint operation. Volume I describes the program effort. Volume II contains computer program printouts.
Keywords
corrosion modeling;degradation;coating;maintenance scheduling; predictive corrosion model;corrosion;fatigue crack monitoring; aircraft
pub_id
841
Issue Date
19871123