28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-12.6.1


INITIAL RESULTS FROM DSTO’S CORROSION STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ROADMAP

B. R. Crawford, C. Loader, T. J. Harrison*, A. Shekhter, P. K. Sharp
DSTO, Victoria, Australia; *RMIT Univ., Australia

Keywords: corrosion, structural integrity, aircraft, fatigue

Over the last decade, DSTO has developed several successful models of how corrosion affects aircraft structural integrity. DSTO is now working to transfer these models into service on Australian Defence Force aircraft. This paper outlines the program being followed to achieve this and present some of its initial results.


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