AGARD-AG-278 (VOLUME-1), NATO ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: AGARD CORROSION HANDBOOK (VOLUME 1) - AIRCRAFT CORROSION CAUSES AND CASE HISTORIES (JUL-1985) [ISBN-92-835-1505-6]

AGARD-AG-278 (VOLUME-1), NATO ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: AGARD CORROSION HANDBOOK (VOLUME 1) - AIRCRAFT CORROSION CAUSES AND CASE HISTORIES (JUL-1985) [ISBN-92-835-1505-6]., A need exists to keep aircraft operators and maintenance personnel aware of the science and technology of corrosion as it applies to aircraft structures. Information is provided on the aircraft operating environment, corrosion theory, common airframe materials and their response to corrosion, the detection of corrosion, and methods employed to control corrosion in aircraft structures and materials. Also given are case histories of the deterioration or failure of components in typical aircraft and the means of detection are detailed and the remedial action taken. Microbiological corrosion is also discussed. The handbook is intended to assist in the early diagnosis of developing corrosion problems and in the selection of appropriate corrective measures. Aircraft corrosion is a very expensive phenomenon in terms of inspection, of maintenance and repair, of manpower requirements, and of decreased aircraft availability. In the Spring of 1981 the Corrosion Sub-Committee of the Structures and Materials Panel called a Specialists\' Meeting at which experts in the various corrosion-related disciplines discussed problems of mutual interest. There was strong support from this meeting for a proposal which had already been mooted by the Panel to publish a Handbook on Aircraft Corrosion. The work was put in hand forthwith, and this volume, the first of a two-part Handbook, is a result ofthe Panel\'s initiative. This part covers the theory of, and some experiences with, metallic corrosion as related to the observed behaviour of real aircraft structures. The second part will concentrate on specifications for corrosion protection as practised by various NATO nations.