Affiliation:
1. Center for Corrosion Science and Engineering, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20375, USA
Abstract
In this work, we develop a structural model for the fracturing of an aircraft coating system applied to a complex airframe structure that includes aluminum panels and stainless-steel fasteners. The mechanical properties of the coating system, which consisted of an MIL-PRF-85582E, Type II, Class C1, two-part epoxy primer and an MIL-PRF-85285 Rev E, Type IV, Class H, two-part polyurethane topcoat, were measured before and after 8 months of atmospheric exposure. The loads applied to the coating occurred from local deformations of the fastener-panel system in response to flight stresses. Two types of flight stresses, compression dominated and tension dominated, were modeled. The degradation of the mechanical properties of the coating after atmospheric exposure increases the severity of cracking of the coating at a critical fastener–skin interface.
Funder
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Surfaces and Interfaces
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