Abstract
The threat of corrosion specific to the structural integrity of aircraft is examined. A synopsis of the economic and safety issues associated with corrosion is given and the principal types of corrosion affecting aircraft structure are described. The tenuous relationship between corrosion and aircraft structural integrity methodologies, particularly safe-life and damage tolerance, is explored in depth. An evolved, physically based, holistic structural integrity process is presented that provides methods for properly accounting for the structural effects of corrosion in critical aircraft structure. The need for this new process is illustrated by providing examples of failure scenarios that pose an increasing threat to perceived integrity when viewed under existing structural management philosophies.
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