Abstract
This paper investigates if corrosion pitting invalidates the fatigue lifeing method used by the Royal Australian Air Force to manage the structural integrity of its P-3C Orion aircraft. Fatigue life predictions made using the P-3C Service Life Assessment Program method were compared with those from an Equivalent Crack Size model for pitting corrosion. The data for this comparison came from a program of variable amplitude fatigue tests of high-kt specimens of 7075-T6. This testing was performed using two stress levels on both corroded and uncorroded specimens. Analysis of the results showed that the safe-life estimates made using the P-3 life assessment method were conservative in the presence of corrosion as they were above the 99.9th percentile of fatigue life predicted by the equivalent crack size method.
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