Aluminum alloy clad fiber optic corrosion sensor

Paul S. Rutherford; Roy Ikegami; John E. Shrader; David Sherrer; Noel Zabaronick; Jason S. Zeakes; Kent A. Murphy; Richard O. Claus

doi:10.1117/12.275743

6 June 1997 Aluminum alloy clad fiber optic corrosion sensor

Paul S. Rutherford, Roy Ikegami, John E. Shrader, David Sherrer, Noel Zabaronick, Jason S. Zeakes, Kent A. Murphy, Richard O. Claus

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Proceedings Volume 3042, Smart Structures and Materials 1997: Smart Sensing, Processing, and Instrumentation; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275743
Event: Smart Structures and Materials '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Life extension programs for military metallic aircraft are becoming increasingly important as defense budgets shrink and world economies realign themselves to an uncertain future. For existing military weapon systems, metallic corrosion damage costs as estimated $DOL8 billion per year. One approach to reducing this cost is to develop a reliable method to detect and monitor corrosion in hidden metallic structure with the use of corrosion sensors which would give an early indication of corrosion without significant disassembly, thereby reducing maintenance costs. This presentation describes the development, analysis, and testing of a fiber optic corrosion sensor developed jointly with the Virginia Polytechnic Fiber and Electro-Optics Research Center and sponsored by Wright Laboratory Materials Directorate. In the sensor which was researched, the normal cladding is removed in the sensor region, and replaced with aluminum alloy and allowed to corrode on coupons representative of C/KC-135 body structure in an ASTM B117 salt spray chamber and a Boeing developed Crevice Corrosion Cell. In this approach, the optical signal output of the sensor was originally designed to increase as corrosion takes place, however interaction with the corrosion byproducts yielded different results than anticipated. These test results to determine a correlation between the sensor output and the structural degradation due to corrosion are discussed.

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Paul S. Rutherford, Roy Ikegami, John E. Shrader, David Sherrer, Noel Zabaronick, Jason S. Zeakes, Kent A. Murphy, and Richard O. Claus "Aluminum alloy clad fiber optic corrosion sensor", Proc. SPIE 3042, Smart Structures and Materials 1997: Smart Sensing, Processing, and Instrumentation, (6 June 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275743

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