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IMRC 2016: Proceedings of the Symposium of Aeronautical and Aerospace Processes, Materials and Industrial Applications pp 83–93Cite as

Design of Wind Tunnel for Testing Stress Corrosion Cracking

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Corrosion is one of the greatest threats to civil and military aircraft. In general, the materials that make up aircraft structures are subjected to stresses, causing embrittlement and consequent cracks and fractures. Corrosion and erosion of the aircraft coating, induced by the dynamic chemical environment of the atmosphere, manifests as pitting on the surface material. Because they concentrate the stress, these pits are vulnerable to stress corrosion cracking. In current stress corrosion cracking tests on aeronautics materials, parts constructed from corrosive media are held in universal machines. However, the obtained results do not reflect the flight conditions of the aircraft. Therefore, we propose wind tunnel tests that can assess stress corrosion cracking under simulated flight conditions.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge Alonso Romero-Jabalquinto and Miguel Angel Neri-Alvarez for their invaluable support during the first stage of the process design.

Future Work

In the next stage of our research, we will measure the stress and determine the wind corrosion under flight conditions.

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  1. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Centro de Investigación e Innovación en Ingeniería Aeronáutica, Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Carretera A Salinas Victoria, km 2.3, C. P. 66600, Apodaca, NL, Mexico

    B. Bermúdez-Reyes, P. Zambrano-Robledo & F. Almeraya Calderon

  2. Industria Militar Aeronáutica, Avenida Industria Militar 1111, Lomas de Tecamachalco, C. P. 53050, Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México, Mexico

    C. Zárate-Tomás

  3. Laboratorio de Aerodinámica, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica Unidad Profesional Ticomán del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Ticomán No. 600, Col. San José Ticomán, C.P. 07340, Delegación Gustavo A. Madero, Ciudad de México, Mexico

    A. Medrano-Mejía

  4. Departamento de Ingeniería en Materiales, Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Irapuato, Carretera Irapuato-Silao Km. 12.5, Col. El Copal, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

    R. Vargas-Bernal

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  1. Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico

    P. Zambrano-Robledo

  2. CINVESTAV Unidad Saltillo, Ramos Arizpe, Coah, Mexico

    A. Salinas-Rodriguez

  3. Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico

    F. Almeraya Calderon

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Bermúdez-Reyes, B., Zambrano-Robledo, P., Almeraya Calderon, F., Zárate-Tomás, C., Medrano-Mejía, A., Vargas-Bernal, R. (2018). Design of Wind Tunnel for Testing Stress Corrosion Cracking. In: Zambrano-Robledo, P., Salinas-Rodriguez, A., Almeraya Calderon, F. (eds) Proceedings of the Symposium of Aeronautical and Aerospace Processes, Materials and Industrial Applications. IMRC 2016. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65611-3_8

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