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Resistant finishes

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 0002-2667

Article publication date: 1 February 1973

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Abstract

HIGH PERFORMANCE is demanded of aircraft finishes because of the severity of the environmental conditions to which they are exposed. Many aircraft today operate long range, and encounter a wide variety of climatic conditions. Cyclic condensation occurs during the various temperature and pressure fluctuations, and keel areas may contain large quantities of water containing dissolved salts as well as aggressive fluids such as phosphate ester hydraulic fluids, ester lubricants, fuels, etc. Skin temperatures can change rapidly during flight and may even reach 130°C, by kinetic heating. Erosive influences are met whilst flying through rain, dust and hail, and as the whole structure is vibrating under changing stress, cracking tendencies of coatings are accentuated. C. E. Moey has reviewed aircraft finishes against this background.

Citation

LEWIN, J.B.G. (1973), "Resistant finishes", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 45 No. 2, pp. 11-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb034991

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MCB UP Ltd

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