Role of enhanced visual inspections in the new strategy for corrosion management

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-13

  Komorowski, Jerzy P ^a   Forsyth, David S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CORROSION; COSTS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MAINTENANCE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STANDARDS;

CORROSION DETECTION; LAP JOINTS; VISUAL INSPECTIONS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0033701520     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00022660010308615     Document Type: Article

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