Overview
Thermal Spray Coating of 5xxx Aluminum (2016-423)
Project Team:
- Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC)
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
- Marinette Marine
- Naval Systems Warfare Center - Carderock (NSWCC)
- NAVSEA 05P
- NAVSEA 21
2016
NSRP ASE Investment: $150K
Objective:
Evaluated the use of thermal sprayed commercially pure aluminum coatings as an effective preventative measure for stress corrosion cracking in aluminum ship structures. Potential application scenarios, technical performance data, cost information, and a roadmap for implementation were generated under this activity.
Key Deliverables:
Request Final Report from NSRP – Limited Distribution authorized to Project Participants and NSRP ASE Program Representatives