Workshop Presentations: 2024 Joint AFRL-FAA Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) on Environmentally Assisted Cracking (EAC) of High-Strength 7XXX Series Aluminum Alloys

Presentations from this Technical Interchange Meeting have been consolidated into a single document for convenience. The Table of Contents below contains title and author information for each presentation and links to the corresponding location within the document.

Table of Contents – Presenter: Title (Page Number)

  • Hunter: AFRL Introduction (3)
  • Wertz: AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (12)
  • Gorelik: FAA Opening Remarks (15)
  • Waite: EASA Certification and Continued Airworthiness (21)
  • Holryod: Historical Overview of Environment-Induced Cracking in 7xxx Aluminum Alloys (36)
  • Colvin: MELD Manufacturing History of Aerospace Aluminum SCC Development and Testing (63)
  • McAdam: DSTG Intergranular Corrosion of 7000 series Aluminium Alloys (78)
  • Hallam: DSTL UK MOD Response to EAC of 7000 Series Al Alloys (96)
  • Zwerink: Netherlands NLR Perspective EAC in Aluminium Alloy 7085-T7452 (106)
  • Barrett: Airbus Briefing (118)
  • Carvalho da Cunha: Embraer Environmentally Assisted Cracking of High-Strength 7000 Series Aluminum Alloys (136)
  • Yates: Lockheed Martin Experiences and Efforts (143)
  • Davis: Arconic Briefing (154)
  • Whelchel: Constellium EAC/SCC of 7xxx Aluminum Alloys in High Humidity Environments (160)
  • Scheuring: Kaiser Aluminum Environmentally Assisted Cracking (178)
  • Lamb: Universal Alloy Corporation Briefing (184)
  • Burns: University of Virginia Problem Definition and Knowledge Gaps for 7xxx EAC (189)
  • Robson: The University of Manchester Understanding Performance of New Generation 7xxx Aluminium Alloys (289)
  • Holroyd: EIC Testing of Commercial Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloys (313)
  • Friedersdorf: Luna Labs Measurement of Environmentally Assisted Cracking in Atmospheric Tests (325)
  • Dante: Southwest Research Institute Briefing (336)
  • Rausch: The Ohio State University Environmental Effects 7xxx Series Aluminum Alloys (346)
  • Ashby: CMI Beasy Software Tool Development and Capability Overview (358)
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Last updated: Friday, March 28, 2025