Defense Corrosion Modeling Working Group

DOD corrosion modeling Roadmap working group:

John La Scala is the Weapon Systems and Platforms Manager at SERDP-ESTCP) for whom we are putting this Roadmap together.

Why would an environmental program want to fund corrosion modeling? Because corrosion remediation is a major contributor to environmental and health problems at Defense manufacturers and Depots. We must use many materials for stripping, coating, painting, etc. that create ESOH issues, both when using these materials and disposing of the waste.

He wants a roadmap to help him determine what future projects should be funded to create practical capabilities that DoD program managers, corrosion managers, and engineers can use to solve corrosion problems and minimize corrosion in design and sustainment.

He has funded several corrosion modeling projects, and what those have taught us is that even moderately accurate corrosion modeling is immensely complicated because corrosion has so many variables, and depends on so many random, unpredictable events.

Therefore, what he is interested in is developing corrosion modeling capabilities that are practical and directly usable in the real world of DoD acquisition and sustainment. Accurate models that allow us to take into account all of the real world environments that weapon systems see are of course of interest. But he is also interested in very practical methods that may not tell us everything, but are usable by engineers to solve corrosion issues and minimize ESOH problems in depots and deployed systems.

1.     Therefore, a good place to start is first to ask ourselves "What are the end uses we need corrosion modeling for?"

2.     Then "Who are the end users who will need these models?"

3.     Then "What types of models and complexity will end users require to meet those needs?"

Could we start by putting together a list of what our end users would like to use modeling for?