OREANDA-NEWS. September 26, 2012. The Ninth International Exhibition and Scientific Conference on Hydroaviation as part of the GIDROAVIASALON-2012 was held on September 7-8, 2012. The conference took place in the Gelendzhik Climatic Test Centre of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute on Research Materials and was split into two parts including “Metal material corrosion and protection” and “Climatic and microbiological material durability”. Participants also presented reports.

The conference started off with the section on “Climatic tests aimed at providing safety and preventing corrosion, ageing and biodamage of materials, structures, and complex technical systems in natural environments”.

Over a hundred representatives, managers and experts from Russian Ministries of Education, Defense, aviation enterprises, design departments, state scientific centres, institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences and national research universities participated in the conference.

The section on corrosion, ageing and biodamage of materials and structures was held in the Research Institute’s subsidiary - the G.V. Akimov Gelendzhik Climatic Test Centre.

JSC “Ilyushin Aviation Complex” deputy chief designer Viktor Mishin made a report on the “Corrosive condition of the IL fleet” in the subsection on “Metal material corrosion and protection”.

Mishin pointed out that “the Centre’s work is very important for the aviation industry from the point of view of safety, material and structural durability and corrosion susceptibility tests under various climatic conditions”.

The Minister of industry and trade launched a unique automated research and test unit for large parts and structures made of polymer composite materials. The unit was developed at the request of the Research Institute and enables to conduct tests under simultaneous climatic effects with defined static and cyclic loads. The unit’s necessity was dictated by the fact that testing structural parts in atmospheric test rigs without damage effects is inaccurate when analyzing climatic durability since material corrosion, ageing and degradation intensify under pressure.

The Research Institute deputy general director Yuri Shevchenko as well as Centre employees demonstrated research materials, structural parts, corrosion, ageing and biodamage protection means and joint labs to the guests.

Viktor Mishin also visited the Institute’s exposition.

After the meeting members of the conference visited the Centre’s exposition of materials and structural parts presented under natural climatic conditions. Research Institute deputy general directors managing climatic tests, titanium, magnesium, beryllium and aluminum alloys and a team of experts took the guests on an interesting tour and answered questions.