US 12,461,015 B2
Method for determining corrosion of an object
Richard Joel Thompson, Laceys Spring, AL (US); and Kristen Smith Williams, Madison, AL (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/352,475.
Prior Publication US 2025/0020575 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. G01N 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 17/006 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of determining corrosion of an object that occurs over a time period, the method comprising:
determining one or more physical factors of the object;
determining a mesh of the object based on the one or more physical factors, the mesh corresponding to a surface geometry of the object;
determining a plurality of node points included in the mesh of the object;
determining environmental factors that occur during the time period;
at a plurality of times during the time period, determining the corrosion of the object at each of the plurality of node points based on the physical factors and the environmental factors; and
determining a cumulative corrosion of the object based on the corrosion determined at each of the plurality of node points at each of the plurality of times.