An AS332L helicopter flies regularly between the Western Malaysia and its offshore islands along the east coast

An AS332L helicopter flies regularly between the Western Malaysia and its offshore islands along the east coast. The helicopter is operated by an oil & gas support company and has been in service for more than 10 years. During a heavy check maintenance, its tail boom bulkhead at station 12964.08 was found corroded. A9-cm crack was also detected on the base of the tail pylon primary structure, left of the BL 0 line. See Figures1 and 2.The drain hole was found blocked.

Figure 1 – Corrosion Damage at AS332L Tail Boom

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Figure 2 – Closed-up View Corrosion Damage

In this assignment, your are required to discuss the followings:
(1) Assess the possible causes for corrosion to develop at the indicated tail boom location on thisAS332Lhelicopter.
(2) Recommend the corrosion control measures that can be instituted to prevent the recurrence of corrosion defects on the affected area after the structural repair has been carried out.
(3) With the hindsight that corrosion defects can occur at this location of the tail boom, if you were the design engineer for this helicopter, what would be the design changes you could have implemented to prevent corrosion in this area?
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