This cost of corrosion study for Royal Australian Navy (RAN) frigates in the 2015 calendar year used a range of methods. Method 1 (comparison to U.S. studies) gave an estimated corrosion cost between $81 million to $126 million Australian dollars (AUD); Method 2 (mixed costing approach) gave much lower estimates of $41 million to $72 million AUD; and Method 3 (detailed costing using RAN maintenance records) showed an estimated cost of ~$94 million AUD. This suggests that in the absence of detailed maintenance cost data, the comparative approach used in Method 1 is a reasonable and convenient way of estimating the cost of corrosion for the RAN.

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Materials, Aircraft, Corrosion costs, Corrosion, Bottles, Corrosion assessment, Repair, Corrosion data, Engineers, Marine vessels, Ports and harbors, Maintenance, Scaling
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