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Benefits of the Complementary use of Archaeometry Investigations and Historical Research in the Study of Ancient Airplanes: the Breguet Sahara’s Rivets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2014

Audrey Cochard ,
Joël Douin ,
Bénédicte Warot-Fonrose ,
Julitte Huez ,
Luc Robbiola ,
Jean-Marc Olivier  and
Philippe Sciau
Audrey Cochard
Affiliation:
CEMES, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 29 rue J. Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France.
Joël Douin
Affiliation:
CEMES, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 29 rue J. Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France.
Bénédicte Warot-Fonrose
Affiliation:
CEMES, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 29 rue J. Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France.
Julitte Huez
Affiliation:
CIRIMAT-ENSIACET-INPT, 4 allée Emile Monso, BP 44362 Toulouse Cedex 4, France.
Luc Robbiola
Affiliation:
TRACES-UTM, 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse Cedex 9, France.
Jean-Marc Olivier
Affiliation:
FRAMESPA-UTM, 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse Cedex 9, France.
Philippe Sciau
Affiliation:
CEMES, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 29 rue J. Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France.
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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to show that historical technical archives and complementary physico-chemical studies can be combined to obtain relevant information on the materials and processes used in the manufacturing of a Breguet 765 Sahara airplane. This will be useful both in history of sciences and technology and in the renovation of this more than fifty years old airplane.

The Breguet 765 Sahara plane is the last version of a family of French double-deck transport aircraft produced by Breguet between 1948 and 1960. The gathering of multi-disciplinary information from the literature of the period of production with laboratory investigations has revealed that a “new” aluminum-copper-magnesium alloy was used in the rivets of the Breguet 765. The A-U3G alloy was developed to meet properties requirements of the aeronautical industry for joining sheets of aluminum and was used in the Breguet 765 Sahara to strengthen the joints. Analytical techniques included TEM, EPMA microprobe and metallography.

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Alchemical compositionmicrostructure
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1656: Symposium PP – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology X , 2014 , pp. 285 - 292
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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