AEP-61 : 2009

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 - SCOPE
CHAPTER 3 - NORMATIVE REFERENCES
CHAPTER 4 - DEFINITIONS
  4.1 Ablative Paint
  4.2 Anticorrosive (A/C) Paint
  4.3 Antifouling (A/F) Paint (see also "Foul release")
  4.4 Biocide
  4.5 Biofouling
  4.6 Cleaned Surface (Cleanliness)
  4.7 Coat
  4.8 Corrosion
  4.9 Cuprous Oxide [also copper(I) oxide]
  4.10 Dry Film Thickness (DFT)
  4.11 Durability
  4.12 Erosion
  4.13 Foul Release (sometimes called "easy release")
  4.14 Im-2
  4.15 Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
  4.16 Nominal Dry Film Thickness (NDFT)
  4.17 Nominal Wet Film Thickness (NWFT)
  4.18 Nonablative Paint
  4.19 Paint
  4.20 Qualification
  4.21 Product Data Sheet (PDS) or Technical Data Sheet (TDS)
  4.22 Repairability
  4.23 Recoatability
  4.24 Self-Polishing Paint
  4.25 Self-Smoothing: See Self-Polishing Paint
  4.26 Shelf Life
  4.27 Substrate
  4.28 Tie-Coat
  4.29 Toxicological Risk
  4.30 Tributyltin (TBT)
  4.31 Underwater Hull Paint System (UHPS)
  4.32 Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)
CHAPTER 5 - FIELD OF APPLICATION
  5.1 Type of Structures
  5.2 Type of Environment
  5.3 Service Life and Durability
  5.4 Applications
  5.5 Type of Substrate and Surface Preparation
       5.5.1 Cleanliness
       5.5.2 Contamination
       5.5.3 Roughness
  5.6 Type of Paint Product
CHAPTER 6 - REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFICATION
  6.1 Documentation Requirements
  6.2 Basic Requirements
       6.2.1 General objectives
       6.2.2 Requirements
CHAPTER 7 - QUALIFICATION TESTS
  7.1 Preparation and Conditioning of Test Panels
       7.1.1 Test panels
       7.1.2 Surface preparation
       7.1.3 Application and curing
       7.1.4 Dry Film Thickness (DFT)
       7.1.5 Over-coating time
       7.1.6 Conditioning
       7.1.7 Scribe line
  7.2 Performance Tests
       7.2.1 Applicability
       7.2.2 Storage Stability
  7.3 Performance Tests
  7.4 Acceptance criteria
CHAPTER 8 - Paint Identification
CHAPTER 9 - Test report
ANNEX A - PRODUCT TECHNICAL INFORMATION
  A.1 UHPS TECHNICAL DATA SHEET
  A.2 REQUIRED PRODUCT INFORMATION (ISO 20340)
  A.3 USE REFERENCES
  A.4 SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS
ANNEX B - SPECIFIC TEST METHODS
  B.1 EVALUATING RE-COATABILITY AND REPAIRABILITY
       B.1.1 SCOPE
       B.1.2 FIELD OF APPLICATION
       B.1.3 TEST PROCEDURE
  B.2 SUITABILITY FOR APPLICATION
  B.3 ACCELERATED STORAGE STABILITY
  B.4 METHOD FOR CONDUCTING SAMPLE PANEL TESTING
       B.4.1 SCOPE
       B.4.2 FIELD OF APPLICATION
       B.4.3 TEST PROCEDURE
  B.5 METHOD FOR CONDUCTING SHIP HULL PATCH TESTING
       B.5.1 SCOPE
       B.5.2 FIELD OF APPLICATION
       B.5.3 TEST PROCEDURE
  B.6 METHOD FOR CONDUCTING FULL HULL SHIP TESTING
       B.6.1 SCOPE
       B.6.2 FIELD OF APPLICATION
       B.6.3 TEST PROCEDURE

Specifies the minimum requirements for the protection of underwater hulls from corrosion and attachment of marine organisms, or "biofouling", exclusive of slime layers.