Engineering Maintainability:: How to Design for Reliability and Easy Maintenance

Front Cover......Page 1
Engineering Maintainability: How to Design for Reliability and Easy Maintenane......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 9
What Is Maintainability?......Page 12
The Importance, Purpose, and Results of Maintainability Efforts......Page 14
Maintainability in the Government Procurement Process and in the Commercial Sector......Page 15
 Maintenance Engineering Versus Maintainability Engineering......Page 16
Maintainability Science and Downtime......Page 17
Maintainability Standards, Handbooks, and Information Sources......Page 18
Maintainability Terms and Definitions......Page 20
Problems......Page 21
References......Page 22
Introduction......Page 24
 Maintainability Management Functions in the Product Life Cycle......Page 25
Maintainability Organization Functions and Tasks......Page 28
Maintainability Organizational Structures......Page 30
Maintainability Program Plan......Page 32
Personnel Associated with Maintainability......Page 34
Maintainability Design Reviews......Page 36
Problems......Page 40
References......Page 41
Introduction......Page 43
Maintainability Measures......Page 44
Maintainability Functions......Page 48
System Effectiveness and Related Availability and Dependability Models......Page 54
Mathematical Models......Page 56
Problems......Page 59
References......Page 60
Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis......Page 61
Fault Tree Analysis......Page 70
Cause and Effect Diagram......Page 77
Total Quality Management......Page 79
Maintainability Allocation......Page 84
Problems......Page 90
References......Page 91
Introduction......Page 93
Standardization......Page 94
Interchangeability......Page 96
Modularization,......Page 98
Accessibility......Page 101
Accessibility and Identification Checklist......Page 105
General Maintainability Design Guidelines and Common Maintainability Design Errors......Page 107
References......Page 109
Introduction......Page 110
Human Factors Problems in Maintenance and Typical Human Behaviors......Page 111
Human Body Measurements......Page 112
Human Sensory Capacities......Page 115
Environmental Factors......Page 120
Auditory and Visual Warning Devices......Page 123
Selected Formulas for Human Factors......Page 126
Problems......Page 128
References......Page 129
Introduction......Page 131
Electrical, Mechanical, and Other Hazards......Page 132
Safety Analysis Tools,......Page 136
Safety and Human Behavior......Page 143
Safety Checklist......Page 144
References......Page 146
Introduction......Page 148
Reliability Cost......Page 149
Discounting Formulas......Page 152
Life Cycle Costing......Page 155
Maintenance Cost Estimation Models......Page 163
Maintainability, Maintenance Costs, and Cost Comparisons......Page 168
Problems......Page 169
References,......Page 170
Introduction......Page 171
The RCM Process......Page 172
RCM Implementation......Page 177
RCM Review Groups......Page 178
Methods of Monitoring Equipment Condition......Page 179
RCM Applications and Achievements......Page 185
Reasons for RCM Failures......Page 188
References......Page 189
Introduction......Page 191
Planning and Control Requirements for Maintainability Testing and Demonstration......Page 192
Test Approaches......Page 195
Testing Methods......Page 197
Preparing for Maintainability Demonstrations and Evaluating the Results......Page 200
Checklists for Maintainability Demonstration Plans, Procedures, and Reports......Page 202
Testability......Page 204
Maintainability Data......Page 206
Problems......Page 207
References......Page 208
Maintenance Models......Page 209
Warranties......Page 222
Problems......Page 232
References......Page 233
Introduction......Page 235
Reliability and Maintainability......Page 236
Bathtub Hazard Rate Concept......Page 237
Reliability Terms, Definitions, and Formulas......Page 238
Static Structures......Page 242
Dynamic Structures......Page 248
System Availability......Page 254
Problems......Page 258
References......Page 260
Index......Page 261