Section1: The Need for Reliability
1.1 Customer Expectations
1.2 Market Competition
1.3 Availability
1.4 Life Cycle Costs
1.5 Liability
1.6 Military Needs
Section 2: Reliability and Maintainability Basics
2.1 Reliability and Maintainability Definitions
2.2 Bathtub Curve
2.3 Statistical Distributions
2.4 Reliability and Maintainability Figures-of-Merit
Section 3: R&M Requirements and Programs
3.1 Customer R&M Requirements
3.1.1 Performance Based Requirements
3.1.2 Quantitative Reliability Requirements
3.1.3 Quantitative Maintainability Requirements
3.1.4 Quantitative Testability/Diagnostic Requirements
3.1.5 R&M Information for Proposals
3.2 R&M Program Requirements
3.2.1 Product Development Phase Terminology
3.2.2 Reliability Program Elements
3.2.3 R&M Activity Priorities
3.2.4 Non-developmental Item (NDI) Considerations
Section 4: Source Selection
4.1 Evaluation Criteria for Supplier Reliability and Maintainability
Section 5: Design
5.1 Part Reliability Concerns
5.1.1 Parts Selection, Application and Control
5.1.2 Special Part Considerations
5.1.3 Part Stress Derating
5.1.4 Part Failure Mode/Mechanisms
5.2 Assembly Reliability Concerns
5.2.1 Thermal Management
5.2.2 Interconnection Techniques
5.2.3 Power Supply Design Checklist
5.2.4 Testability Criteria (Assembly Level)
5.3 Equipment/System Reliability Concerns
5.3.1 System Fault Tolerance
5.3.2 Environmental Characterization
5.3.3 Critical Item Reliability
5.3.4 Software Reliability
5.3.5 Testability Criteria (System Level)
5.3.6 System Electromagnetic Guidelines
5.3.7 Mechanical Systems
5.3.8 Unique Considerations for Dormancy
5.3.9 System Maintainability Concepts
5.3.10 Product Review Questions
Section 6: Analysis
6.1 Types of Reliability Analyses
6.2 Reliability Modeling
6.3 Reliability Prediction Methods
6.3.1 Use of Existing Reliability Data
6.3.2 Weibull Analysis
6.3.3 Reliability Adjustment Factors
6.3.4 Reliability Prediction of Dormant Products
6.3.5 Reliability Prediction of Mechanical Components
6.3.6 Reliability Prediction of Surface Mount Technology (SMT)
6.3.7 Reliability Prediction of Software
6.3.8 Reliability Prediction Checklist
6.4 Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
6.5 Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
6.6 Worst Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA)
6.7 Sneak Circuit Analysis
6.8 Durability Analysis
6.9 Maintainability Analysis
6.10 Testability Analysis
6.11 Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
6.12 Maintainability/Testability Analysis Checklist
6.13 Finite Element Analysis
6.14 Thermal Analysis
6.15 Electromagnetic Analysis
Section 7: Testing
7.1 Reliability Test Strategies
7.2 Design of Experiments
7.3 Accelerated Life Testing
7.4 Maintainability/Testability Test Strategies
7.5 Environmental Stress Screening (ESS)
7.6 Electromagnetic Testing
7.7 Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
Section 8: Production/Operation
8.1 Manufacturing Variability
8.2 Quality and Reliability Improvement
8.3 Root Cause Failure Analysis
8.4 Lifetime Extension Assessment
Section 9: Reliability Related Concepts
9.1 Concurrent Engineering
9.2 Benchmarking
9.3 Total Quality Management 9.4 IS0-9000
9.5 Reliability Physics
Appendix A: Operational Parameter Translation
Appendix B: Example R&M Requirements for the Supplier Specification or Statement of Work
Appendix C: Warranties
Appendix D: Example Electronic Design Guidelines Appendix E: Parts Count Reliability Prediction Appendix F: Reliability Demonstration Testing Appendix G: Reliability Growth Testing
Appendix H: Maintainability/Testability Demonstration Testing
Appendix I: Reliability and Maintainability Information Sources
Appendix J: R&M Standardization Documents, Rome Laboratory Technical Reports, and Reliability Analysis Center Publications
Appendix K: Reliability and Maintainability Education Sources
Appendix L: R&M Software Sources
Appendix M: Acronyms
