The the Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability (RMS) Guidebook, a technical publication from the Reliability Information Analysis Center (RIAC). It provides a standardized engineering framework for implementing RMS principles across the entire system lifecycle, from initial concept through sustainment.
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The guidebook delivers methodologies for reliability modeling, maintainability predictions, and supportability analysis, serving as a primary reference for Department of Defense (DoD) and industrial engineering standards. It includes specific technical guidance on:
- Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
- Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS)
- Physics-of-failure (PoF) methodologies and reliability growth testing
- Life cycle cost estimation and maintainability design criteria
Freely downloadable and extremely practical must-have for product designers, bench design and usability, not only for DoD applications.
