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The Engineering Design Handbooks have evolved over a number of years for the purpose of making readily available basic information, technical data, and practical guides for the development of military equipment. This 1976 Handbook was prepared by Igor Bazovsky and Associates, Inc. for the Engineering Handbook Office of Duke University, prime contractor to the U.S. Army Materiel Command. The individual chapters were written to stand on their own, with a minimum of cross-referencing between the chapters, so that the reader can concentrate on the chapters which are of specific interest to their activity. The interrelations of maintainability with design engineering and other disciplines (reliability, system effectiveness, logistic support, and life cycle costing) are highlighted through the whole text. Notation and symbols differ in some instances because of the various subjects. Content:• Front Matter • List of Illustrations • List of Tables • Preface • Table of Contents 1. The Maintainability Concept 2. System Effectiveness 3. Maintainability Organization and Management 4. Maintainability Allocation and Prediction 5. Maintainability Design Techniques and Interfaces 6. Maintainability Test and Demonstration 7. Econometrics 8. Statistical Maintainability 9. Maintainability Data 10. Contracting Responsibilities Appendix A: Specimen for Maintainability Program Requirements Index
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AMC PAMPHLET' AMCP 706-133 ENGINEERING DESIGN HANDBOOK MAINTAINABILITY ENGINEERING THEORY AND PRACTICE HEADQUARTERS, US ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND JANUARY 1976 AMCP 706-133 PREFACE The Engineering Design Handbooks of the US Army Materiel Command have evolved over a number of years for the purpose of making readily available basic information, technical data, and practical guides for the development of military equipment. This handbook was prepared by Igor Bazovsky and Associates, Inc., of Sherman Oaks, California, for the Engineering Handbook Office of Duke University, prime contractor to the US Army Materiel Command. It was completed through the coordinated efforts of Mr. Bazovsky, Sr., and the Engineering Handbook Office of the Research Triangle Institute, prime contractor to the US Army Materiel Command. Technical guidance was provided by an Ad Hoc Working Group under the chairmanship of Mr. H. J. Bukowski, Headquarters, US Army Materiel Command. Igor Bazovsky, Sr., Igor Bazovsky, Jr., George W. Dauncey, Dr. Melvin B. Kline, Dr. Ernest M. Scheuer, and Dr. David Sternlight participated as co-authors in the writing of the handbook; each contributed his particular expertise and practical experiences. The individual chapters were written to stand on their own, with a minimum of cross-referencing between the chapters, so that the reader can concentrate on the chapters which are of specific interest to him or to his activity. The interrelations of maintainability with design engineering and other disciplines (reliability, system effectiveness, logistic support, and life cycle costing) are highlighted through the whole text. Notation and symbols differ in some instances because of the variety of subjects covered, and in an attempt to be consistent with notation used in the referenced standard texts, documents, and papers pertaining to the various subjects. A standardization of notation is long overdue, as evidenced throughout the maintainability and reliability Iiterature and also in statistics and probability theory. The Engineering Design Handbooks fall into two basic categories-those approved for release and sale, and those classified for security reasons. The US Army Materiel Command policy is to release these Engineering Design Handbooks in accordance with current DOD Directiv