AD/A066 579 RELIABILITY-CENTERED MAINTENANCE F.S. Nowlan, et al United Airlines San Francisco, California December 1978 REPRODUCED BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE SPRINGFIELD, VA 22161Unclassified REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE [ oerSRARETEERS Vom " Final Reliability-Centered Maintenance Farce ona F, Stanley Nowlan MDA 903-75-C-0349 Howard F. Heap \ United Airlines San Francisco Intemational Airport San Francisco, Ca 94128 Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense December 28, 1978 (Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics) TET FET Washington, DC 20301 476 - Unclassified a Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. Copies may be obtained from the National Technical Information Service or the Defense Documentation Center. ‘This work was performed by United Aitlines under the sponsorship of the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logis Actuarial analysis Aircraft maintenance Cost effectiveness Decision theory Evaluation Failure effects Flight safety Logistics Maintenance program Mechanicat safety Preventive maintenance Product improvement Reliability Scheduled maintenance System effectiveness This book explains basic concepts, principles, definitions, and applications of a logical discipline for development of efficient scheduled (preventive) maintenance programs for complex equipment, and the on-going management of such programs. ‘Such programs are called reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) programs because they are centered on achieving the inherent safety and reliability capabilities of 0D TRE MIB common or ov rome neieanel