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Introduction to Availability, Reliability and Maintainability (ARM):

-Definition of Terms
-Importance of ARM
-Defining the Mission
-ARM Targets and Target Apportionment

Availability and Safety – Potential Conflicts

-Differences Between Safety and ARM
-Claims on Repair

ARM Planning and Choice of Methodology

-ARM Planning
-Interpreting ARM Targets
-Incorporating ARM Into the Design
-Choice of Methodology
-Dealing with ARM Shortfalls

ARM Assessment Methods – Deterministic

-Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECAs)
-Categorising Component Failures
-Limitations of FMECA
-Functional Block Diagrams

Numerical ARM Assessment Techniques

-Parts Counts
-Fault Tree Analysis
-Reliability Block Diagrams

Critical and Life Limited Items

-Critical Items – Novel, Expensive, Difficult to Repair
-Limited Life Items

Maintainability and Maintainability Demonstrations

-Incorporation of Maintenance into Design

Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM)

-Definitions of RCM
-Processes, Requirements and Limitations

Methods of Improving Reliability

Availability, Reliability, Maintainability (ARM) Analysis - 7577RTC

Availability, Reliability, Maintainability (ARM) Analysis

Logically deduce how ARM results for a system may be improved.

Critically review and balance the requirements of the design for ARM and safety.

Identify and apply the analysis methodologies to systems and sub-systems, including both design and operation restrictions, to determine the Availability, Reliability and Maintainability of these Systems.