Accession Number:

AD0271477

Title:

GUIDE TO INTEGRATED SYSTEM DESIGN FOR MAINTAINABILITY

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NORTHROP AIRCRAFT INC HAWTHORNE CA

Personal Author(s):

• RIGBY, LYNN V.
• COOPER, JOEL I.
• SPICKARD, WILLIAM A.

Report Date:

1961-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

169.0

Abstract:

This report presents human engineering recommendations and suggestions concerning the design of Air Force weapon systems for ease of maintenance. The report is divided into three main sections Introduction, which discusses the format of the report System Decisions for Maintainability, which discusses system design decisions and interactions and Detail Design for Maintainability, which presents detailed design recommendations. A Decision Structure Chart provides the system designer with a notation of the critical elements of maintainability and a Topic Index Matrix presents the detail designer with an estimate of the general importance of the interactions of specific design elements.

Descriptors:

• *AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT
• *ANTHROPOMETRY
• *HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
• *MAINTENANCE
• *TEST EQUIPMENT
• AUTOMATIC
• DECISION MAKING
• ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
• HANDBOOKS
• INDEXES
• LUMINESCENCE
• MEASUREMENT
• MONITORS
• OPTICAL FILTERS
• PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT
• SPECTROPHOTOMETERS
• TEST SETS

Subject Categories:

• Aircraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE