Index 643 Index 1 10-6...163 A Access level...see Permission Access privileges...17 ALD...127 Allocation... 235,291,449,450 Ambiguity...277, 450 Analytical calculations...50 Applied values...244 Assemblies...167 creating...69,169, 179 reliability allocation...235 Assembly composite...244 Assembly icon...38, 172 Availability...350, 361 B Backing up libraries...148 Bar graphs...261 Bellcore reliability prediction, burn-in reports...253 Bootstrap...420 copying between...181 drive...34 massive entry...189 project...35, 66 selecting items in...34, 36 Building a product tree...101 Burn-in reports...253 C Calculation reliability...453 Calculations...102 analytical...49 Monte Carlo...49 MTBCF...50 R(t)...50 reliability...79, 286, 454 Catalog number...455 Children... 36, 172, 216, 286, 293, 477 Color, reliability block diagram...327 Component data, loading...224 Component library...130 Components...172 creating...70, 171 Compound operations, spare parts...363 Computing Reliability Block Diagrams...49 Confidence level...280, 457 Configuration control...244, 301, 388 Constraint...351, 355 Cost constraint...351, 355 Creating assemblies...68 components...70 projects...66 Criterion...351, 355 Cross reference...129, 160, 219 updating...218 Current analysis...166, 451 Cycling reliability formula for...237 modifying multipliers...238 multipliers for...238, 242 reports...241 D D, Tree report option...244 Data file...214 Data management...130 Default icon...72 Default manager...149, 160 reviewing...218
Index 644 Default method... 167 Defaults applying... 152 project... 151 refreshing from global library... 152 Defining derating guidelines... 304 Derating... 303-314 defining guidelines for... 304 entering stress values... 309 reports... 303, 307 Derating curve... 303 Derating mode... 117 Deselect... 36 Drive browser... 36 Duane... 79, 417 Duty cycle... 323, 454 E Environment... 271, 452 F Failure Mode and Effects Analysis...See FMEA Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis...See FMECA Failure rate...40, 139, 449, 453, 455 distribution... 322 Failure rate tables... 76, 139 applying... 78, 145 copying... 144 deleting... 144 importing... 142 manual entry... 140 Pack to Box... 141 reports... 78 Failures per trillion... 163 Family... 102, 122, 149, 452 Fault isolation... 280, 450, 458 Field definitions... 449 Field factor... 454 FIT... 163 Fly-away kits... 351 FMEA... 391 FMECA mode... 365 Formulas cycling reliability... 237 failure rate tables... 137 junction temperatures... 194 reliability block diagrams... 495 reliability distributions... 498 reliability growth... 447 spare parts analysis... 361 stress ratios... 195 FRACAS... 449 G Generating guideline reports... 307 Generic name... 121, 124, 455 Generic name search... 121 Generic names pattern search... 177 Global changes... 184 Global component library copying from project library... 125, 128 editing items... 126 new items... 125 pattern searching... 126 reports... 126 Graphs bar... 261 line... 261 pie... 261 Grid, reliability block diagram... 328 Group... 163 H High priority... 219 I Icons assembly... 38, 172 catalog number... 129 default... 72 military number... 129 part number... 129 referencing tool... 176
Index 645 toolbar...105 ID, Tree report option...245 Import Wizard...199 Importing files...101 Importing product trees...193 Input screen selection...164 Insertion node...47, 317 Inspection period...323, 331 Installing...92-100 Installing, system manager...7 Item code... 102, 122, 130, 452, 475 Items copying between projects...183 creating...171 manually...172 massively...189 deleting...171 organizing sequence numbers...180 J K K out of N... 47, 48, 317, 322 formulas for...496-498 L Lambda allocated...235 Level of repair...277, 280 Level of replace...276 Libraries...88 backing up...148 copying...125 failure rate tables...76, 137 restoring...148 standard tasks...284 standard times...275 Line graphs...261 Load...322 Loading component data...218 Log file...219, 242 Low priority...219 M Maintainability allocation...280, 494 Maintainability mode... 56, 57, 117, 166, 278 Maintainability Prediction...56, 275-301 allocation...280 ambiguity...277 copying data...291 fault isolation...276 Maintenance Corrective Time...279 Mean Time To Repair...286 reports...296 Maintenance Corrective Time...279, 456 method...279 Manual item creation...173 Massive data entry...189 Mct... See Mean Corrective Time Mean corrective time...57 Mean Time Between Critical Failure...328 Mean Time Between Critical Failures...45, 50, 449 calculation...50 Mean Time Between Failures...141, 419, 449 Mean Time To Repair... 286, 263, 449, 457 Method dialog box...174 Method of Mct calculation...288, 449, 452 MIL-HDBK-217E, Notice 1...237 MIL-HDBK-472...281, 288 Military number...469 MIL-STD-1629A...365 MIL-STD-472...292, 461 MIL-STD-721...275 Mission profile analysis...43, 269-273 adding phases...45 phases...272, 273 reports...273 MMH...449, 473 Modifying cycling reliability multiplier values...238 default cycling reliability multiplier values...240 Monte Carlo simulation...46, 328 confidence level...331 elapsed time...331 iterations...331 seed value...331 start time...331
Index 646 MTBCF...See Mean Time Between Critical Failures MTBF...See Mean Time Between Failures MTTR... See Mean Time To Repair Mult. factor... 454 N Navigating using Tree location... 418 Nc... 271, 455 N-copy... 190 Next Higher Effects... 373, 374 Next lower level... 58 N-last... 420 No Shortage Probability... 346, 348, 351 Non-operating mode... 117, 166, 188, 269 data translation to... 188 reliability calculations... 234 Nonoperating prediction... 237 NPRD reliability prediction method... 73, 197, 449 O Open Drive command... 22 Operating mode... 117, 166, 168, 269 data translation from... 188 reliability calculations... 234 Operation mode, spare parts... 345 Operation Scenario... 63, 345 Optimization criteria... 350, 351 Organize... 181 P Pack to Box... 141, 460, 461 Parallel branch... 317 Parallel section... 317 Pareto reports... 40, 246 Pattern searching... 124, 177 PD... 449 Permission... 164 Phases Mission profile analysis... 44 Pie graphs... 261 Prediction methods... 452 Primary search, NPRD... 75 Product tree... 99, 393 Product tree recalculation... 172 Product trees, importing... 193 ProFMEA...391-416 Project browser... 35, 66 Project defaults... 121 Project definition... 163 Project libraries copying... 128 retrieving from... 177 updating... 177 viewing... 125 Project mode... 164 Projects access privileges... 17 copying between drives... 183 creating... 66, 164 deleting... 115 editing... 115 permission... 163 restoring... 114 Q QS-9000... 392 Quick mode... 234, 287 R RADC-TR-85-91... 237 RAM Commander... 365 data management process... 121 installing...82-90 system environment... 155 RAM Commander Process... 99 RBD... See Reliability Block Diagrams Recalculate All... 235, 287 Recalculating product tree... 172 Reference designator... 417, 420 Referencing tool icons... 176 Regular item... 317 Regular operation, spare parts... 345, 356 Reliability allocation... 235, 454, 449 calculating... 79 distributions... 498
Index 647 Reliability Block Diagrams...46, 317-334, 450 calculations...328 changing colors...326 computing...49 configuring...326 editing...47 elements of...47, 317-318 formulas for...495 opening...334 reports...333 toggling grid...328 Weibull distribution...49 Reliability calculations...233-242, 286 errors...233 log file...242 quick mode...234, 287 recalculate all mode...235, 287 Reliability function...50, 329 Reliability growth...79, 417-420, 450 formulas for...421 planning...419 reports...420 Reliability prediction method...102, 130, 450 Repair...323 Report generator...263 Reports...102, 243-257 Burn-in...253 creating...253 customizing...79, 243, 256 cycling reliability...237 derating...313 failure rate tables...76 Global component library...122 guideline...304 maintainability...298 Mission profile...256 Pareto...40, 246 Reliability growth...420 standard times and tasks...278 Temperature curve...42, 249 Tree...38, 243 viewing...254 Restoring projects...114 Risk Priority Numbers...392, 409 rtf...215, 260, 470 S Sail-away kits...362 Scenarios...See Spare parts analysis Search results...177 Secondary search, NPRD...75 Seed, Monte Carlo simulation...331 Select...35 Software plug...21, 102 Spare parts analysis...62, 345-363 copying scenarios...348 defining scenarios...346 formulas for...361 reports...358 Spare parts optimization algorithm for...353 compound operations...362 constraint...345, 356 criterion...345, 351 operation mode...345 regular operation...345, 357 unsupported mission...345, 357 Standard tasks library...61, 394 Standard times library...292 Status bar...107 Status Calc...455 Status Check...455 Stress ratios...195 Sub RBD...317 Subsystems, reliability growth...417 System environment...155-161 System manager...292 default libraries...159 defining...155 refreshing defaults...152 user management...156 System manager, installing...17 T TAT...450 Temperature...194, 271 Temperature curve reports...42, 249
Index 648 Toolbar... 105 Top-to-bottom maintainability allocation... 291 Top-to-bottom reliability allocation... 235 Translating data to non-operating mode... 188 Tree basic structure... 244 Tree diagram... 244, 301, 389 Tree format file... 215 Tree location... 418 Tree reports... 39, 243 Tutorial...33-81 U Unsupported mission, spare parts... 345, 363 User... 164 User administrator browser... 156 User levels... 156 Users creating... 157 deleting... 158 editing... 157 review... 156 V Viewing previous reports... 266 VSR... 450 W W-D, Tree report option... 243 Weibull distribution... 49