NASA/TM-4322, NASA TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM 4322, NASA RELIABILITY PREFERRED PRACTICES FOR DESIGN AND TEST (SEP 1991)

NASA/TM-4322, NASA TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM 4322, NASA RELIABILITY PREFERRED PRACTICES FOR DESIGN AND TEST (SEP 1991). This manual summarizes reliability experience from both NASA and industry, and is intended to reflect engineering principles to support current and future civil space programs. The information represents the best technical advice that NASA has to offer on reliability design and test practices. Topics covered include reliability practices, including design criteria, test procedures, and analytical techniques that have been applied to previous space flight programs; and reliability guidelines, including techniques currently applied to space flight projects, where sufficient information exists to certify that the technique will contribute to mission success