7 Introduction to Maintainability
7.1 Need for Maintainability
Nowadays, the need for maintainability is becoming more important than ever before because of the alarming high operating and support costs of systems and equipment. For example, each year, the U.S. industrial sector spends over $300 billion on plant maintenance and operation [1]. Furthermore, the annual cost of maintaining a military jet aircraft is about $1.6 million; around 11% of the total operating cost for an aircraft is spent on maintenance-related activities [2].
Some of the objectives of applying maintainability principles are to reduce projected maintenance time and costs, to determine labor hours and other related sources needed for conducting ...
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