Reliability and maintainability studies and procedures relating to the design and development of an electronic governing system for a naval steam turbogenerator set are described. Details of the studies are given, including reliability prediction, failure mode effects and criticality analysis (FMECA) and reliability and maintainability (R and M) review.
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