1.	SCOPE	1
1.1	PURPOSE	1
1.2	APPLICATION	1
1.3	LIMITATIONS	1
2.	TAILORING GUIDANCE	1
2.1	SELECTING THE LOW PRESSURE (ALTITUDE) METHOD	1
2.1.1	EFFECTS OF LOW PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS	1
2.1.1.1	PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL	2
2.1.1.2	ELECTRICAL	2
2.1.2	SEQUENCE AMONG OTHER METHODS	2
2.2	SELECTING PROCEDURES	2
2.2.1	PROCEDURE SELECTION CONSIDERATIONS	2
2.2.2	DIFFERENCE AMONG PROCEDURES	2
2.3	DETERMINE TEST LEVELS AND CONDITIONS	3
2.3.1	TEST PRESSURE (ALTITUDE) AND TEMPERATURE	3
2.3.2	ALTITUDE CHANGE RATE	4
2.3.3	DECOMPRESSION RATE	4
2.3.4	TEST DURATION	4
2.3.5	TEST ITEM CONFIGURATION	4
2.3.6	HUMIDITY	4
3.	INFORMATION REQUIRED	4
3.1	PRETEST	4
3.2	DURING TEST	5
3.3	POST TEST	5
4.	TEST PROCESS	5
4.1	TEST FACILITY	5
4.2	CONTROLS	5
4.3	TEST INTERRUPTION	5
4.3.1	INTERRUPTION DUE TO CHAMBER MALFUNCTION	6
4.3.2	INTERRUPTION DUE TO TEST ITEM OPERATION FAILURE	6
4.4	TEST SETUP	6
4.5	TEST EXECUTION	6
4.5.1	PREPARATION FOR TEST	6
4.5.1.1	PRELIMINARY STEPS	6
4.5.1.2	PRETEST STANDARD AMBIENT CHECKOUT	6
4.5.2	PROCEDURE I - STORAGE / AIR TRANSPORT	6
4.5.3	PROCEDURE II - OPERATION / AIR CARRIAGE	7
4.5.4	PROCEDURE III - RAPID DECOMPRESSION	7
4.5.5	PROCEDURE IV - EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION	7
5.	ANALYSIS OF RESULTS	8
6.	REFERENCE/RELATED DOCUMENTS	8
6.1	REFERENCED DOCUMENTS	8
6.2	RELATED DOCUMENTS	8