Procedures for including human engineering factors in the development of weapon systems /
prepared by Harold P. Van Cott and James W. Altman.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, Unites States Air Force, 1956.
- Summary
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"At each stage in the development of a new weapon system appropriate action must be taken regarding the eventual role which men will play in operating and maintaining the completed system. The use of systematic procedures for solving problems and making decisions with respect to these human engineering factors, and for articulating them with other aspects of system development, assures that the weapon system emerges as a maximally effective man-machine system. This report is intended to suggest systematic procedures for the human engineering of developmental weapon systems. A brief discussion of man-machine systems and the role of human engineering in their design is followed by a design schedule. This schedule suggests at what points and in what ways human engineering should be accomplished. Following the design schedule, procedures that may be used to assess and solve human engineering problems are suggested. Finally, human capabilities and limitations are discussed from the point of view of the man as a system component."--Abstract.
- Note
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"October 1956."
Prepared by the American Institute for Research under Air Force Contract No. AF 33(616)-2986, Project No. 5-(7-7192) entitled "Human Engineering Analysis of Weapon Systems", and Task No. 71633 entitled "Development of Procedures for Systematic Inclusion of Human Engineering Factors in the Development of Weapon Systems".
- Physical Description
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116 pages :
illustrations ;
28 cm.
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