Human Factors and Diving Equipment Design

For too long divers have been asked to compensate for inadequately designed equipment. In recent years, the Behavioral Sciences Dept; at this institute--in cooperation with the Navy Experimental Diving Unit and the Performance Physiology Lab. of the University of California at Los Angeles--has engag...

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Main Author: Bachrach,Arthur J
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ANTHROPOMETRY
BIOENGINEERING
BIOMECHANICS
Biomedical Instrumentation and Bioengineering
BIOMETRY
BIOPHYSICS
DIVER EQUIPMENT
DIVERS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
Human Factors Engineering & Man Machine System
OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS
PE63713N
PERFORMANCE TESTS
PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
PHYSIOLOGY
UNDERWATER
UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT
UNDERWATER TOOLS
WORK MEASUREMENT
WU2040
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Summary:For too long divers have been asked to compensate for inadequately designed equipment. In recent years, the Behavioral Sciences Dept; at this institute--in cooperation with the Navy Experimental Diving Unit and the Performance Physiology Lab. of the University of California at Los Angeles--has engaged in a series of human engineering studies in diving. A combination of physiological measures, biomechanical dynamic anthropometric measures, and underwater performance assessment appears to provide the most efficient way of approaching diver performance. The physiological cost of the equipment, the impact of the equipment on the diver's performance, and the diver's ability to work under varying environmental conditions still needs considerable research investigation. In this report the human bioengineering and performance physiology techniques outlined above are discussed; recommendations are made for further systematic cooperative research with other laboratories. Proceedings of Joint Meeting of the Panel on Diving Physiology and Technology (3rd), the United States-Japan Conference on Development and Utilization of Natural Resources, (UJNR) on 18-19 Jul 75, Held at Tokyo (Japan).