Human Factors Design Criteria for Future Systems. FAADS Design Criteria Evolving from the Sgt. York Follow-On Evaluation 1

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick A. Muckler ◽  
Bettina A. Babbitt ◽  
Sally A. Seven
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Design Criteria

The Bed and Its Human Factors Aspects

1981 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 325-328
Author(s):  
Edmond W. Israelski
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Physical Stress ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Frequency Of Occurrence

Activities performed requiring the use of the bed were investigated where their frequency of occurrence and their potential for physical stress of the bed were analyzed. A total of 35 bed related activities, in addition to sleeping, were reported through the use of a questionnaire survey of 92 middle class adults. Implications for bed design criteria are discussed.

The Interpretation of Human Factors Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Reviews

1983 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Michael E. Maddox
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Design Standards ◽  
Room Design ◽  
Power Plant Control ◽  
The Military

As a result of the Three Mile Island-Unit 2 (TMI) accident and subsequent investigations, all U.S. nuclear utilities are being required to review the control rooms in their nuclear generating plants for human factors design adequacy. Before TMI, human factors considerations were not an integral part of the design process in the nuclear industry. The utilities were not well equipped to handle the requirement for control room design reviews (CRDR), so, in an attempt to provide useable guidance for CRDR's, the NRC issued several documents that were based on military design standards and commonly-used equipment design guides. A fundamental problem with the guidance issued by the NRC and others is that much of the design guidance is not directly applicable to a review and backfit process such as the CRDR. This paper presents a description of the ongoing process of applying human factors design criteria from the military and aerospace arena to the review and backfit activities in the nuclear utility industry. This process has, and is, taking place in a broad-based utility working group to which the author acts as a consultant. The work includes a large educational segment in which techniques, such as task analysis, are made explicity applicable to the CRDR. So far, this activity has resulted in four guidelines that have been reviewed by the nuclear utilities.

A Computer-Based Undergraduate Course in Human Factors

1981 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-244
Author(s):  
Richard Halstead-Nussloch
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Simulated Data ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Laboratory Course ◽  
Computer Tools ◽  
Hands On ◽  
National Science ◽  
Undergraduate Laboratory ◽  
Computer Based

A project, aiming to improve the undergraduate laboratory course in human factors, is ongoing at Stevens. It is funded by the National Science Foundation and Stevens. Six instructional modules are either developed or under development. The modules use computers to first give students a direct hands-on experience of critical concepts and phenomena, and then have them infer design criteria from simulated data. The computer tools appear to qualitatively change the course from one of passive absorbtion of human factors concepts and principles to active development of these concepts, principles and design criteria.

Human Factors Design Criteria for Transilluminated Displays

1977 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-82
Author(s):  
Robert J. Hall ◽  
James C. Sanderlin
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Data Base ◽  
Physical Simulation ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Human Engineering ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Data Base Design ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Base Design

This paper reviews recent studies of human factors design criteria for transilluminated displays and the development of a computerized data base and modeling tools to supplement human engineering design criteria for visual displays. The inherent limitations of present military standards for dealing with a wide range of variables in a variety of operational environments and the need to include changes in the state-of-the-art are addressed. Data base design and computer modeling are suggested as an intermediate approach between out of date standards and costly physical simulation.

Human Factors Design Criteria for Safe Use of Consumer Products

1983 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 811-815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph P. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Great Contribution ◽  
Safe Product ◽  
Risk Acceptance ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Reasonable Use ◽  
Hazard Warning

The increasing number of suits filed each year in courts arising from personal injuries while using consumer products indicates safety in design needs immediate evaluation. Human Factors engineers can make a great contribution in this area, especially by working more closely with traditional approaches to product design. Many engineers who are responsible for design, testing, and quality control have not had the benefit of training in ergonomics and psychology. As a result, many products sold in the marketplace today reflect too-high a risk acceptance for the ordinary consumer. This paper describes criteria for safe design of consumer products based on foreseeable and reasonable use of products. Sources of product standards relating to performance and safety are presented. Safe product design criteria based on risk, reliability, foreseeability, psychological considerations, and hazard warning are presented.

A Framework for Well-Being in Interiors

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-131
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Design Framework ◽  
Basic Design ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
Living Environments

This chapter aims to propose an environmental design framework in order to contribute to sustainability with well-being criteria focusing on human factors. Designers need to handle the issue of well-being with a methodological approach, as it is very difficult to achieve with an intuitive attitude. There are several requirements that need to be fulfilled in order to create the environment that can promote user well-being. The framework proposal, consisting of contextual, functional, psychological, social, ergonomic, aesthetic, and sensory requirements as basic design criteria, aims to support both theoretical and practical activities regarding well-being in all living environments, as a crucial component of sustainability. In this sense, this chapter discusses all the components of the well-being framework and evaluates the effect of cultural differences on the hierarchy of these requirements.

The Utilization of Human Factors Information by Designers

1967 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Meister ◽  
Donald E. Farr
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Overall Design ◽  
Design Specifications ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
Equipment Configuration

Ten packaging designers were tested on three specially developed tests which required them to analyze various design situations and to construct a conceptual drawing of the equipment configuration according to design specifications. Five human factors specialists were also tested on several sub-test items. Designers appear to have little or no interest in human factors criteria or information and usually fail to consider human factors in their designs. Their analysis of design requirements is minimal and shallow. Human factors personnel reacted in a manner similar to designers in terms of overall design criteria.

Developing Human Factors Criteria for a New Reactor Plant

1989 ◽  
Vol 33 (16) ◽  
pp. 1114-1118
Author(s):  
Robert M. Waters ◽  
Lothar R. Schroeder ◽  
Donald C. Burgy
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Nuclear Reactor ◽  
Reactor Design ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Reactor Plant

Since the accident at Three-mile Island, many efforts have been initiated to provide human factors guidance and standards in the power industry. These guidelines and critieria along with military standards and specifications and general guidelines and criteria now exist in a multitude of documents that have been developed over a twenty year time frame. This paper describes efforts to consolidate this guidance into a single design criteria for the development of new reactor plants and to identify “gaps” in human factors standards relating to nuclear reactor design.

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