1st Edition

Ergonomics Laboratory Exercises

    216 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    216 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Taking an application-oriented approach, these exercises encourage students to apply rigorous analyses to collected data, and provide results through formal professional reports. The book contains nearly three dozen exercises covering workplace environment, work analysis, information processing, physiological issues, and systems evaluations. Some are pencil and paper exercises, some are stopwatch studies, some require special laboratory equipment, and others are field exercises. The book gives technical background on each topic and provides equipment needs, experimental design, and data sheets, as well as guidance on analysis and detailed instructions on report writing.

    REPORT WRITING
    Short laboratory reports
    Short laboratory report grading comments
    Report presentation
    Long laboratory reports
    Grading scheme for long reports
    Professional type reports
    Informed consent
    Writing up a thesis or project report

    WORK PLACE ENVIRONMENT
    Workshop lighting survey
    Noise Measurement
    Thermal Comfort
    Ventilation

    WORK ANALYSIS
    Design versus Speed
    Task analysis
    Flow process & Two-Handed charting
    Performance Rating
    Operator learning curves
    Activity sampling
    Fundamental motions
    Predetermined Motion Time Systems (PMTS)

    INFORMATION PROCESSING
    Human discriminability
    Central information processing
    Motor system information processing
    Visual search
    Decision making (TSD)

    PHYSIOLOGICAL ISSUES
    Force-Angle relationships
    Static Muscle Contractions
    Anthropometry investigation
    Posture analysis
    Maximum oxygen uptake
    Energy expenditure
    Heat dissipation
    Lifting analysis
    Muscle potentials in postures

    SYSTEMS EVALUATIONS
    Systems analysis
    Procedural analysis
    Office workplace evaluation
    Factory workplace evaluation
    Disabled error cause removal
    Hazards of slips/trips/falls
    Hazard analysis on transportation and handling
    Shiftwork scheduling

    APPENDICES

    Biography

    Timothy Joseph Gallwey, Leonard O'Sullivan