Title:
Ergonomics : how to design for ease and efficiency
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Prentice Hall, 2001
ISBN:
9780137524785
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Summary
Summary
For a sophomore/junior level course called either Human factors Engineering or Ergonomics. Taught in Industrial Engineering Departments or Mechanical Engineering.
A reference book written by a practicing ergonomics engineer, explores the "why" and "how" of human engineering/ergonomics.
Table of Contents
| (NOTE: Each chapter begins with Overview and concludes with Summary and Challenges.) |
| Introduction |
| What Ergonomics Is |
| What Ergonomics Does |
| Goals of This Book |
| How This Book Is Organized |
| How to Use This Book |
| The Development of Ergonomics |
| The Ergonomic Knowledge Base |
| Sources of Ergonomic Information |
| Addresses |
| I The Ergonomic Knowledge Base |
| 1 The Anatomical and Mechanical Structure of the Human Body |
| Development of the Human Race |
| Anthropology and Anthropometry |
| Box of Samples |
| How to Get Missing Data |
| Design Procedures |
| Human Biomechanics |
| The Skeletal System |
| Biomechanical Description of the Body |
| Human Strength |
| 2 How the Body Does Its Work |
| The Respiratory System |
| The Circulatory System |
| The Metabolic System |
| Assessment of Energy Expenditures at Work |
| Energy Requirements at Work |
| 3 How the Mind Works |
| Introduction |
| The Traditional and the EcologicalConcepts |
| Organization of the Nervous System |
| Enhancing Performance |
| Detecting Deception |
| 4 Human Senses |
| Introduction |
| Body Sensors |
| Seeing The Vision Sense |
| Other Theories of Color Vision |
| Hearing The Auditory Sense |
| Smelling Olfactory Sense |
| Tasting The Gustation Sense |
| Taste Sensors |
| Touching The Cutaneous Senses |
| Balancing the Body The Vestibular Sense |
| Engineering Use of Sensory Capabilities |
| 5 How the Body Interacts with the Environment |
| Thermoregulation of the Human Body |
| Working in Polluted Air |
| Working Strenuously at High Altitudes |
| The Effects of Vibration on the Human Body |
| Summary of Vibration |
| Astronauts and Weightlessness |
| Accelerations in Aerospace |
| Summary of Aerospace Human Engineering |
| Working and Diving Under Water |
| 6 Body Rhythms, Work Schedules, and Effects of Alcohol |
| Introduction |
| Female Menstrual Cycle |
| Circadian Rhythms |
| Individual Differences |
| Sleep |
| Prolonged Hours of Work and Sleep Deprivation |
| Shiftwork |
| Shift Systems |
| Compressed Workweek/Extended Workday |
| Flextime |
| Which Shift Systems are Most Suitable? |
| Body Rhythms and ShiftWork: Summary |
| Effects of Alcohol on Performance |
| Blood Alcohol Content |
| Absorption |
| Elimination of Alcohol |
| Effects of Alcohol on the Nervous System |
| Effects of Alcohol on the Senses |
| Effects of Alcohol on Performance of Industrial Tasks |
| Effects of Alcohol on Automobile Driving |
| Effects of Alcohol on Pilots |
| Effects of Alcohol: Summary |
| II Design Applications |
| 7 Ergonomic Models, Methods, and Measurements |
| Introduction |
| Models |
| Types of Models |
| Ergonomic Models |
| Methods |
| Measurements |
| 8 Designing to Fit the Moving Body |
| Moving, Not Staying Still |
| Suitable Body Motions and Positions at Work |
| Recording and Evaluating Postures at Work |
| Designing for the Standing Operator |
| Designing for the Sitting Operator |
| Designing for Working Positions Other Than Sitting or Standing |
| Designing for Foot Operation |
| Designing for Hand Use |
| Designing Hand Tools |
| Design Rules for Hand Tools |
| Designing for Human Strength |
| Rules for Designing for Operator Strength |
| Designing for Vision |
| Designing to Avoid Overuse Disorders in the Shop and Office |
| Biomechanical Strains of the Body |
| Occupational Activities and Related Disorders |
| Stages of Overuse Disorders and Their Treatment |
| NonBiomechanical Factors in ODs |
| Ergonomic Interventions |
| Research Needs |
| 9 The Office (Computer) Workstation |
| Introduction |
| Is There a Normal, Healthy, Ideal Posture? |
| Theories of HealthyStanding |
| Theories of Healthy Sitting |
| Free Posturing |
| Ergonomic Design of the Office Workstation |
| 10 Selection, Design, and Arrangement of Controls and Displays |
| Introduction |
| Controls |
| Control Selection |
| Compatibility of Control-Machine Movement |
| Control Actuation Force or Torque |
| Control-Effect Relationships |
| Continuous versus Detent Controls |
| Standard Practices |
| Arrangement and Groupin |
