PROJECT SUBIC. SHIP CONTROL XI. STEERING AND DIVING WITH THE COMBINED INSTRUMENT PANEL AND A CONTACT ANALOG-ROADWAY DISPLAY

Abstract

THREE INDEPENDENT GROUPS OF FIVE INEXPERIENCED MALE SUBJECTS WERE REQUIRED TO SEEK AND KEEP COURSE AND DEPTH SIMULTANEOUSLY. EACH GROUP WAS TESTED ON ONE OF THREE SHIP CONTROL DISPLAYS: A COMBINED INSTRUMENT PPANEL, A CONTACT ANALOGROADWAY DISPLAY WITH ORDER INFORMATION, AND A CONTACT ANALOG-ROADWAY DISPLAY WITH ERROR INFORMATION. THE DISPLAYS WERE MOUNTED IN THE ELECTRIC BOAT SUBMARINE SIMULATOR WHICH WAS PROGRAMMED FOR SKIPJACK EQUATIONS AT 20 KNOTS. TIME ON DEPTH, ON COURSE, AND ON BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY WERE RECORDED. FROM THE RESULTS IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE CIP DISPLAY WAS SUPERIOR TO THE OTHERS AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR SHIP CONTROL. IT WAS ALSO CONCLUDED THAT THE ORDER INTERPRETATION OF THE CA WAS SUPERIOR TO THE ERROR INTERPRETATION.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0250362

Entities

People

  • Dean W. Plath
  • Wesley C. Blair

Organizations

  • General Dynamics Electric Boat

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boats
  • Equations
  • Instrument Panels
  • Ships
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Steering
  • Submarine Simulators
  • Submarines
  • Vehicles
  • Watercraft

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.