EFFECTS OF THE UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT UPON WORK EFFICIENCY OF DIVERS

Abstract

The effects of working underwater upon certain human performance characteristics during the execution of specific complex tasks were studied. The tasks examined were: A complex maintenance task involving the disassembly and reassembly of a water filtration unit, and The execution of a metal task involving the processes of numerical reasoning, digit memory span and pattern perception. These tasks were performed in self-paced fashion at a working depth of 33 feet. During test sessions measures were taken of breathing gas consumption rate, (Liters/min. STPD, air), as well as time and accuracy measures of the task performed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0713147

Entities

People

  • D. P. Turner
  • Diana Wright Guerin
  • Irving Streimer
  • Kent Volkmer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Breathing Gases
  • Divers
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flow Rate
  • Gas Flow
  • Heart Rate
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Maintenance
  • Measurement
  • Mental Processes
  • Motor Skills
  • Production
  • Psychology
  • Rate Of Consumption
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Marine Mammal Biology