A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO HUMAN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS,

Abstract

Human engineering deals with problems stemming from the interactions of man and his environment. This includes effects in both directions; effects of man upon environment, effects of environment upon man. Contemporary aircraft and missiles, as well as futuristic but imminent space vehicles, are complex systems incorporating the human component. The task of a human engineering facility in the context of aircraft, missile, or space vehicle design is twofold: (1) to conduct investigations on the specific events constituting the human-environment interactional situations pertinent to such systems; (2) to assist in the design of specific hardware items involving human engineering problems. In order that both of these functions may realize optimal success, detailed specifications of the events and operations of the human engineer's conceptual framework are necessary. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 02, 1959
Accession Number
AD0830537

Entities

People

  • J. B. Fink

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Complex Systems
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Spacecraft
  • Specifications
  • Stemming
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Science
  • Vehicle Design
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Space