Workload Estimates for Combat Engineers in the Desert.

Abstract

This study quantifies workload planing factors for survivability, mobility, and countermobility tasks performed by combat engineers under adverse desert conditions. This analysis defines the engineer workload requirements for 26 tasks traditionally performed in support of maneuver units in the forward combat zone. It focuses on three of the four engineer mission areas: survivability, countermobility, and mobility. It measures the equipment and manpower effort needed for work performed in a common earth (Europe) and for work performed in sandy, rocky plateau, and salt marsh desert soils. In addition, it measures the degradation to work efficiency caused by intense desert heat. Keywords: Productivity; and Heat.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA169799

Entities

People

  • John M. Rigsby
  • Terry O. Atkinson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Vehicles
  • Artillery
  • Climate Change
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Explosives
  • Forward Areas
  • Groundwater
  • Heat Energy
  • Howitzers
  • Medical Personnel
  • Metal Matrix Composites
  • Self Propelled
  • Self Propelled Guns
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare
  • Wounds And Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Military Science
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.