Human Body Modeling as a Human Factors Engineering Tool

Abstract

Computer based human body modeling provides a tool with which human factors issues can be assessed early in a system's design . By populating an interactive visualization of a design with representative mannequins issues such as fit, reach and vision can be evaluated and design changes recommended at the concept stage. Body modeling tools are continually advancing, offering increasingly sophisticated dynamic representations of the human operator. For the influence of these tools to spread further they must minimise the demands placed on their users. The user requires a consistent, stable tool which answers the traditional questions of human factors evaluation at an early point in the design cycle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010620

Entities

People

  • Nick Beagley

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Body
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Military Requirements
  • Motor Skills
  • Operating Systems
  • Product Development
  • Reliability
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Virtual Reality
  • Visualizations

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.