Ergonomic Data for Equipment Design

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Ergonomics and Equipment Design

   • Heinz Schmidtke

   Pages 1-13

3. System Ergonomics as a Basic Approach to Man-Machine Systems Design

   • Bernhard Döring

   Pages 15-30

4. Task Analysis in System Ergonomics

   • Heiner Bubb

   Pages 31-56

5. Generation of Ergonomic Data and Their Application to Equipment Design

   • R. Bernotat

   Pages 57-75

6. Some Limitations to Ergonomic Design

   • J. Moraal

   Pages 77-92

7. Anthropometric Reference Systems

   • Hans W. Jürgens

   Pages 93-100

8. Engineering Anthropometry

   • Karl H. E. Kroemer

   Pages 101-114

9. Basic Data for the Design of Consoles

   • Heinz-Peter Rühmann

   Pages 115-144

10. Ergonomic Data for Console Design

    • William H. Cushman

    Pages 145-157

11. Ergonomic Data for the Design of Body Support

    • Heinz Schmidtke

    Pages 159-178

12. The Design and Location of Controls: A Brief Review and an Introduction to New Problems

    • Walter W. Wierwille

    Pages 179-194

13. The Hand-Machine Interface

    • Colin G. Drury

    Pages 195-217

14. Ergonomic Database for Visual Displays and VDUs

    • Harry L. Snyder

    Pages 219-234

15. Ergonomics of Software for Visual Communication

    • A. van Meeteren

    Pages 235-255

16. Towards an Ergonomic Design of Software Tools

    • Wolfgang Dzida

    Pages 257-274

17. Munich Theses of Ergonomics

    • Karl H. E. Kroemer

    Pages 275-276

18. Back Matter

    Pages 277-284

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For many years ergonomists and human engineering specialists have made significant contributions to the solution of problems faced in the area of human labour and to the introduction of their research results and field experience into the process of equipment design. However, the rapid increase in complexity of equipment in use as well as in development demonstrates the necessity of broaden­ ing the point of view continuously. The workshop held in Munich from March 22nd to March 26th, 1982, was an excellent opportunity for the participants to discuss their respective interests and their interpretation of needs for future research. The workshop was sponsored by the Human Factors Special Programme Panel of the Scientific Affairs Division of NATO. This sponsorship, together with the helpful assistance rendered by Drs. Bayraktar, Kroemer, and Sanders, is gratefully acknowledged. This volume contains the papers presented during the workshop. All these papers are directly related to the general aim: the ex­ change of experience collected in the field of ergonomic data for equipment design on the one hand and the definition of unexplored areas on the other. It is hoped that this presentation will help to define future research methods in the area of ergonomic data and set into motion fruitful discussions on the validity of the data in use today.

• ETA
• NATO
• communication
• complexity
• design
• development
• ergonomics
• research
• research methods
• software

• Institute of Ergonomics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany

  Heinz Schmidtke

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