SOME ERGONOMIC ASPECTS OF COCKPIT PANEL DESIGN FOR AIRLINE AIRCRAFT

Whether designing a new panel, or evaluating one that has already been put together, a systematic and thorough human factor approach will pay off. The purpose of this paper is to provide general guidelines for this ergonomic exercise. It is not intended here to go into wider aspects of panel design such as instrument layout and design, or electrical techniques employed in panel construction. Ergonomic aspects of panel maintenance, though important, are also outside the scope of this short paper.

• Corporate Authors:

  Shell Oil Company

  1 Shell Plaza, P.O. Box 2463
  Houston, TX  United States  77001
• Authors:
  • HAWKINS, F
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 2-9
• Serial:
  • Shell Aviation News
  • Volume: 437
  • Issue Number: 438

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cockpits; Design; Ergonomics; Human factors; Instrumentation; Maintenance; Panels
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172820
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1978 12:00AM