Accession Number:

AD0258739

Title:

PROJECT SUBIC. SHIP CONTROL VIII. SINGLE-ELEMENT VS. TWO-ELEMENT DISPLAY IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRACKING

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP GROTON CONN ELECTRIC BOAT DIV

Personal Author(s):

• CHARIPPER,BRET A.

Report Date:

1959-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

Sixty male Naval officers and petty officers, ten in each of six experimental conditions, were required to control a simulated submarine, simultaneously, in course and depth. Performance using a single-element display was compared with performance using a two-element display. The results indicate that performance is better when course and depth errors are combined into a single indicator than when there is a separate indicator for each. The superiority of the single-element display was demonstrated with each of three different control configurations. The average performance with the single-element display was from 11.2 to 15.3 more accurate in maintaining course and from 6.7 to 14.4 more accurate in maintaining depth than average performance with the two-element display using the same control. Author

Descriptors:

• *CONTROL SYSTEMS
• *INSTRUMENT PANELS
• *SUBMARINE SIMULATORS
• CONTROL
• DEPTH INDICATORS
• DISPLAY SYSTEMS
• ERRORS
• INSTRUMENTATION
• SUBMARINES

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE