Accession Number:

ADA183902

Title:

Quiet Reliable Generators for Corps and Division Headquarters: A Human Factors and Safety Evaluation

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Jan-Jul 1985

Corporate Author:

ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ALEXANDRIA VA

Personal Author(s):

• Ainsworth, James S.
• Smootz, Edwin R.

Report Date:

1987-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

264.0

Abstract:

This research note presents the results of a human factors and safety evaluation of commercial and product-improved military generators designed to meet the Armys mobile electric power needs and noise limit standards. The evaluation was part of an operational test conducted by the TRADOC Combined Arms Test Activity TCATA, at Fort Hood, Texas. The United States Army Engineer School USAES, in conjunction with the Army Materiel Command AMC, Forces Command FORSCOM, and the Project Manager-Mobile Electric Power PM-MEP defined the test requirements and identified several commercial and military generators having the potential for satisfying the Armys needs and standards. Test results will be used to develop specifications for the acquisition of future generators. Keywords Mobile Electric PowerMEP GeneratorsMilitary Human Engineering Human Factors Safety evaluation.

Descriptors:

• *AUXILIARY POWER PLANTS
• *ENGINE GENERATOR SETS
• OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
• HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
• RELIABILITY
• LIMITATIONS
• MOBILE
• SAFETY
• STANDARDS
• COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT
• ELECTRIC POWER
• NOISE
• GENERATORS
• QUIET
• LOW NOISE
• ACQUISITION
• TEST AND EVALUATION
• REQUIREMENTS

Subject Categories:

• Electric Power Production and Distribution

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE