Abstract
ABSTRACTAs part of a wider seakeeping program conducted by the David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, two mission‐critical workstations were evaluated for the United States Coast Guard (USCG). These workstations (the communications support center and the communications center) have been specifically identified by the USCG as having exceptional seasickness problems. Five potentially applicable human factors engineering (HFE) approaches to enhance seakeeping through prevention and mitigation of adverse ship motion effects, especially seasickness, were recognized and are discussed in this report in the light of observations made aboard the ship. These are: (1) locate critical stations near ship's effective center of rotation; (2) minimize head movements; (3) align operator stations with a principal axis of the ship's hull; (4) avoid combining provocative sources; and (5) provide an external visual frame of reference at stations where seasickness may seriously impair mission effectiveness. This report relates how the application of relatively simple HFE principles (ideally at the early ship design and arrangement stage) may reduce seasickness and other adverse ship motion effects and so enhance seakeeping.
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