Influence of hand grenade weight, shape and diameter on performance and subjective handling properties in relations to ergonomic design considerations

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-118

  Yuan, Cheng Kang ^a   Kuo, Cheng Lang ^b  

^a LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ERGONOMICS;

ERROR DISTANCE; HAND GRENADES; THROWING POINT;

EXPLOSIVES;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; HAND GRENADE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; WEAPON; WEIGHT;

EID: 28844476193     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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