Biomechanical analysis of main gun loader in an armoured combat vehicle

Venkatesh Balasubramanian and Sanjiv Sharma

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2009, vol. 4, issue 1, 46-59

Abstract: Loading the main gun of a battle tank involves repetitive lifting of projectiles stacked at different elevated positions. In this study, we present a biomechanical method to evaluate loader ergonomics for estimating the physiological difficulty. This can be used to improve design and training techniques. A parametric study to evaluate the influence of anthropometry, projectile weight, loading angle and height on the lower back disk compressive force was performed. Comparison between the layout of stack and positions of the round in tank with respect to the loading location and stance was made to reduce the Lifting Index (LI) and help improve loader performance.

Keywords: tank ergonomics; LBP; low back pain; occupational hazards; repetitive work; lifting index; human factors; biomechanical analysis; main gun loader; armoured combat vehicles; armoured vehicles; battle tanks; biomechanics; anthropometry; projectile weight; loading angle; loading height; disk compressive force. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=21683 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijisen:v:4:y:2009:i:1:p:46-59

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().