| #4978121 in Books | Ashgate Pub Co | 2005-04-28 | Original language:English | 10.25 x7.25 x1.25l,2.40 | File Name: 0754617513 | 424 pages |
||0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Mr.Man|Great book, very informative||'... with references to applicable design standards, modeling techniques, and human factors issues, Cockpit Engineering offers a valuable design roadmap for developing future cockpits.' Ergonomics in Design, Summer 2006. 'This book comprehensively describes t
Cockpit Engineering provides an understandable introduction to cockpit systems and a reference to current concepts and research. The emphasis throughout is on the cockpit as a totality, and the book is accordingly comprehensive. The first chapter is an overview of how the modern cockpit has evolved to protect the crew and enable them to do their job. The importance of psychological and physiological factors is made clear in the following two chapters that summarise t...