The paper aims at presenting the optimal selection of the deck equipment for the racing multihull sailing boat using a novel methodology based on the modified wind loads design and the AHP method. The determination of the modified wind load design due to the mass of the crew on the side hull is essential because of possible greater stability moments. The load obtained in such a way has been com...

Effective movement of materials plays an important role in successful operation of any organization. Proper methods adopted for material movement are also crucial for the overall safety of the personnel involved in the manufacturing processes. Selection of the appropriate material handling equipment (MHE) is a vital task for improving productivity of an organization. In today’s technological er...

This paper describes a new maintenance selection and scheduling approach for bulk transmission equipment that is based on the cumulative long-term risk caused by failure of each piece of equipment. This approach not only accounts for equipment failure probability and equipment damage, as do reliability centered maintenance (RCM) approaches, but it also accounts for the outage consequence in ter...

We study a cement transportation problem with asset-management (equipment selection) for strategic planning scenarios involving multiple forms of transportation and network expansion. A deterministic mixed integer programming approach is difficult due to the underlying capacitated multi-commodity network flow model and the need to consider a time-space network to ensure operational feasibility....

We present a hands-on outdoor activity coupled with classroom discussion to teach students about wildlife habitat selection, the process by which animals choose where to live. By selecting locations or habitats with many benefits (e.g., food, shelter, mates) and few costs (e.g., predators), animals improve their ability to survive and reproduce. Biologists track animal movement using radio tele...

Selecting the incorrect control during the operation of underground bolting and drilling equipment causes serious injuries. Shape coding and the layout of dual control banks are two aspects of control design which require further examination. The aims of this research were: (i) to determine whether arbitrary shape coding was effective in reducing selection error rates in a virtual analogy of ro...

Effective movement of raw material, semi-finished and finished products plays an important role in successful operation of any manufacturing organization. Material movement from one workstation to another accounts for about 30 to 40% of the cost of final product. Proper methods adopted for material movement are also important for the overall safety of the personnel involved in the manufacturing...

Injuries resulting from medical device use errors far exceed injuries arising from device failures. Until recently, human factors issues have received relatively little attention in medicine. Although the situation is gradually changing, many devices that are currently on the market are suboptimal from the human factors perspective. This situation places significant responsibility for the devic...