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Korea Safety Management & Science (대한안전경영과학회)
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On the Development of Requirements and Test and Evaluation Procedure for Improving the Work Environment of Locomotive Cabs

철도차량 운전실의 작업환경 개선을 위한 요건관리 및 시험평가 방안에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2013.10.20
  • Accepted : 2013.12.16
  • Published : 2013.12.31
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Abstract

Recent trends in rail industry can be characterized by the multifunctionality and very high-speed modes of operations. In particular, the adoption of the unmaned or operatorless operations has been getting increased attention in which case ensuring systems safety is crucial. On the other hand, according to the result of analyzing rail accidents, the human/operator errors have turned out to be one of the key causes of the accidents. Therefore, the effort of improving the work environment of locomotive cabs is quite necessary in order to decrease the accidents. The objective of this paper is studying on how to incorporate the factors related to the train operators in the design of the locomotive cabs and also on how to evaluate the design results obtained, which is subsequently reflected in the generation of the test and evaluation procedure. The approach taken is based on systems engineering, yielding the procedure document as a result. The results obtained in the paper can be useful in confirming the design of locomotive cabs utilizing the domestic human/operator measure. Also, the way of achieving the objectives can be utilized to cover the expanded rail systems development with appropriate design activities added.

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