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Energy Expenditure Analysis Of Redesigned Mechanical Assists For Medium Girder Bridge, Karthik Kumar
Energy Expenditure Analysis Of Redesigned Mechanical Assists For Medium Girder Bridge, Karthik Kumar
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"U.S. Army bridge crew soldiers perform tough manual material handling (MMH) tasks during the assembly of a Medium Girder Bridge (MGB). The bridge parts are very heavy and are manually lifted from pallets, carried to the construction site and assembled with other bridge parts. An energy expenditure study on the soldiers handling the bridge parts revealed that the energy expenditure rate of the soldiers exceeds the NIOSH prescribed safety limit of 3.5 Kcal/min. This leads to high risk of musculoskeletal disorders. The study deals with modifying the first redesign of mechanical assists for medium girder bridge (MGB) and studying the …