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Description:A team of undergraduates designed, built, and tested a training and test platform for evaluating and training prospective crew members for the International Human Powered Submarine races. The system measures the heart rate of a scuba diver who pedals it, the RPMs the diver achieves, and the air consumed. Data are sent to a personal computer for display, analysis, and recording. The system includes two modules: a classic rotary drive and a newly- developed linear drive; the design allows for variability in diver size and pedaling orientation. The system can be adapted to other underwater ergonomic research programs. The primary purpose of the Submersible Human-Powered Research Cycle (SHARC) is to provide a platform to quantify the performance of humans engaged in underwater work, such as that involved in propelling a submersible. The second objective of the SHARC is to provide a system that can quantitatively test and evaluate the effectiveness of various human orientations on performance. A third purpose of the SHARC is to train individuals for future human-powered submarine competitions.
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Sea Grant Document Number:NHU-T-94-001
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