Manual materials handling tasks are the main risk factors for the work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Many assistant tools for manual materials handling are being used in various kind of industries. One of them is a 4-wheeled cart which is widely used in manufacturing factories, hospitals, etc. The major force required to control the 4-wheeled cart is pushing and pulling. There are two types of handles being used for the 4-wheeled cart : vertical type (two vertical handles), and horizontal type (one horizontal handle). This study tried to investigate the pushing forces and subjective discomforts (hand/writst, shoulder, low back, and overall) of the two handle types with different handle height and distance conditions. Twelve healthy male students (mean age = 23.4 years) participated in the experiment. The independent variables were handle angle (horizontal, vertical), handle height (low, medium, high), and handle distance (narrow, medium, wide). The full factorial design was used for the experiment and the maximum pushing forces were measured in 18 different conditions (2×3×3). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) procedure was conducted to test the effects of the independent variables on the pushing force and discomfort levels. Handle height and angle were found to be the critical design factors that affect the maximal pushing forces and subjective discomfort. In the middle height, subjects exerted higher pushing forces, and experience lower discomfort levels compared to the high, and low height. There was no statistical influence of the handle distance to the pushing forces and subjective discomfort levels. It was found out that the effects of the handle angle (horizontal and vertical) on both pushing force and subjective discomfort were statistically significant (p < 0.05). The vertical handle revealed higher pushing force and lower discomfort level than the horizontal handle. The reason for that was thought to be the different postures of the hand when grasping the handles. The horizontal handle induced pronaton of the hand and made hand posture more deviated from the neutral position.

공항철도 1단계 개통 전 시운전 중 직통열차가 무정차 정거장인 화물청사역을 통과할때 발생된 열차풍으로 인하여 마감재인 천장판이 마치 파도처럼 출렁이다가 떨어지는 현상이 발생되었다. 이 현상을 처리하기 위해 화물청사역에 풍압 및 풍속에 대한 측정시험을 실시하여 직통열차 무정차 통과로 발생된 열차풍이 건축마감재에 미치는 현상을 조사하고 발생된 열차풍에 대한 지하정거장내 이동 경로를 파악하였다. 또한 홍대입구정거장 축소모형을 제작하여 모형열차를 운행 열차주행실험을 실시하였다. 이 결과를 분석 종합 평가하여 공항철도 2단계 지하역사에 반영하여 쾌적한 지하 환경을 조성하고 앞으로 직통열차가 계획되거나 계획 예정인 지하정거장에 적용하여 직통열차 통과로 발생된 열차풍을 최소화하는 방안을 제시하였다.