Advances in Human-centered Equipment Design for Drill-and-blast Construction of Plateau Tunnels

YANG Kaiqiang

doi:10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.10.006

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Packaging Engineering ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (10) : 52-66. DOI: 10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.10.006

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Advances in Human-centered Equipment Design for Drill-and-blast Construction of Plateau Tunnels

YANG Kaiqiang^*

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The work aims to synthesize recent advances in human-centered equipment design from a human factors engineering perspective to deal with the drill-and-blast scenarios in plateau tunnels, with a focus on the systematic degradation of operators' physiological functions and psychological states induced by extreme environments, alongside the escalated task demands for multidimensional decision-making and precise manipulation. By proposing a "capability-demand gap" analytical framework centered on drill-and-blast equipment, this review systematically examined relevant studies at home and abroad across three dimensions: human factors effects of the plateau environment, task complexity of construction operations, and human-centered design strategies for bridging this gap. Accordingly, characteristics of human factors degradation, including working memory decline, diminished manual dexterity, and vigilance decrement, were translated into specific design constraints such as interface information density, operational error-tolerance thresholds, and redundant warning coding. A mapping relationship linking the plateau environment, human factors degradation, task demands, and equipment design was thereby constructed, leading to the formulation of a multi-level strategy system encompassing the cognitive adaptation of control interfaces, ergonomic optimization of workspaces, and information-assisted systems. By systematically outlining the translation path from human factors degradation evidence to equipment design constraints, this review effectively bridges the disciplinary gap between plateau medicine and equipment design. The constructed strategy system not only establishes a unified paradigm for the human factors design of plateau construction equipment but also provides theoretical support and technical pathways for its human-centered transformation.

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plateau tunnel / human factors engineering / human-centered design / cognitive workload / human-machine interaction / drill-and-blast method

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YANG Kaiqiang. Advances in Human-centered Equipment Design for Drill-and-blast Construction of Plateau Tunnels[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2026, 47(10): 52-66 https://doi.org/10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.10.006

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