Maximum Acceptable Effort (MAE) Calculator

Duration of efforts per day s

Maximum Acceptable Effort (MAE)

Maximum Acceptable Effort (MAE) Equation:

DC = Duty Cycle
(duration of efforts per day / 25200 s)

DCMIN = Minimum Duty Cycle
(1 s / 25200 s)

Source: Predicting Maximum Acceptable Efforts for Repetitive Tasks: An Equation Based on Duty Cycle, published by Potvin, 2012.