Technical note: Spine loading in automotive seating

Zenk, Raphael; Franz, MM; Bubb, Heiner; Vink, P.

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2011.06.004

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“…As a result, various objective measures have been implemented throughout the industry and these may hold some advantages over subjective measures (Le et al, 2014). However, successful objective measures are difficult to find in both the literature and practice (Zenk et al, 2012). …”

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Effect of long term driving on driver discomfort and its relationship with seat fidgets and movements (SFMs)

2017

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Discomfort in vehicle seats is a multifactorial problem with large increases in discomfort occurring during extended duration driving. Due to the nature of driver discomfort, previous research has found it difficult to accurately quantify long term driver discomfort via the use of objective measures. This paper reports a laboratory study that investigates a novel objective measure of long term driver discomfort and its correlation with subjective discomfort ratings. Analysis of driver's seat fidgets and movements was conducted over the duration of a 140 minute drive on a driving simulator in addition to collecting subjective ratings of discomfort. It is shown that as subjects' subjective discomfort increases, the frequency of subjects' seat fidgets and movements increases congruently. A large correlation is observed between the subjective and objective measures of driver discomfort and provides the opportunity for long term discomfort evaluations to be made via remote monitoring; removing the need for subjective assessment.

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Effect of long term driving on driver discomfort and its relationship with seat fidgets and movements (SFMs)

2017

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“…Materiais que permitam a transpiração, não sejam escorregadios e cuja densidade seja adequada para absorver os impactos e vibrações são os mais indicados. Zenk (2012), afirma em seu estudo que quanto melhor a distribuição do peso no assento, menor será a pressão entre os discos intervertebrais da lombar. Assim, o conforto do assento não deve se restringir a favorecer uma postura confortável, mas também facilitar o acesso aos pedais, volantes e demais controles do veículo, de forma que todos eles estejam ao alcance do condutor sem esforços extras dos braços e da coluna.…”

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Ergonomia No Baja: Análise Do Desconforto Percebido

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Zitkus²,

Ferrari³

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Blucher Engineering Proceedings

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RESUMOO presente estudo é parte de um projeto integrando ergonomia ao projeto Baja SAE. Um dos objetivos foi analisar o desconforto percebido pelos pilotos ao conduzir dois veículos, o Baja Antigo (BA) -modelo 2013 -e o Baja Novo (BN) -modelo 2015. Em média os pilotos sentiram maior desconforto após conduzirem o BN, sendo as regiões das costas as que sofreram maior impacto. As repostas dadas pelos pilotos foram contrastadas com os ângulos posturais, sendo aqueles que mais diferem dos ângulos de conforto sugeridos pela literatura, os correspondentes às regiões corporais com maior incômodo ou dor. ABSTRACT The present study is part of an ergonomics research project involving the Baja SAE project. One of the objectives of the study was to analyse the body areas of discomfort among pilots of the old Baja (BA) -used in competitions in

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“…So according to the reasonable pressure distribution [12], a new seat surface is designed by software CATIA.…”

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The High-Speed Train Seat Design Based on the Human Lumbar Biomechanical Analysis

Guo

Song

2014

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

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This paper, aimed at the problems of high-speed train seat design standards that lack biomechanical analysis, analyzed the lumbar force of sitting position and verified the validity of the finite element model of human lumbar L1-L5 that had been built by reverse engineering technology. Based on the lumbar force distribution, the methods of exterior penalty and moving least square were adopted to establish a high-speed train seat equation that caters for physical ergonomics and a new high-speed train seat model was designed so as to improve the comfort for passengers.

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Technical note: Spine loading in automotive seating

Cited by 89 publications

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Effect of long term driving on driver discomfort and its relationship with seat fidgets and movements (SFMs)

Effect of long term driving on driver discomfort and its relationship with seat fidgets and movements (SFMs)

Ergonomia No Baja: Análise Do Desconforto Percebido

The High-Speed Train Seat Design Based on the Human Lumbar Biomechanical Analysis

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