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05 and 06 - Driver-Seat Ergonomics (Ver.1) PDF
05 and 06 - Driver-Seat Ergonomics (Ver.1) PDF
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Session Objectives
At the end of the module, the delegate would have understood
• Dimensional factors in seating comfort
• Seating design pitfalls
• Seat dimensional data
• Foot controls
• Hand controls
• Forward vision
• Computerized approaches to ergonomic
• Measuring seat comfort
• Seat cushion deflection and ride comfort
• Seating systems
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Seat Parameters
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Foot Controls
• Foot controls are divided between the
brakes, needing considerable force, for
which free leg movement is required, and
the ‘precise’ control of throttle, say where
use of ankle articulation is better suited.
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Hand Controls
• The relation between the areas of hand
reach to the SRP is shown in this figure –
applying to the seat-belt restrained driver.
The large stature person seems unusually
badly off in relative terms due to fact that
he/she must sit far back to ensure proper use
of foot controls.
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inclination.
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Forward Vision
• The SAE eyelipse is a common standard
used for optimizing forward vision; this is a
contour of eye position boundaries for a
range of driver statures.
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seat temperature.
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Suspension Seat
• For commercial vehicles, there is a strong
case for suspension seats in which
controlled levels of springing and damping
can be introduced.
• A simplified approach is to regard the
driver on his or her seat as a single-degree-
of-freedom spring/mass/damper system
with the familiar response characteristic
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Summary
In this session following aspects of driver seat ergonomics were explained
• Dimensional factors in seating comfort
• Seating design pitfalls
• Seat dimensional data
• Foot controls
• Hand controls
• Forward vision
• Computerized approaches to ergonomics
• Measuring seat comfort
• Seat cushion deflection and ride comfort
• Seating systems & suspension seat
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