ERGONOMIC

CONSIDERATION IN VEHICLE
SEAT DESIGN
Seminar by

Krushna R Bawache
Exam No.:T120380801

Guided by
Prof. (Dr) S.B.Barve

Department of Mechanical Engineering

MIT College of Engineering, Pune

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 Contents
1. Introduction:
2. Major components of driver seat and their function
3. Literature Survey
4. Parameters affecting driver seat design.
5. Case study
6. Plans for implementation
7. Conclusion
References
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 1. Introduction
1.1 Need:
1. Poor design affect badly
2. If body posture when one sits and drives is not in a comfort
level,it is natural that his body will feel pressured and
burdened.

1.2 Challenges:
3. To accommodate diverse population of drivers
4. Subjective testing

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 4. Necessity of consideration
Promoting seat designs and driving practices that would
reduce driver fatigue and increase vehicle safety,
Establishing more effective methods for evaluating and
estimating fatigue, and
Understanding the relationship between driver fatigue and
seat designs under different driving conditions.

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 2. Major Components of driver seat

and their function

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 3. Literature Survey
The anthropometric data collected were used to determine the correlation
between the parameters that influenced safety level and driving comfort.

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 There is 4 types of driving postures were introduced to the
subjects. Type B posture is the most preferred of driving
posture adopted among the subjects (59%) followed by Type C
(23%) and Type D (15%). Type A (3%) was least preferred
driving posture used by the subjects.

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 4.Parameters affecting driver seat design

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 Parameters affecting driver seat
design

1. Seating Discomfort

2. Vibration Approach

3. Pressure Approach

4. Ergonomic approach

5. Thermal comfort consideration

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 5. Case Study
1. Drivers rode on both the air-inflated seat cushion and their original foam seat
cushion during their regularly scheduled routes.

2. The drivers were then asked a series of questions to establish

demographic information that may influence driver responses. This
includes information such as physical characteristics, driving history,
and health information.

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 6.PLANS FOR
IMPLEMENTATION
1. Write a series of papers at SAE technical conferences to highlight the benefits
of using aPcrms to evaluate truck seat cushion designs for driver fatigue,

2. Make presentations at industry partners, trade shows, and conferences,

3. Write journal paper(s) to create a permanent reference to this work, and

4. Write a seat cushion fatigue evaluation standard as part of the SAE

Human Factors Subcommittee

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 7.CONCLUSION

1. Investigate the effect of vehicle seat design on operator fatigue and

vehicle safety

2. Further validate recently developed methodologies for

evaluating the effect of vehicle seats on operator fatigue

3. Provide design guidelines that can be used for evaluating and

improving fatigue characteristics of vehicle seats.

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 REFERENCE
1 Vehicle seat design :State of art and recent development
T.C Fai1,2, F. Delbressine1 and M. Rauterberg11Designed Intelligence Group
Faculty of Industrial Design, Technical University Eindhoven, Den Dolech
2,Postbus 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 2Universiti Teknikal
Malaysia Melaka, P.O. Box 1200, Ayer Keroh, 75450 Melaka, Malaysia.
Email: c.f.tan@tue.nl

2 Safety Effects of Operator Seat Design in Large Commercial Vehicles

Prepared by:
Dr. Mehdi Ahmadian and Christopher Boggs,Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering,Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

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3. Design paratmeter of driver seat in an automobile
Hanumant N. Kale1, C. L. Dhamejani2 1PG Student, Mechanical

Engineering Department, JCEIs Jaihind College of Engineering,

Pune, Maharashtra, India. 2Principal, JCEIs Jaihind College of
Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India

4 Incorporating Malaysians Population Anthropometry Data in the

Design of an Ergonomic Drivers Seat
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 195 ( 2015 ) 2753 2760
Internate :

http://www.seminarsonly.com/forum/head-and-neck-support-hans-t13355.ht
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