Publication detail
Determination of car seat contact area for personalised thermal sensation modelling
FOJTLÍN, M. PSIKUTA, A. TOMA, R. FIŠER, J. JÍCHA, M.
English title
Determination of car seat contact area for personalised thermal sensation modelling
Type
journal article in Web of Science
Language
en
Original abstract
A lot of daily activities are conducted in a sedentary posture. This includes a thermal interaction between the human and the seat that has implications on thermal perception and comfort. These interactions are investigated by simulating heat and mass transfer, thus, reducing a need for costly and time demanding subject studies. However, it is not clear, from the available literature, what portion of the body surface area is actually affected by the seat with respect to human anthropometry. The aim of this study was to develop a predicting function of the seat contact area based on anthropometric parameters. The results showed strong linear correlation between the contact area obtained by printing a body silhouette on paper placed at the seat and body weight, height, body surface area, and body mass index. The body surface area and the body weight were identified as the best predictors for the contact area.
English abstract
A lot of daily activities are conducted in a sedentary posture. This includes a thermal interaction between the human and the seat that has implications on thermal perception and comfort. These interactions are investigated by simulating heat and mass transfer, thus, reducing a need for costly and time demanding subject studies. However, it is not clear, from the available literature, what portion of the body surface area is actually affected by the seat with respect to human anthropometry. The aim of this study was to develop a predicting function of the seat contact area based on anthropometric parameters. The results showed strong linear correlation between the contact area obtained by printing a body silhouette on paper placed at the seat and body weight, height, body surface area, and body mass index. The body surface area and the body weight were identified as the best predictors for the contact area.
Keywords in English
Thermal comfort; Contact area; Seat
Released
11.12.2018
Publisher
PLOS
Location
San Francisco, California, US
ISSN
1932-6203
Volume
13
Number
12
Pages from–to
1–16
Pages count
16
BIBTEX
@article{BUT151780,
author="Miloš {Fojtlín} and Agnieszka {Psikuta} and Róbert {Toma} and Jan {Fišer} and Miroslav {Jícha},
title="Determination of car seat contact area for personalised thermal sensation modelling",
year="2018",
volume="13",
number="12",
month="December",
pages="1--16",
publisher="PLOS",
address="San Francisco, California, US",
issn="1932-6203"
}