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Determination of car seat contact area for personalised thermal sensation modelling

FOJTLÍN, M. PSIKUTA, A. TOMA, R. FIŠER, J. JÍCHA, M.

Anglický název

Determination of car seat contact area for personalised thermal sensation modelling

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

en

Originální abstrakt

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.

Anglický abstrakt

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.

Klíčová slova anglicky

Thermal comfort; Contact area; Seat

Vydáno

11.12.2018

Nakladatel

PLOS

Místo

San Francisco, California, US

ISSN

1932-6203

Ročník

13

Číslo

12

Strany od–do

1–16

Počet stran

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"
}