@article{ref1,
title="Effect of seat back angle on preferred seat pan inclination for the development of highly automated vehicles",
journal="Ergonomics",
year="2023",
author="Wang, Xuguang and Grébonval, Cyrille and Beillas, Philippe",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Recent studies on occupants' safety in reclined positions suggest that a more inclined seat pan could be needed to reduce the occurrence of submarining. This study aimed to investigate whether a more inclined seat pan would also be comfortable for occupants. Eighteen volunteers participated in the experiment. They were asked to self-select seat pan inclination for seat back angles from 20 to 60 degrees using a reconfigurable experimental seat from two initial seat pan angles (10 and 40 degrees from the horizontal). On average, preferred seat pan angle varied from 11.3(±2.1, standard deviation) o 29.9(±6.8), 12.5(±3.8) to 37.4(±3.7), and 12.8(±4.8) to 38.6(±2.7) degrees for seat pan angles of 20, 40, and 60 degrees respectively. The shear force analysis suggests that the seat pan inclination might be self-selected to reduce the forward shear, while a high inclination angle with a noticeable backward shear was also preferred.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0014-0139",
doi="10.1080/00140139.2023.2236818",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2023.2236818"
}