TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Optimisation-based approach for determining driver seat adjustment range for vehicles
JO  - International journal of vehicle design
A1  - Gragg, Jared
A1  - Yang, Jingzhou
A1  - Long, James David
SP  - 148
EP  - 161
VL  - 57
IS  - 2/3
N2  - When designing for human variability in the interior cab design for a vehicle, it becomes difficult to predict an optimum driver seat adjustment range. This paper proposes an optimisation-based approach to determine the seat adjustment range without the need for population sampling and stochastic posture prediction. This paper uses boundary anthropometric digital human models, a 95% male and a 5% female, to establish the driver seat adjustment range for vehicles. The simulation predicts the optimum posture of the seated driver inside the vehicle, and also gives an indication of how comfortable the driver is while seated in the predicted posture.    Keywords: posture prediction; multi-objective optimisation; seat adjustment range; digital human modelling; driver seats; vehicle design; human variability; interior cab design; anthropometric models; simulation; driver comfort; ride comfort.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0143-3369
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJVD.2011.044716
ID  - ref1
ER  -