Abstract
This article describes a virtual human model designed by software SolidWorks to test the comfort and ergonomic characteristics of automobile seats. More importantly, this study may evaluate different designs of automobile seats with ergonomic parameters. In the process, the author established 3D digital human models based on ergonomic shape characteristics. Secondly, the author used the human models to obtain the ergonomic shape comfort parameters of automobile seats. Finally, matching the seat with the human model to get the recommended comfort values. So it is available and useful to establish contact surfaces and contact points, to analyze seat surface morphology as well as to give the virtual test and evaluation if the automobile seat is comfortable or not.
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Ping Zhang thanks Hefei University of Technology who provided the project of automobile seat ergonomic shape to us.
Ping Zhang also thanks Pei-Zhou Sun, Ding-Danwen, Xing-YuChen, QuanYuan,Wei-GuoYang, Yu-MeiZhao, Li-Chao Wang, Tian-Nan Chi and Yun-Xu Gu, for their helpful advice and useful suggestions on this thesis and the experiment.
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ZHANG, P., WEN, Y., YUAN, Q., ZHANG, Gw. (2015). Comfort Analysis of Automobile Seats Based on 3D Human Models in SolidWorks. In: Qi, E., Shen, J., Dou, R. (eds) Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 2014. Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. Atlantis Press, Paris. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-102-4_79
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