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A Classification of Sitting Strategies Based on Seating Pressure Distribution

운전석 체압분포 기반의 착좌전략 분류

  • Choi, Younggeun (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Park, Jangwoon (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Lee, Baekhee (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Jung, Kihyo (School of Industrial Engineering, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Sah, Sungjin (Automotive Research and Development Division, Hyundai Motor Group) ;
  • You, Heecheon (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology)
  • 최영근 (포항공과대학교 기계산업공학부) ;
  • 박장운 (포항공과대학교 기계산업공학부) ;
  • 이백희 (포항공과대학교 기계산업공학부) ;
  • 정기효 (울산대학교 산업경영공학부) ;
  • 사성진 (현대기아자동차 연구개발본부) ;
  • 유희천 (포항공과대학교 기계산업공학부)
  • Received : 2013.01.28
  • Accepted : 2013.03.06
  • Published : 2013.04.15
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Abstract

Drivers' sitting strategies are considered in car seat design. Existing research has identified representative sitting strategies by visual inspection of seating pressure measurements collected from a small sample size of drivers. The present study recruited 20 female and 20 male participants, measured seating pressure, and classified sitting strategies by cluster analysis. The participants' sitting postures were classified based on seating pressure distribution into mid-back and scapular, mid-back and lumbar, and lumbar sitting strategies for the upper body and hip concentrated, hip and mid-thigh concentrated, and hip and mid-thigh distributed sitting strategies for the lower body. The effects of gender and occupant package layout (OPL) on sitting strategy were nout found significant. The identified sitting strategies would be of use for the design and evaluation of an OPL and a seat.

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