Yazarlar |
Lingling Hu
|
Bob Tackett
|
Doç. Dr. Önder TOR
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Jilei Zhang
|
Özet |
No literature related to the study of sitting forces on chairs sat on by people who weighed over 136 kg was found. The Business Institutional Furniture Manufactures Association needs force data for development of performance test standards to test chairs for users who weigh up to 181 kg. 20 participants who weighed from 136 to 186 kg completed 6 tasks on an instrumented chair in the sequence of sitting down, remaining seated and rising. Effects of sitting motion, armrest use and seat cushion thickness on vertical sitting forces and centre-of-force were investigated. Results indicated hard sitting down yielded the highest sitting force of 213% in terms of participants’ body weights. Armrest use affected sitting forces of normal sitting down, but not of rising and hard sitting down. Cushion thickness affected sitting forces of normal and hard sitting down and shifting, but not of rising, static seating or stretching backward situations. Results of the sitting force and centre-of-force data obtained for this research can help furniture manufacturers develop new product performance test standards for creating reliable engineering design and manufacturing quality and durable products to meet a niche market need. |
Anahtar Kelimeler |
body weight | centre-of-force | Sitting force | stationary chair |
Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
Dergi Adı | ERGONOMICS |
Dergi ISSN | 0014-0139 |
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
Makale Dili | İngilizce |
Basım Tarihi | 01-2016 |
Cilt No | 59 |
Sayı | 4 |
Sayfalar | 556 / 567 |
Doi Numarası | 10.1080/00140139.2015.1080311 |
Makale Linki | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00140139.2015.1080311 |
Atıf Sayıları | |
WoS | 8 |
SCOPUS | 9 |
Google Scholar | 12 |