Turning automotive design 'inside-out'

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 385-401

  Porter, J Mark ^a   Porter, C Samantha ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Discomfort; Ergonomics; Styling

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; ERGONOMICS;

AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031677528     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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