Quantitative prediction of overall seat discomfort

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 791-806

  Ebe, Kazushige ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic seat properties; Foam cushion; Seat comfort; Static seat properties

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FOAMS; SEATS; STIFFNESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SEATING COMFORT; VIBRATION MAGNITUDE;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; FOAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGIDITY; SEAT; SENSATION; SITTING; TISSUE PRESSURE; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 0033929235     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401300404751     Document Type: Article

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