Designing anthropometrics! requirements capture for physical ergonomic data for designers

Design Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-111

  Nickpour, Farnaz ^a   Dong, Hua ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometric data; Data tool; Designers; Ergonomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955610419     PISSN: 14606925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175630610X12877385838849     Document Type: Article

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