A computational model for early assessment of padded furniture comfort performance

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 90-105

  Volpe, Yary ^a   Governi, Lapo ^a   Furferi, Rocco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comfort assessment; Computational model; Padded furniture design; Seat experiments; Seat modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SEATS;

COMFORT ASSESSMENT; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FURNITURE DESIGN; SEAT EXPERIMENTS; SEAT MODELS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84916233516     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20524     Document Type: Article

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