Redefining seat comfort

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Shen, Wenqi ^a   Vértiz, Alicia M ^a  

^a DELPHI CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

COMFORT EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE; SUPPORTING SYSTEMS; TRANSIENT PROPERTY;

PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 85072475457     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/970597     Document Type: Conference Paper

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