Title :
Applied human factors engineering in advanced carriage design of mass transport system
Author :
Seng Fat Wong ; Qili Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electromech. Eng., Univ. of Macau, Macau, China
Abstract :
Applied human factors engineering technology in carriage design of mass transport system (MTS) can enhance ride comfort level and reduce disorder problems for the passenger. However, scientific and systematic measurement that applied human factors engineering methodologies for carriage design is incomplete on the contemporary studies. This paper covers the scientific and systematic measurement that applied human factors engineering methodologies for sitting and stand up posture in the simulated carriage of MTS. The main contributions of this study are to achieve the posture and force analysis by the simulation of HumanCAD and the further analysis and validation by the experiments under the simulated lateral vibration for the carriage model with anthropometry and FSA pressure mapping system. The solutions and recommendations of advanced carriage design are concluded with human factors engineering analysis.
Keywords :
CAD; anthropometry; design engineering; ergonomics; human factors; public transport; seats; FSA pressure mapping system; HumanCAD; MTS; advanced carriage design; anthropometry; applied human factor engineering technology; disorder problems; force analysis; mass transport system; posture analysis; ride comfort level; scientific measurement; simulated carriage; sitting posture; stand up posture; systematic measurement; Atmospheric measurements; Force; Human factors; Particle measurements; Torque; Vibration measurement; Vibrations; Human Factors Engineering; Lateral Vibration; MTS; Ride Comfort; Simulated Carriage;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2012.6837948