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Digital evaluation of sitting posture comfort in human-vehicle system under industry 4.0 framework

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Most of the previous studies on the vibration ride comfort of the human-vehicle system were focused only on one or two aspects of the investigation. A hybrid approach which integrates all kinds of investigation methods in real environment and virtual environment is described. The real experimental environment includes the WBV(whole body vibration) test, questionnaires for human subjective sensation and motion capture. The virtual experimental environment includes the theoretical calculation on simplified 5-DOF human body vibration model, the vibration simulation and analysis within ADAMS/VibrationTM module, and the digital human biomechanics and occupational health analysis in Jack software. While the real experimental environment provides realistic and accurate test results, it also serves as core and validation for the virtual experimental environment. The virtual experimental environment takes full advantages of current available vibration simulation and digital human modelling software, and makes it possible to evaluate the sitting posture comfort in a human-vehicle system with various human anthropometric parameters. How this digital evaluation system for car seat comfort design is fitted in the Industry 4.0 framework is also proposed.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China

    Qing Tao, Wenlei Sun, Zhaobo Li & Xiao Huo

  2. Center for Post-doctoral Studies of Mechanical Engineering, Urumqi, 830046, China

    Qing Tao

  3. Colle of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK

    Jinsheng Kang

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 51465056), and Xinjiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2015211C265), and Xinjiang University PhD Start-up Funds, China

TAO Qing, born in 1978, is currently an associate professor at Xinjiang University, China. He received his MSc degree from HuaZhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2003, and received his PhD degree from Xinjiang University, China, in 2015. His research interests include mechanical design and industrial design.

KANG Jinsheng, born in 1952, is currently a senior lecturer at Brunel University London, UK. He received his PhD degree from Bournemouth University, UK in 2001. His research interests include human modelling and simulation, CAD, industrial design.

SUN Wenlei, born in 1962, is currently a professor at Xinjiang University, China. He received his PhD degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2012. His research interests include mechanical design, CAD, advanced manufacturing.

LI Zhaobo, born in 1994, is currently an MSc candidate at School of Mechanic Engineering, Xinjiang University, China.

HUO Xiao, born in 1993, is currently an MSc candidate at School of Mechanic Engineering, Xinjiang University, China.

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Tao, Q., Kang, J., Sun, W. et al. Digital evaluation of sitting posture comfort in human-vehicle system under industry 4.0 framework. Chin. J. Mech. Eng. 29, 1096–1103 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3901/CJME.2016.0718.082

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