TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimated anthropometry for male commercial pilots in Europe and an approach to its use in seat design
AU - Poirson, Emilie
AU - Parkinson, Matthew
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially funded by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 0846373. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2014/5/13
Y1 - 2014/5/13
N2 - This research provides an estimate of the anthropometry of the male commercial pilot population in Europe and details a new method for applying these data in multivariate design problems: the cockpit seat. For the safety and vigilance, the pilot must fit the seat. Although the anthropometric variability of pilot can be readily quantified, the magnitude of variability and the associated physical requirements are large in this complex posture. The research presented here demonstrates an approach that allows the designer to explore combinations of advices for the seat adjustments that will fit a chosen population (for example 90% of all the pilots). The data were generated after the evaluation of relevant data synthesis methods. To explore the huge design space, genetic algorithm are used on a 4 variables application case and the results are presented through a parallel graph. The results of the study is a tool taking in input the target of population (ex 95%) giving in results family of combinations of percentage of population on each parameters to see who in the population database will fit the pilot seat. Relevance to industry: The domain of transportation, in which pilots or driver can stay a long time sitting in their vehicle is very challenging in finding an adaptable seat for every driver to be adjust.
AB - This research provides an estimate of the anthropometry of the male commercial pilot population in Europe and details a new method for applying these data in multivariate design problems: the cockpit seat. For the safety and vigilance, the pilot must fit the seat. Although the anthropometric variability of pilot can be readily quantified, the magnitude of variability and the associated physical requirements are large in this complex posture. The research presented here demonstrates an approach that allows the designer to explore combinations of advices for the seat adjustments that will fit a chosen population (for example 90% of all the pilots). The data were generated after the evaluation of relevant data synthesis methods. To explore the huge design space, genetic algorithm are used on a 4 variables application case and the results are presented through a parallel graph. The results of the study is a tool taking in input the target of population (ex 95%) giving in results family of combinations of percentage of population on each parameters to see who in the population database will fit the pilot seat. Relevance to industry: The domain of transportation, in which pilots or driver can stay a long time sitting in their vehicle is very challenging in finding an adaptable seat for every driver to be adjust.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ergon.2014.05.003
DO - 10.1016/j.ergon.2014.05.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907525379
VL - 44
SP - 769
EP - 776
JO - International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
JF - International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
SN - 0169-8141
IS - 5
ER -