Evaluation of Seat Comfort of Office Armchairs: an Impact of Articulated Seat Support and Gas Spring

Autor:	Dariusz Wilk, Jerzy Smardzewski, Andrzej Piróg
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Engineering articulated support business.industry discomfort coeffi cient seat Forestry Structural engineering SD1-669.5 Sitting offi ce armchair Gas spring business gas spring office armchair discomfort coefficient Contact pressure
Zdroj:	Drvna Industrija, Vol 65, Iss 3, Pp 183-189 (2014)
ISSN:	1847-1153 0012-6772
Popis:	This paper describes the application of an alternative seating system. The aim of this alternative approach was to determine the comfort of offi ce armchairs equipped with new construction solutions ensuring articulated support of the seat as well as articulated mounting of the gas spring. An offi ce armchair with a differ- ent seat support and gas spring was selected. Operational loads were applied to the seat surface. The following parameters were measured and calculated in the course of the performed experiments: contact area, average contact pressure and coeffi cient of seat pressure distribution (SPD). A new discomfort coeffi cient D expressing seat quality was elaborated. Preliminary data suggests that the prototypes provided greater sitting comfort than did the conventional chair. It was demonstrated that the new construction solution of the gas spring support guaranteed the highest comfort of the use of the examined armchairs.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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