TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Determination of car seat contact area for personalised thermal sensation modelling
JO  - PLoS one
A1  - Fojtlín, Miloš
A1  - Psikuta, Agnes
A1  - Toma, Róbert
A1  - Fišer, Jan
A1  - Jícha, Miroslav
SP  - e0208599
EP  - e0208599
VL  - 13
IS  - 12
N2  - A lot of daily activities are conducted in a sedentary posture. This includes a thermal interaction between the human and the seat that has implications on thermal perception and comfort. These interactions are investigated by simulating heat and mass transfer, thus, reducing a need for costly and time demanding subject studies. However, it is not clear, from the available literature, what portion of the body surface area is actually affected by the seat with respect to human anthropometry. The aim of this study was to develop a predicting function of the seat contact area based on anthropometric parameters. The results showed strong linear correlation between the contact area obtained by printing a body silhouette on paper placed at the seat and body weight, height, body surface area, and body mass index. The body surface area and the body weight were identified as the best predictors for the contact area.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1932-6203
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208599
ID  - ref1
ER  -