디자인학연구 (Archives of design research)
- 제19권3호
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- Pages.183-194
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- 2006
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- 1226-8046(pISSN)
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- 2288-2987(eISSN)
A Study for the Development of the Aerobic Exercise Equipment through Cooperation between Design and Engineering Fields - Focusing on the Development of Elliptical Cross Trainer
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Chung Kyung-Ryul
(Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Fusion Technology Center) ;
- Yoon Se-Kyun (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Fusion Technology Center) ;
- Song Bok-Hee (Korea University of Technology & Education / Dept. Industrial Design Engineering) ;
- Park Il-Woo (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Center for Robot Industry Promotion)
- 발행 : 2006.05.01
초록
It is expected that the typical lifestyle of the future will be transformed into an opulent and comfortable existence as the quality of life improves due to the increase in household income and reduction in working hours. In the meantime, as the standard of living becomes increasingly more comfortable and plentiful, the toll on physical health becomes magnified as a result of obesity and insufficient exercise caused by super nutrition and change in labor conditions. This has instigated a deep awareness in fitness on the part of many people, forcing them to recognize the significance of daily exercise and physical activity. The Elliptical Cross Trainer(ECT), which has drawn wide attention recently, is a non-impact athletic apparatus that not only promotes exercise of the upper body parts in such sports as skiing but also the exercise of lower parts of the body on a treadmill. It is a type of cross training athletic gear that has been developed for aerobic exercise throughout the entire body. It has already formed a market as big as that of the treadmill in Europe, America, etc. Recently, its demand is growing sharply in the Korean markets as well as those in Northeast Asian countries. Despite such demand increase and expansion, since most of the expensive ECTs are exclusively supplied by suppliers in only a few advanced countries, localization of the ECT is urgently required in order to enhance competitiveness of Korean manufacturers and to expand the market. The ECT development project has been in full swing for approximately two year since 2004 in order to secure independent design, as well as engineering and manufacturing processes in efforts to develop a commercially viable ECT.
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