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http://dx.doi.org/10.7232/IEIF.2011.24.4.420

Development and Application of an Anthropometric Design Method Considering Physical Human Variabilities  

Jung, Ki-Hyo (School of Industrial Engineering, University of Ulsan)
Lee, Baek-Hee (Division of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology)
You, Hee-Cheon (Division of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology)
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IE interfaces / v.24, no.4, 2011 , pp. 420-427 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study developed an anthropometric design method accommodating physical human variabilities for user-centered product development. The proposed design method is based on the boundary zone method, a technique to generate a group of humanoids properly representing the body size diversity of thedesign target population. In addition, the anthropometric design method considers the variability of postures in the design process by incorporating the simulation of posture. The effectiveness of the proposed design method was evaluated in terms of multivariate accommodation percentage (MAP) by applying it to designing a computer workstation with 90% of accommodation percentage. The performance evaluation showed that the MAP (89%) of the computer workstation design produced by the proposed method was quite close to the designated accommodation percentage. The proposed design method can be of use to develop an effective anthropometric design for user-centered product development.
Keywords
anthropometric design; physical human variability; boundary zone method; user-centered design; computer workstation;
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