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

신체적 다양성을 고려한 인체측정학적 설계 방법 개발 및 적용

  • 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)
  • 정기효 (울산대학교 산업경영공학부) ;
  • 이백희 (포항공과대학교 기계산업공학부) ;
  • 유희천 (포항공과대학교 기계산업공학부)
  • Received : 2011.03.08
  • Accepted : 2011.08.28
  • Published : 2011.12.01
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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.

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