Evaluation of Seat Comfort of Office Armchairs: an Impact of Articulated Seat Support and Gas Spring
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 c...
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University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology
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| author | Jerzy Smardzewski Dariusz Wilk Andrzej Piróg |
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| description | 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 different 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9dc12e1dea944f51b828a4805c0705092022-12-21T21:28:04ZengUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry and Wood TechnologyDrvna Industrija0012-67721847-11532014-09-0165318318910.5552/drind.2014.1323Evaluation of Seat Comfort of Office Armchairs: an Impact of Articulated Seat Support and Gas SpringJerzy SmardzewskiDariusz WilkAndrzej PirógThis 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 different 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.http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/188189discomfort coeffi cientgas springoffi ce armchairarticulated supportdiscomfort coefficientoffice armchairseat |
| spellingShingle | Jerzy Smardzewski Dariusz Wilk Andrzej Piróg Evaluation of Seat Comfort of Office Armchairs: an Impact of Articulated Seat Support and Gas Spring Drvna Industrija discomfort coeffi cient gas spring offi ce armchair articulated support discomfort coefficient office armchair seat |
| title | Evaluation of Seat Comfort of Office Armchairs: an Impact of Articulated Seat Support and Gas Spring |
| title_full | Evaluation of Seat Comfort of Office Armchairs: an Impact of Articulated Seat Support and Gas Spring |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Seat Comfort of Office Armchairs: an Impact of Articulated Seat Support and Gas Spring |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Seat Comfort of Office Armchairs: an Impact of Articulated Seat Support and Gas Spring |
| title_short | Evaluation of Seat Comfort of Office Armchairs: an Impact of Articulated Seat Support and Gas Spring |
| title_sort | evaluation of seat comfort of office armchairs an impact of articulated seat support and gas spring |
| topic | discomfort coeffi cient gas spring offi ce armchair articulated support discomfort coefficient office armchair seat |
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