Sammonds G Fray M Mansfield N App Ergs SFM paper July 2016.pdf (547.96 kB)
Effect of long term driving on driver discomfort and its relationship with seat fidgets and movements (SFMs)
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posted on 2016-09-14, 13:56 authored by George Sammonds, Michael FrayMichael Fray, Neil J. MansfieldDiscomfort in vehicle seats is a multifactorial problem with large increases in discomfort occurring during extended duration driving. Due to the nature of driver discomfort, previous research has found it difficult to accurately quantify long term driver discomfort via the use of objective measures. This paper reports a laboratory study that investigates a novel objective measure of long term driver discomfort and its correlation with subjective discomfort ratings. Analysis of driver’s seat fidgets and movements was conducted over the duration of a 140 minute drive on a driving simulator in addition to collecting subjective ratings of discomfort. It is shown that as subjects’ subjective discomfort increases, the frequency of subjects’ seat fidgets and movements increases congruently. A large correlation is observed between the subjective and objective measures of driver discomfort and provides the opportunity for long term discomfort evaluations to be made via remote monitoring; removing the need for subjective assessment.
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School
- Design
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Applied Ergonomics: human factors in technology and societyVolume
58Issue
Jan 2017Pages
119 - 127Citation
SAMMONDS, G.M., FRAY, M. and MANSFIELD, N.J., 2017. Effect of long term driving on driver discomfort and its relationship with seat fidgets and movements (SFMs). Applied Ergonomics: Human Factors in Technology and Society, 58, pp.119-127.Publisher
ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2016-05-17Publication date
2017Notes
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Applied Ergonomics: Human Factors in Technology and Society and the definitive published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2016.05.009ISSN
1872-9126Publisher version
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- en