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...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jerzy Smardzewski, Dariusz Wilk, Andrzej Piróg
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology 2014
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/9dc12e1dea944f51b828a4805c070509
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:9dc12e1dea944f51b828a4805c070509
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9dc12e1dea944f51b828a4805c0705092021-12-02T02:57:04ZEvaluation of Seat Comfort of Office Armchairs: an Impact of Articulated Seat Support and Gas Spring10.5552/drind.2014.13230012-67721847-1153https://doaj.org/article/9dc12e1dea944f51b828a4805c0705092014-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://hrcak.srce.hr/file/188189https://doaj.org/toc/0012-6772https://doaj.org/toc/1847-1153This 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.Jerzy SmardzewskiDariusz WilkAndrzej PirógUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technologyarticlediscomfort coeffi cientgas springoffi ce armchairarticulated supportdiscomfort coefficientoffice armchairseatForestrySD1-669.5ENDrvna Industrija, Vol 65, Iss 3, Pp 183-189 (2014)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic discomfort coeffi cient
gas spring
offi ce armchair
articulated support
discomfort coefficient
office armchair
seat
Forestry
SD1-669.5
spellingShingle discomfort coeffi cient
gas spring
offi ce armchair
articulated support
discomfort coefficient
office armchair
seat
Forestry
SD1-669.5
Jerzy Smardzewski
Dariusz Wilk
Andrzej Piróg
Evaluation of Seat Comfort of Office Armchairs: an Impact of Articulated Seat Support and Gas Spring
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.
format article
author Jerzy Smardzewski
Dariusz Wilk
Andrzej Piróg
author_facet Jerzy Smardzewski
Dariusz Wilk
Andrzej Piróg
author_sort Jerzy Smardzewski
title 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_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_sort evaluation of seat comfort of office armchairs: an impact of articulated seat support and gas spring
publisher University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology
publishDate 2014
url https://doaj.org/article/9dc12e1dea944f51b828a4805c070509
work_keys_str_mv AT jerzysmardzewski evaluationofseatcomfortofofficearmchairsanimpactofarticulatedseatsupportandgasspring
AT dariuszwilk evaluationofseatcomfortofofficearmchairsanimpactofarticulatedseatsupportandgasspring
AT andrzejpirog evaluationofseatcomfortofofficearmchairsanimpactofarticulatedseatsupportandgasspring
_version_ 1718402060716605440