Thesis Type: Postgraduate
Institution Of The Thesis: Bursa Uludağ University, FEN BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ, Turkey
Approval Date: 2017
Thesis Language: Turkish
Student: İlke Günay Budak
Supervisor: TÜLİN GÜNDÜZ
Abstract:The purpose of this study is to carry out an automobile seat comfort assessment with reaching out to the original source of discomfort and to increase the sense of comfort in the design phase. In study assesses automobile seat comfort by using a subjective evaluation system with road trials and by using objective evaluation system with measuring seat pressure. The focus of this study is to demonstrate how drivers are affected by seat comfort under actual road conditions. All experiments were carried out with 55 participants autumobile driving for 2.5 h. Before the participants drove, the interface pressure was measured at 9 areas in the automobile. During the road trials, a comfort assessment was performed at 4 intervals: 0 min, 15 min, 75 min and 150 min. Participants were required to complete a questionnaire of 24 questions for each section. In total, 33 parameters were evaluated using related statistical techniques with SPSS. The participants felt discomfort after 75 minutes, and seat comfort was directly affected by thermal comfort parameters. However, overweight participants found the seat to be more comfortable than subjects with a normal body mass index (BMI). Real traffic conditions affect comfort level too.