Table 1.
Examples of virtual manikins.
Fig 1.
Illustration of the seating position.
A human subject (A), the Newton manikin (B), and the detail of insufficient contact of the manikin’s lower back with the back rest (C).
Fig 2.
Projected dimensions of the seat used in this study.
Table 2.
Overview of the cases for cross-comparison with the literature data.
Fig 3.
The total seat contact area dependent on body weight (A), body height (B), total body surface area (C), and Body Mass Index (D).
Fig 4.
Contact areas at back and seat dependent on body weight (A and C), and total body surface area (B and D), respectively.
Fig 5.
Centred shapes of the seat prints.
Back prints (left) and buttocks prints (right). Dashed line indicates a subjects group with body weight of more than 80 kg, continuous line with less than 80kg, and red dotted line depicts the contact of the Western Newton type manikin.