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Optimizing Vehicle Occupant Packaging
Technical Paper
2006-01-0961
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Occupant packaging practice relies on statistical models codified in SAE practices, such as the SAE J941 eyellipse, and virtual human figure models representing individual occupants. The current packaging approach provides good solutions when the problem is relatively unconstrained, but achieving good results when many constraints are active, such as restricted headroom and sightlines, requires a more rigorous approach. Modeling driver needs using continuous models that retain the residual variance associated with performance and preference allows use of optimization methodologies developed for robust design. Together, these models and methods facilitate the consideration of multiple factors simultaneously and tradeoff studies can be performed. A case study involving the layout of the interior of a passenger car is presented, focusing on simultaneous placement of the seat and steering wheel adjustment ranges. Tradeoffs between adjustability, driver accommodation, and exterior vision are explored under this paradigm. These results are contrasted with those obtained using boundary manikins.
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Parkinson, M. and Reed, M., "Optimizing Vehicle Occupant Packaging," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-0961, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-0961.Also In
Reliability and Robust Design in Automotive Engineering, 2006
Number: SP-2032; Published: 2006-04-03
Number: SP-2032; Published: 2006-04-03
SAE 2006 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars: Mechanical Systems
Number: V115-6; Published: 2007-03-30
Number: V115-6; Published: 2007-03-30
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