Redefining Seat Comfort

970597

02/24/1997

Event
SAE International Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
This paper proposes a new concept towards the understanding of seating comfort. Physical comfort is defined as the physiological and psychological state perceived during the autonomic process of relieving physical discomfort and achieving corporeal homeostasis. In addition to static and dynamic comfort in an automotive seat, the occupant will also experience transient comfort. This is the comfort perceived during posture change or fidgeting on the seat. It may depend most on the material properties if posture requirements are satisfied. Lumbar support is exemplified to illustrate this concept. New seat comfort evaluation tools should be developed to account for the transient properties of the seal supporting system.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/970597
Pages
10
Citation
Shen, W., and Vértiz, A., "Redefining Seat Comfort," SAE Technical Paper 970597, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/970597.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 24, 1997
Product Code
970597
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English