TY  - JOUR
TI  - Ergonomic analysis based on digital human modelling: adjustable school furniture design for secondary school students
AB  - There are many reasons that affect students' academic achievement and health. One of the reasons is that school furniture is notergonomic. Designed in this paper are student chairs and desks, which are height adjustable and inclinable, are suitable for theanthropometric characteristics of the students and which would ensure that students maintain their ideal body postures in designoriented classes, especially while making drawings. The student desk and the chair were designed in consideration of theanthropometric data obtained from the students. The height-adjustable seat can be used at three different heights according to theleg length of the students and the designed table can be used inclined. Ergonomically evaluation of the school furniture designedwas carried out through RULA – Rapid Upper Limb Analysis. During the tests and the analyses, Digital Human Models (DHM)matching the anthropometric measures determined within the study were used. Risk assessments were conducted in this study withthe help of the ergonomics analyses carried out with DHMs. In the RULA analysis, the limbs positioned in the ergonomic positionwere colored from green to red. As a result of the analysis, it was seen that the designed furniture had a better RULA score thanthe known school furniture.
AU  - SARI, Mehmet İsmail
AU  - sahin, ismail
DO  - 10.2339/politeknik.607557
PY  - 2020
JO  - Politeknik Dergisi
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
SN  - 1302-0900
SP  - 1097
EP  - 1110
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/423393
ER  -