Abstract
KEYWORDS
ergonomics, cockpit architecture, mannequin, algorithm
ABSTRACT
The design of a car cockpit supposes the use of human mannequins for determining the position of the pedals, of the steering wheel, the adjustment of the driving seat and the vision. The old method is using human mobile templates and by consequence is heavy, iterative and time consuming but is still in use. The SAE standard methods proposed for the ergonomic study are using theoretical human models - anthropometrical percentiles. There are few models that have the dimensions resulted from a statistical analysis made on a focused population. The practice demonstrated that the real anthropometrical dimensions are often different from the theory and it is necessary to use a wide diversity of human dimensions. The paper presents: 1. the concept of a 2D virtual anthropometrical model that has variable dimensions 2. the CAD algorithm for the cockpit architecture research using the new 2D mannequin concept.