Development of Comfort and Safety Performance of Passenger Seats in Large City Buses

Ivan Kernytskyy, Yevheniia Yakovenko, Orest Horbay, Maryana Ryviuk, Ruslan Humenyuk, Yaroslav Sholudko, Yurii Voichyshyn, Łukasz Mazur, Piotr Osiński, Konstantin Rusakov and Eugeniusz Koda
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Ivan Kernytskyy: Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 159 Nowoursynowska St., 02-76 Warsaw, Poland
Yevheniia Yakovenko: Department of Automotive Engineering, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12 Stepana Bandery St., 79000 Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Orest Horbay: Department of Automotive Engineering, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12 Stepana Bandery St., 79000 Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Maryana Ryviuk: Lviv National Agrarian University, 1 Volodymyra Velykoho St., 30831 Dubliany, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Ruslan Humenyuk: Lviv National Agrarian University, 1 Volodymyra Velykoho St., 30831 Dubliany, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Yaroslav Sholudko: Lviv National Agrarian University, 1 Volodymyra Velykoho St., 30831 Dubliany, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Yurii Voichyshyn: Lviv National Agrarian University, 1 Volodymyra Velykoho St., 30831 Dubliany, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Łukasz Mazur: Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 159 Nowoursynowska St., 02-76 Warsaw, Poland
Piotr Osiński: Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 159 Nowoursynowska St., 02-76 Warsaw, Poland
Konstantin Rusakov: Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 159 Nowoursynowska St., 02-76 Warsaw, Poland
Eugeniusz Koda: Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 159 Nowoursynowska St., 02-76 Warsaw, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 22, 1-13

Abstract: A bus seat needs to be designed ergonomically for better seating comfort. The present study is intended to develop a cost-effective ergonomic bus seat design based on seat comfort and safety demands. As part of the proposed seat design procedure, seating comfort analysis, identifying preferred design features, and developing a seat design are included. An analysis of the bus seat back and seat pan profiles was conducted. Based on the results of the comfort analysis, the authors identified the preferred design features of bus seats during the design identification process. An improved bus seat prototype was developed based on selected design features in the design development stage. Seating comfort analyses were used to compare the achieved seat with the reference seat. The seat design developed in the present study may be applicable for various types of bus public transport.

Keywords: public transport; bus seat; seating comfort analysis; FEM model; structural safety assessment; ergonomics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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