Title: A contribution to optimisation of vehicle seats

Authors: M. Demic

Addresses: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Kragujevac, Yugoslavia

Abstract: In this work, which is based on research supported by the Scientific Foundation of Serbia, optimisation of oscillatory parameters of a seat with hydraulic feedback was done from the aspect of mutual minimisation of the vertical vibrations of the human body and the dynamic forces between the seat frame and the body. Optimisation was done by using the Hooke-Jeeves method, using the hydraulic seat model and taking into consideration the sensitivity of the human body to vibrations. The developed method can be standardised and applied to other seat models.

Keywords: vehicle suspension; differential equations; dynamic force; optimisation; oscillatory parameters; vertical vibration; vehicle seats; hydraulic seat model; modelling; vehicle vibration; vehicle design.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.1991.061705

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 1991 Vol.12 No.5/6, pp.618 - 629

Published online: 27 May 2014 *

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