The optimization of the interior of the passenger car
by M.M. Klarin, J.M. Cvijanovic
International Journal of Vehicle Design (IJVD), Vol. 19, No. 4, 1998

Abstract: With increasingly tough market competition, there is increasing need to adjust cars to the anthropomeasures of humans, and, at the same time, for the 99th percentile man and 5th percentile woman. If for this range of anthropomeasure in cars for seat height of 17.77-20 cm and angle of heel to the horizontal of 30°, then for the Yugoslav population the construction dimensions of the car from floor to roof should be at least 140 cm. It should be possible for the seat to slide horizontally to satisfy the main limitation that for all ranges in the population this would provide a normal use of steering devices and an optimal visual angle. The sliding of the seat would be such that for the 5th percentile woman the seat height would be 20 cm when the seat is in its extreme position, while for the 99th percentile man it would slide 26 cm backwards and the height would be 17.77 cm. A higher percentage of women drivers would not disrupt these conclusions, because the 5th percentile woman is close to the minimal height of women (and men). A higher percentage of women drivers would shift their average height upward, which is in accord with the range of height from the 5th percentile woman to the 95th percentile man.

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