TY - GEN
T1 - Investigation on Heavy Truck Cab Ergonomics
AU - Du, Junmin
AU - Sun, Weiyu
AU - Gu, Haoshu
AU - Zhang, Xin
AU - Hu, Huimin
AU - Liu, Yang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Cab ergonomics has an important impact on road safety and driver health, especially for heavy trucks, which is the main tool for long distance road transportation and usually result in more serious consequences than other types of vehicle if an accident occurs. However, for a long time, due to the poor design of the heavy truck cab, the situation of causing road risk and driver health problems have not been significantly improved. The understanding of the current ergonomic situation of the heavy truck cab will stimulate the design improvement. This paper investigated and analyzed the ergonomic problems and using experience of heavy truck cab installations, as well as the characteristics of professional driver groups and driving habits. The interviews and questionnaire survey on heavy truck drivers were used. The data was analyzed through statistical methods such as significance tests. It was found that the current truck cab components, including seat belts, seats, steering wheels, accelerators, brakes and clutch pedals, and shift levers, had varying degrees of ergonomic weakness. The research results provide reference for understanding the characteristics of heavy truck users, driving habits, user needs and existing design deficiencies, and improving of heavy truck cabs ergonomic design.
AB - Cab ergonomics has an important impact on road safety and driver health, especially for heavy trucks, which is the main tool for long distance road transportation and usually result in more serious consequences than other types of vehicle if an accident occurs. However, for a long time, due to the poor design of the heavy truck cab, the situation of causing road risk and driver health problems have not been significantly improved. The understanding of the current ergonomic situation of the heavy truck cab will stimulate the design improvement. This paper investigated and analyzed the ergonomic problems and using experience of heavy truck cab installations, as well as the characteristics of professional driver groups and driving habits. The interviews and questionnaire survey on heavy truck drivers were used. The data was analyzed through statistical methods such as significance tests. It was found that the current truck cab components, including seat belts, seats, steering wheels, accelerators, brakes and clutch pedals, and shift levers, had varying degrees of ergonomic weakness. The research results provide reference for understanding the characteristics of heavy truck users, driving habits, user needs and existing design deficiencies, and improving of heavy truck cabs ergonomic design.
KW - Cab ergonomics design
KW - Heavy truck driver
KW - Human machine interface
KW - Investigation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85088753777
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-49904-4_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-49904-4_7
M3 - 会议稿件
AN - SCOPUS:85088753777
SN - 9783030499037
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 95
EP - 105
BT - Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management. Posture, Motion and Health - 11th International Conference, DHM 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings
A2 - Duffy, Vincent G.
PB - Springer
T2 - 11th International Conference on Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management, DHM 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020
Y2 - 19 July 2020 through 24 July 2020
ER -