A new model of comfort
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In Western societies the comfort of products has become increasingly important. This holds not only for the end users of products. Also, employers are getting interested in comfortable equipment for their employees in order to create a healthy and stimulating environment. For the design of comfortable equipment it is important to have a good notion of the concept of comfort. Comfort and discomfort are influenced by many factors. For designing purposes it would be helpful to have a model in which (dis)comfort is defined and the factors that may contribute to the comfort and discomfort of an operator are incorporated. This model will be presented and illustrated in this chapter of the book 'Comfortable earth moving machinery : knowledge and experiences from the Eurocabin project'.
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TNO Identifier
277045
ISSN
90-6743-977-0
Publisher
TNO
Source title
Comfortable earth moving machinery : knowledge and experiences from the Eurocabin project
Editor(s)
Krause, F.
Bronkhorst, R.E.
Looze, M.P. de
Bronkhorst, R.E.
Looze, M.P. de
Place of publication
Hoofddorp
Pages
5-9