In this paper the first results of a project, initiated in the University of Coimbra and dealing with the conjugated influence of multiple stressors in riding passengers, are presented. A field study was conducted in public transportation buses, in which the subjective response of the occupants was collected and the physical parameters related to thermal comfort, air quality, vibration and noise were acquired.More than 250 responses to a subjective inquire were collected. Besides questioning the occupants about how they felt the different stressors, the questionnaires also have a final question related to how they felt the global comfort of the vehicle, in a five-point scale.Even if it looks too far, the final goal of this project is to obtain an general comfort index that takes into account the influence of multiple stressors, thus giving to vehicle manufacturers a tool to evaluate the performance of their models and to improve the vehicle friendliness to passengers.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    A Comfort Field Study in Public Transportation Buses


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Congress & Exposition ; 1999



    Publication date :

    1999-03-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    A comfort field study in public transportation buses

    Alcobia,C.J. / Silva,M.C. / Univ.of Coimbra,PT | Automotive engineering | 1999


    A Comfort Field Study in Public Transportation Buses

    Alcobia, C. J. O. P. J. / Silva, M. C. G. / SAE | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1999


    A Comfort Field Study in Public Transportation Buses

    Alcobia, C. J. O. P. J. / Gameiro da Silva, M. C. G. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998



    Ride comfort optimization of buses

    Eriksson, Peter | TIBKAT | 2002