Designing chairs for users with high body weight

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dc.abstract.enThe relationship between the functional dimensions of the furniture and a user’s anthropometric dimensions is crucial for safety and functionality. The weight and dimensions of the user’s body significantly affect the functional dimensions of the furniture, especially for overweight users. This paper is focused on the concept of chair structural design, which is suitable for bariatric users, including the application of additional reinforcing structural components. Such components are expected to improve the stiffness and strength properties of the chair structure, and it provides the possibilities to a chair design with improved ergonomic parameters. To increase rigidity and reinforce the frame structure of a chair for obese users, the side stretchers, middle braces inserted under seat and armrests are used. The main goal of the different structural designs of chair frames is to minimize internal forces acting in the structural components of the chair. The finite element method (FEM) was used to determine the internal forces and stress-strain state in the structural elements of the chair, starting with the standard design of the chair frame and comparing different design variants. A synergistic effect is obtained, making the bariatric chair durable and ergonomic, without stigmatizing its users.
dc.affiliationWydział Leśny i Technologii Drewna
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Obrabiarek i Podstaw Konstrukcji Maszyn
dc.contributor.authorHitka, Miloš
dc.contributor.authorNaď, Milan
dc.contributor.authorLangová, Nadežda
dc.contributor.authorGejdoš, Miloš
dc.contributor.authorLizoňová, Denisa
dc.contributor.authorSydor, Maciej
dc.date.access2025-06-06
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-17T11:52:50Z
dc.date.available2025-09-17T11:52:50Z
dc.date.copyright2023-06-23
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>The relationship between the functional dimensions of the furniture and a user’s anthropometric dimensions is crucial for safety and functionality. The weight and dimensions of the user’s body significantly affect the functional dimensions of the furniture, especially for overweight users. This paper is focused on the concept of chair structural design, which is suitable for bariatric users, including the application of additional reinforcing structural components. Such components are expected to improve the stiffness and strength properties of the chair structure, and it provides the possibilities to a chair design with improved ergonomic parameters. To increase rigidity and reinforce the frame structure of a chair for obese users, the side stretchers, middle braces inserted under seat and armrests are used. The main goal of the different structural designs of chair frames is to minimize internal forces acting in the structural components of the chair. The finite element method (FEM) was used to determine the internal forces and stress-strain state in the structural elements of the chair, starting with the standard design of the chair frame and comparing different design variants. A synergistic effect is obtained, making the bariatric chair durable and ergonomic, without stigmatizing its users.</jats:p>
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dc.description.volume18
dc.identifier.doi10.15376/biores.18.3.5309-5324
dc.identifier.issn1930-2126
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/4890
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu/resources/designing-chairs-for-users-with-high-body-weight/
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dc.share.typeOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enweight
dc.subject.enbariatric chair
dc.subject.enchair construction
dc.subject.enuser weight
dc.subject.enwooden chairs
dc.subject.endesigning
dc.titleDesigning chairs for users with high body weight
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