Overall Improvement for the Design of Motorized Tricycles in the Philippines, An Ergonomic Study  

Oleh:

Gumasing, Janice J.

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 14th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference (APIEMS), 3-6 December 2013 Cebu, Philippines, page 1-9.
Topik: tricycles; comfortability; ergonomics; passengers and seated prototype
Fulltext: 2026.pdf (384.32KB)

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This paper is embodied on motorized tricycles in the Philippines for public utilization. Motorized tricycles is a common channel of passenger transport everywhere in the Philippines, it is the most popular means of transport in small towns and cities, especially in the rural areas. Unfortunately, the increased volume of commuters has also translated into higher number of complaints and even accidents, according to statistics compiled by the Philippine Pediatric Society, 54% of all injuries in the Philippines occur in the streets. Given the severe situation, this paper aims to determine the factors that affect the comfortability of the passengers, to apply performance measures in order to determine best design of the motorized tricycle, to apply ergonomic solutions that would minimize discomfort experienced by the passengers, and to develop a prototype of an ergonomically designed motorized tricycle, that would be a standard blueprint, in the Philippines. These are achieved by conforming to the needs of the passengers via utilized ergonomics. The prototype of this tricycle has been fabricated. The discovered true factors—anthropometrics, biomechanics, and noise—were considered in the proposed motorized tricycles at the design stage.

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