Ergonomic designing of classroom furniture suitable for female students
| dc.contributor.author | Purva Jaggi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-14T07:09:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-02-14T07:09:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Present study entitled “Ergonomic designing of classroom furniture suitable for female students” was conducted to measure and study various parameters of existing furniture and physical environment of selected classrooms, to record the anthropometric measurements of female students, to formulate guidelines for designing of classroom furniture and to design and evaluate classroom furniture in terms of physiological parameters and subjective responses. The study was conducted in three phases: field survey, designing and construction of classroom furniture and laboratory experiments. It was found that majority of classrooms were not within comfortable levels of temperature, relative humidity and noise. Area and space available per student in the seated classrooms was also inadequate. Dimensions of furniture in the surveyed classrooms were significantly different from the recommended standards. Overall suitability of the classroom furniture was low with the mean score of 1.58. Pain, fatigue, stiffness and strain in the muscles were experienced by the students while using the classroom furniture. The formulated desk/study table height , width, depth and slope were 76 cm, 62.26 cm, 60.71 cm and 10 -15 degrees respectively. The formulated dimensions for the height, width, depth, slope and thigh clearance of the chair were 44 cm, 45.09 cm, 40 cm, 3-5 degrees and 27- 30 cm respectively. One set of classroom furniture based on the formulated dimensions was designed and got constructed and experiments were conducted on it. The experiments revealed that physiological stresses were reduced significantly in terms of heart rate, TCCW, PCW, postural deviation and muscular grip strength while working on ergonomically designed classroom furniture. Hence, it is important to use ergonomic classroom furniture to enhance the learning process by providing a rich learning environment. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810000766 | |
| dc.keywords | Anthropometric measurements, classroom furniture, ergonomics, formulated dimensions and physiological stresses | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana | en_US |
| dc.sub | Agricultural Economics | en_US |
| dc.subject | sowing, intercropping, wheats, tillage equipment, seed drilling, crops, mustard, fertilizers, land resources, chickpeas | en_US |
| dc.theme | Ergonomic | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | Ergonomic designing of classroom furniture suitable for female students | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |