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International Conference on Human Systems Engineering and Design: Future Trends and Applications

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The Anthropometry in Service of the School Furniture - Case Study Applied to the Portuguese Primary Schools

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The focus of the current study was to set the benchmark for designing school furniture for Portuguese primary schools, taking into account the characterization and analysis of a previously selected sample of students. Considering the anthropometric data of the Portuguese children with ages between six and ten years old and its treatment, it was possible to set benchmarks for the design of school furniture for Portuguese primary schools, as well as to develop a methodological guide for adjusting the furniture according to the student’s stature. The obtained results seem to be very relevant as they provide a scientific basis for the design and compatible with the anthropometric dimensions of the considered population of users.

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We acknowledge the financial support of CIDEM, R&D unit funded by the FCT – Portuguese Foundation for the Development of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, under the Project UID/EMS/0615/2016.

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  1. CIDEM - Research Center of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP), Polytechnic of Porto, 4200-072, Porto, Portugal

    Maria Antónia Gonçalves & Marlene Brito

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  1. Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Tareq Ahram

  2. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Waldemar Karwowski

  3. Department of Computer Science, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg, Germany

    Stefan Pickl

  4. Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, Reims Cedex 2, France

    Redha Taiar

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Gonçalves, M.A., Brito, M. (2020). The Anthropometry in Service of the School Furniture - Case Study Applied to the Portuguese Primary Schools. In: Ahram, T., Karwowski, W., Pickl, S., Taiar, R. (eds) Human Systems Engineering and Design II. IHSED 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1026. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27928-8_70

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