DEVELOPMENT OF A MALAYSIAN ANTHROPOMETRIC DATABASE

DEVELOPMENT OF A MALAYSIAN ANTHROPOMETRIC DATABASE

Darliana Mohamad, Baba Md Deros, Ahmad Rasdan Ismail and Dian Darina Indah Daruis

Abstract: Human being plays an important role in the functioning of socioeconomic system such as in developing equipment, machinery, workstation, and objects. The most important criteria which have been suggested in ergonomic were the system must fit anthropometrically, comfortable and safe to use. Therefore the designer must ensure those important criteria such as the anthropometric data were applied before the system could be use by the user. Several literatures were presented in this paper to show the importance of incorporating anthropometric concern in designing processes. Eventhough the importance of anthropometric database is recognised, a published anthropometric database for Malaysian population is still not available. This paper presents a summarized data of a Malaysian population anthropometric study. The objective of the study was to develop an anthropometric database for Malaysian population. The study was conducted using anthropometric data of 1,007 Malaysian consisting of 516 males and 491 females. The equipments used in this study were measuring tools comprised of Human Body Measuring Kit and Anthropometer for body dimension measurements. A total of 40 anthropometric dimensions were measured in this study. The data collection was for both standing and sitting postures. The database comprised of the important values such as the mean and the standard deviation, the 5th and 95th percentile. The study had successfully produced a detailed and comprehensive anthropometric database for Malaysian population which can be used in the future by all designer and engineers in designing process.

Keywords: ergonomics, anthropometry, human-machine, design.

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