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Main ambient factors influencing passenger vehicle comfort

Higher level of comfort experienced by passengers in vehicles is the objective of numerous researches. The expectations and demand for higher ride comfort of the customers (driver and passengers) have been dramatically increased over past few years. Therefore new vehicle models launched on the market have to have not only better performance and design-wise appealing, but also ride comfort has to be increasingly better then its predecessor. Humans classify experienced comfort subjectively as there are considerably different response and assessment to the same situation. The factors on which people base their opinions on comfort level are physical variables characterizing the surroundings such as temperature, air velocity, acceleration, and light intensity. The main ambient factors of vehicle comfort are: vibration, noise, thermal comfort (temperature), air quality, light and ergonomics.

vehicle comfort; vibration; noise; thermal comfort; air quality

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