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Showing 1 to 20 of 304 for “"occupant"”.
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A Multi-Sensor Passive Occupant Localization
… a novel IOL methodology that determines occupant positions by analyzing floor vibrations caused by footfall patterns. Unlike traditional localization techniques that rely on visual or radio-based sensing, vibro-localization leverages accelerometers fixed to the floor to capture …
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Characterisation of particulate matter originating from automotive occupant restraints
… effluent exposure has focused on vehicle occupants and not occupational exposures and has mainly centred on direct and static measurement of particle mass. This research programme evaluated existing methods of assessment and defined novel methods for more comprehensive characterisation. …
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Incorporating Occupant Behaviour and Comfort in Domestic Energy Retrofit
… the Climate Change Act 2008, the complexity of occupant behaviour and comfort needs often prevents the seemingly achievable retrofit targets from being reached. These real-life complexities contrast starkly with the standardised and simplistic behavioural profiles currently used in energy …
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Building an interactive occupant packaging model with human figure
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1995.
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Retrofit Electrochromic Glazing: A longitudinal case study of occupant experience
… forms of glazing. It has the potential to enable occupants to control daylight ingress without the use of blinds, giving users more access to daylight with all its inherent benefits. Research efforts to date have been mainly focussed on the potential of EC glazing as an energy saving technology …
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Occupant location prediction in smart buildings using association rule mining
… do not typically operate them in accordance with occupant movements. Due to the delayed response of HVAC systems, prediction of occupant locations is necessary to maximize energy efficiency. We present an approach to occupant location prediction based on association rule mining, allowing …
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A study of occupant dynamics in various crash accident scenerios
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997.
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Dynamic Simulation of General Aviation Cabin Environments and Occupant Restraint Systems
… that aircraft cabin environments place the occupant at high risk of suffering severe injuries in an emergency crash situation. Studies of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seat tests were used to form the basis of a computer analysis to address dynamic cabin environments. In this effort …
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My life, my Home: Reasserting the connection between home and occupant
The intent of this paper is to uncover an architectural typology for a people who have none. An architectural typology that speaks to a culture and life of the people that live at the margins. I uncovered and have experienced that there is a lack of architectural representation of the people that …
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Predicting Occupant Injury with Vehicle-Based Injury Criteria in Roadside Crashes
… a research effort aimed at improving the current occupant injury criteria typically used to assess occupant injury risk in crashes involving roadside hardware such as guardrail. These metrics attempt to derive the risk of injury based solely on the response of the vehicle during a collision event. …
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Protecting the Pregnant Occupant: Dynamic Material Properties of Uterus and Placenta
… Since real world crash data for pregnant occupants is limited to a retrospective analysis and pregnant cadaver studies are not feasible, crash test dummies and computational modeling have been utilized to evaluate the risk of adverse fetal outcome. Although pregnant occupant research has …
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Essays on Evidence-Based Design as Related to Buildings and Occupant Health
… and their impacts on outcomes associated with occupant health. The essays are: 1. The Effect of Certified Green Office Buildings on Occupant Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2. Understanding Evidence-Based Design Through a Review of the Literature, 3. Future Directions for …
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Study of Occupant Model Capability to Quantify Injury Risk for eVTOL Vehicles
… test of a Fokker F28 MK1000 aircraft to study occupant injury risks. The goal of the current study was to investigate the injury predictions of the Global Human Body Models Consortium (GHBMC) and Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) occupant models in the tested aircraft crash condition and …
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Development of a Multi-Body Nonlinear Model for a Seat-Occupant System
… directly affects ride comfort experienced by occupants. Currently, the process of ride comfort evaluation is subjective. Alternatively, the ride comfort can be evaluated by a series of objective metrics in the dynamic response of the occupant. From previous studies it is well known that the …
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Maintenance conditions and occupant behavior in government provided housing in Lagos, Nigeria
1 PDF file (xii, 208 pages)
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State of the art: museum additions and their impact on occupant experience
… look at the effects of art museum additions on occupants by addressing key questions: How does museum addition design affect visitors’ and museum employees’ perceptions and experiences of “front stage” areas such as art galleries compared to employees perceptions and experiences of “back stage” …
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The effect of indoor air filtration on contaminant distribution and occupant exposure
… air into a room can be optimised to reduce occupant exposure to contaminants. This thesis determines the key parameters that govern an individual’s exposure to contaminants and forms guidance for the users of air cleaners and mechanical ventilation to reduce exposure. By considering the case …
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Increasing Computational Efficiency of Pre-Crash Simulations Using Detailed and Simplified Occupant Models
… safety systems challenge the ability to evaluate occupant injury assessment through simulation as these technologies extend the window of interest in a collision from the typical 150-200 msec crash event to 1000 or more msec. Human body models (HBMs) provide researchers with information on how a …
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Understanding thermal comfort and wellbeing of older South Australians using occupant-centric models
The proportion of older people (i.e., those aged 65 or over) in the world’s population is increasing due to historically low fertility rates combined with increased life expectancy. In order to respond to these demographic trends, a growing body of policy and research over the last decades has …
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Life Cycle Cost Analysis of occupant well-being and productivity impacts in LEED offices
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Department of Construction Management, 2009
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