Evaluation of global comfort for train passengers

Giovanni Leonardi (1) , Riccardo Ferrara (2)

1 DIMET - Dipartimento di Informatica, Matematica, Elettronica e Trasporti [Reggio Calabria]
2 MECMAT

The aim of this study is to propose a method for the evaluation of railway passengers' comfort in relationship to temperature, noise, and vibration. Estimated the single comfort for every sensation considered, the global comfort is evaluated with the Hyper-Sphere Method proposed by Corriere & Lo Bosco [1]. The humanvehicle- infrastructure-environment variables which influence comfort are individuated. Thus their value and correspondent global comfort could be evaluated in management strategy or predicted in design problem. The results show how to construct the hyper-sphere in which the surface is representative of best possible condition for human comfort and the centre represents the minimum.

Mots clés: thermal comfort; vibration; noise; global comfort; hyper sphere; train passengers; railway

Domaines: Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Génie civil; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Thermique [physics.class-ph]; Thermique [physics.class-ph]; Vibrations [physics.class-ph]; Vibrations [physics.class-ph]

Giovanni Leonardi, Riccardo Ferrara. Evaluation of global comfort for train passengers. 1st Summer School - Quantitative Methods For Economic Agricultural-food And Enviromental Sciences, Oct 2010, Castiglione Di Sicilia, Italy. pp.209-218. ⟨hal-00873339⟩