Readme file for 'Dataset for the University of Southampton doctoral thesis entitled "Sitting comfort in next-generation cars: Theory, modelling, and experimentation"'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3382

Author: Francesco D'Amore, University of Southampton, ORCID ID 0000-0002-6768-4043

This dataset supports the University of Southampton doctoral thesis entitled "Sitting comfort in next-generation cars: Theory, modelling, and experimentation".
Awarding institution: University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Year of award: 2025

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
The dataset contains data corresponding to Figure 18, Figure 19, and Figure 20 of the University of Southampton doctoral thesis entitled "Sitting comfort in next-generation cars: Theory, modelling, and experimentation".
The dataset is contained in a compressed archive organised in 4 folders.
The folder '0_f' contains one TXT file. This file provides a column-vector of numerical values of frequency expressed in unit Hz.
The folders '1_Tmod', '2_Targ', and '3_C' contain 576 TXT files each. A file in the folders '1_Tmod', '2_Targ', and '3_C' provides a column-vector of numerical values of a frequency-domain quantity (respectively, transmissibility modulus expressed in unit one, transmissibility argument expressed in unit rad, and coherence expressed in unit one).
Plots can be obtained by using the file in the folder '0_f' for abscissa values and a file in the folders '1_Tmod', '2_Targ', and '3_C' for ordinate values.
The key to interpret filenames in the folders '1_Tmod', '2_Targ', and '3_C' is as follows.
	- A filename has five fields separated by underscore characters '_' and followed by the filename extension '.txt'.
	- The first field of a filename specifies the frequency-domain quantity (Tmod, Targ, or C).
	- The second field of a filename specifies the vibration magnitude (0d28w, 0d45w, 0d71w, or 1d12w).
	- The third field of a filename specifies the sitting configuration (ES, RS, TD, or WE).
	- The fourth field of a filename specifies the participant (P01, P02, P03, P04, P05, P06, P07, P08, P09, P10, P11, or P12).
	- The fifth field of a filename specifies the replicate (R1, R2, or R3).

Period of data collection: from 2018-08-20 to 2018-09-06

Geographic location of data collection: Human Factors Research Unit, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

Licence: CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Related projects/funders:
Y Qiu - 2014 / NHK Spring Co Studentship

Related publications:
D'Amore, F. and Qiu, Y. [2017] Whole-body oscillatory motion and road-transport innovations. A human-factors-and-ergonomics perspective within a ride-quality framework IN: Zioupos, P. (ed.) 52nd UK Conference on Human Responses to Vibration (UK HRV 2017), Sudbury House, Faringdon, United Kingdom, 5–6 September 2017. Shrivenham, United Kingdom: Cranfield University Press, 1–14.

D'Amore, F. and Qiu, Y. [2019] Next-generation cars, secondary activities, and sitting configurations. In-line transmission of vertical vibration at seat cushion IN: Taylor, M.D. and Maeda, S. (eds.) 54th UK Conference on Human Responses to Vibration (UK HRV 2019), Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 24–26 September 2019. Edinburgh, United Kingdom: Edinburgh Napier University, 1–19.

D’Amore, F. and Qiu, Y. [2021] Vibration transmission at seat cushion and sitting comfort in next-generation cars IN: Black, N.L., Neumann, W.P., and Noy, I. (eds.) 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021), Virtual, 14–18 June 2021. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 615–622.

File creation date: February 2025