The appropriate design of tools, equipment and accessories considering human body sizes is indispensable to satisfy maximum benefit. This is very crucial for school students who spend most of their time on the school furniture. The purpose of the study is to examine whether three school furniture dimensions match anthropometric measures of the students at Industrial Engineering Department in a university. Eighteen anthropometric measurements such as stature, weight, popliteal height, hip breadth, shoulder height using Holtain anthropometer, anthropometer set, tape measure and laser meter are taken from 46 female and 35 male students at the department. The appropriate dimensions of the classroom furniture are determined adding free space to anthropometric measures for %5 for female and %95 for male. The results indicated that the existing double furniture has low seat depth, shorter backrest and shorter desk height, amphitheatre furniture has higher seat height, narrow seat width, short underneath desk height and higher seat-desk breadth and mounted-desktop furniture has narrow seat width, shorter upper and lower edge of backrest .

Author Name: Emin KAHYA, Gamze ÜNLÜER, Zübeyde GÜZELDAL, Zeynep Özge DEM?RC?

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Keywords: Anthropometric measure, Classroom furniture, University student

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EISSN: 2651-4877

EOI/DOI: https://doi.org/10.33439/ergon

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