Papers by Author: Zhong Liang Yang

Abstract: Through the comparative analysis of the stores' facades in the center of Fukuoka City (Japan) and Nanjing City (China),to clarify the characteristics of the various types of facades. The physical research includes the structural component, the decoration component and the auxiliary component of facades. And it comes out there are 5 types (traditional type, POP type, window type, open type, enclosed type) of apparel & accessories store, daily product stores, and food & drink stores. Meanwhile, we find the facades in Fukuoka, cloth, plants, wood and other natural materials are used more. On the contrast, Nanjing has more colorful advertisement style facades, which shows Nanjings facades emphasize on advertising product and chasing the eye-catching effect.

Abstract: This paper presents a method of ergonomic design based on subjective rating for the purpose of modeling cushion surface mapped by body pressure distribution (BPD) test data. A sitting comfort evaluation scale was designed to collect subjective comfort perception. Optimal BPD test data were selected by comparing comfort rating after experiments on a trial seat. A data mapping model was established between point clouds in three dimensional coordinate and BPD test data, which can be recognized and transferred in CAD system. In this context, an ergonomic-aided system was developed in practical application to demonstrate the viability of the method. Two designers tried out the system to design a seat cushion, and compared it with conventional method in Rhino software. Results show that the system is more interactive to designers, which can save time of surface modeling by about 50%.