Accessibility Evaluation in Aircraft Cabin Based on Virtual Reality

Abstract:

With the rapid development of the air transport industry, more attention is paid to interior ergonomics analysis which directly affects the time and cost spent during design. To provide a quick and human-in-loop accessibility way to evaluate accessibility in aircraft cabin, a new method based on virtual reality is proposed. In this method, the digital mock-up model is converted to other format which is need to build a virtual environment first, then virtual environment is built and a virtual hand is driven through tracking hand’s position by A.R.T(Advanced Realtime Tracking ) system to carry on accessibility evaluation in the virtual environment. Based on above-mentioned method the aircraft cabin accessibility evaluation system is designed and realized, which is verified by one case of a certain aircraft cabin. The result shows this method is simple and useful, offering a new way for accessibility evaluation in aircraft cabin.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 651-653)
• Pages: 1511-1514
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.651-653.1511
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Xian Li*, Hu Liu
• Keywords: Accessibility Evaluation, Aircraft Cabin, Virtual Reality

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