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Finite Element Analysis Structural Standards

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A Methodology For Verification Of Structural Standards For A Seating System By Finite Element Analysis, Zachary Kelly Dworaczyk Wiltshire Jun 2019

A Methodology For Verification Of Structural Standards For A Seating System By Finite Element Analysis, Zachary Kelly Dworaczyk Wiltshire

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Currently California Polytechnic State University has a patent pending on a new type of seating system designed to increase the functionality of public transportation vehicles. The patent is based on the work completed by a senior project group in 2016, whose design showcased the feasibility of the idea. Further development was completed by a second senior project group, the Adjustable Seating Systems, in 2019. The intent of the Adjustable Seating Systems group was to develop a seating system with the intent of commercialization and implementation in paratransit vehicles with future development into large buses and trains.

Seating systems used in …