Development of a set of Korean manikins

There is a difficulty in defining the 95% accommodation of a population for complex design problems when several body dimensions are involved. This study reports a method for constructing a family of manikins which are validated for population accommodation. They are analysed in terms of the interactions or relationships between the body dimensions' measurements. The proposed manikin family represents multivariate body measurements as a limited set of design alternatives. From the proposed method, a family of nine manikins is established to represent Korean males aged between 30 and 50 years to be used when determining workplace dimensions.