Anthropometry of indonesian male and its use for the design of train passenger seats

An anthropometric study of male Indonesian who use economy class train in East Java was conducted. Fifty eight body dimensions, age, body weight, and hand squeeze strength for chair design importance were measured for 200 Indonesian males, comprising Javanese (100) and Madurese (100) tribes. The two tribes were compared to identity similarity and contrast existing in their respective body dimensions. Descriptive statistics provided mean, standard deviation, percentile value and coefficient of variance of each population. The survey also revealed that the mean values of Relative Sitting Height (RSH), body surface area (BSA), and hand squeeze strength of Javanese male farmers were higher than the Madurese have. However, their body mass index (BMI) of Javanese ware lower than Madurese BMI. For ergonomically design for train passenger seats are as follows seat height 37.9 cm, seat depth 40.2 cm, seat width per passenger 40.0 cm, height of back rest 86.2 cm, angle of tilt back rest is 105° to 115°, width of backrest is 43.3 cm, height of armrest is 18.2 cm, length arm of armrest is 26.7 cm, footrest width is 4.4 cm, legroom is 54.1 cm.