All Outputs (3)

Perceptions of an automotive load space in a virtual environment (2017)
Journal Article
Lawson, G., Roper, T., Herriotts, P., Malcolm, L., & Salanitri, D. (2017). Perceptions of an automotive load space in a virtual environment. International Journal of Vehicle Design, 74(2), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJVD.2017.085456

A study was conducted to investigate the accuracy of perceptions of a car load space in a CAVE virtual environment. A total of 46 participants rated load space width, height, depth, usability and overall capacity after viewing either a virtual Range... Read More about Perceptions of an automotive load space in a virtual environment.

Human behaviour in emergency situations: Comparisons between aviation and rail domains (2017)
Journal Article
Stedmon, A., Lawson, G., Lewis, L., Richards, D., & Grant, R. (2017). Human behaviour in emergency situations: Comparisons between aviation and rail domains. Security Journal, 30(3), 963-978. https://doi.org/10.1057/sj.2015.34

This article presents a comparative review of the knowledge base regarding human behaviour in emergencies for both aviation and rail domains. Generic models of human behaviour in emergency situations are introduced and specific attention is then focu... Read More about Human behaviour in emergency situations: Comparisons between aviation and rail domains.

User-centred design of a portable fire extinguisher (2017)
Journal Article
Amos, M., & Lawson, G. (2017). User-centred design of a portable fire extinguisher. Ergonomics in Design, 25(3), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1177/1064804617707871

This case study documents the process followed to produce an alternative design of fire extinguisher. The work focuses on how informative data can be gathered for an ethically challenging product scenario through the use of a range of user-centred re... Read More about User-centred design of a portable fire extinguisher.