The transmission of vibration to the occupants of a car seat with a suspended back-rest

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-207

  Lewis, C H ^a   Griffin, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ride comfort; Seat design; Seat transmissibility; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE; STRAIN; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BACK REST; RIDE COMFORT; SEAT DESIGN; SEAT TRANSMISSIBILITY; VIBRATION TRANSMISSION;

AUTOMOBILE SEATS;

EID: 0029709006     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1996_210_263_02     Document Type: Article

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