A review of the general effects of whole-body vibration

Heavy Vehicle Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 2-4, 1997, Pages 353-372

  Ranganathan, R ^a   Mohan, Mudumba Vamsi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver comfort; Driver vehicle interaction; Passenger comfort; Vehicle safety; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOMECHANICS; MACHINE VIBRATIONS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGY; RIDING QUALITIES; STANDARDS;

DRIVER VEHICLE INTERACTION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATIONS;

TRUCK DRIVERS;

EID: 0031357756     PISSN: 13517848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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