Distribution of human-seat interface pressure on a soft automotive seat under vertical vibration

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 545-557

  Wu, X ^a   Rakheja, S ^a   Boileau, P E ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Driver seating; Human seat interactions; Human seat interface pressure; Ischium pressure; Ischium weight; Whole body vehicular vibration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVER; DRIVER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHIUM; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; VIBRATION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 0032815414     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(98)00058-4     Document Type: Article

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