Optimum seat pan and back-rest parameters for a comfortable tractor seat

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-186

  Tewari, V K ^a   Prasad, N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DRIVER; ENGINEERING; ERGONOMICS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRESSURE; SEAT; SITTING; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033968485     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401300184549     Document Type: Article

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