Ride vibration on tractor-implement system

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 323-328

  Mehta, C R ^a   Shyam, M ^a   Singh, Pratap ^b   Verma, R N ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING   (India)

^b Department of Processing and Food Engineering   (India)

Author keywords

Operator comfort; Ride vibration; Tractor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MACHINE; OPERATOR; SPINE DISEASE; STOMACH DISEASE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034004825     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(99)00050-2     Document Type: Article

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