Biomechanical model of human on seat with backrest for evaluating ride quality

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 331-345

  Cho, Younggun ^a   Yoon, Yong San ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Backrest support; Biomechanical model; Ride quality; Seat cushion; Transmissibility; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); RIDING QUALITIES;

SITTING POSTURES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SEAT; SHORT SURVEY; SITTING; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 0035025873     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(00)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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