Survey of technical preventative measures to reduce whole-body vibration effects when designing mobile machinery

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 169-183

  Donati, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHMOVING MACHINERY; ERGONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

MOBILE MACHINERY;

MACHINE VIBRATIONS;

EID: 0037162198     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsvi.2001.4254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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