A study of vibration characteristics on a luxury wheelchair and a new prototype wheelchair

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 443-452

  Hostens, I ^a   Papaioannou, Y ^a   Spaepen, A ^a   Ramon, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH HAZARDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); WHEELCHAIRS;

HUMAN BODY; PHYSICAL DAMAGE; VIBRATION TRANSMISSIBILITY;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0141749450     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-460X(03)00577-7     Document Type: Article

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