Effect of stiffness and movement speed on selected dynamic torque characteristics of hydraulic-actuation joystick controls for heavy vehicles

Ergonomics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-268

  Oliver, Michele ^a   Rogers, Robert ^b   Rickards, Jeremy ^b   Tingley, Maureen ^b   Biden, Edmund ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic forces; Hydraulic actuation joysticks; Off road machines

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEED CONTROL; STIFFNESS; TORQUE CONTROL;

DYNAMIC FORCES; HYDRAULIC-ACTUATION JOYSTICKS; MOVEMENT SPEED; OFF-ROAD MACHINES;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; TORQUE;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; MOVEMENT; ROTATION; TORQUE;

EID: 33645093191     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500489865     Document Type: Article

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