Magnitude-dependence of equivalent comfort contours for fore-and-aft, lateral and vertical whole-body vibration

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 298, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 755-772

  Morioka, Miyuki ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

VIBRATION PERCEPTION; WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION;

VIBRATION CONTROL;

EID: 33748423061     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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