Biodynamic responses of seated pregnant subjects exposed to vertical vibrations in driving conditions

User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1017-1049

  Liang, Cho Chung ^a   Chiang, Chi Feng ^a   Nguyen, Truong Giang ^a  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biodynamics; Full car model; Half car model; Lumped parameter models; Seated pregnant woman; Whole body vibrations

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

FULL-CAR MODELS; HALF-CAR MODELS; LUMPED-PARAMETER MODELS; SEATED PREGNANT WOMAN; WHOLE-BODY VIBRATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 34748921801     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110601176668     Document Type: Article

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