Absolute thresholds for the perception of fore-and-aft, lateral, and vertical vibration at the hand, the seat, and the foot

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 314, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 357-370

  Morioka, Miyuki ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

OSCILLATORY MOTIONS; U-SHAPED ACCELERATION THRESHOLD; VERTICAL VIBRATIONS; VIBRATION FREQUENCY;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 42049098624     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2007.12.036     Document Type: Article

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