An investigation on the biodynamic foundation of a rat tail vibration model

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1127-1141

  Welcome, D E ^a   Krajnak, K ^a   Kashon, M L ^a   Dong, R G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

biodynamic response; fingers; hand; hand arm vibration; rat tail model

Indexed keywords

BIODYNAMIC RESPONSE; BIODYNAMICS; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; DAMPING RATIO; EQUIVALENT MODEL; FINGERS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FREQUENCY RANGES; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; HAND; HAND-ARM SYSTEM; HAND-ARM VIBRATION; HIGH FREQUENCY; HUMAN FINGERS; LASER VIBROMETERS; MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS; POWER ABSORPTION; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; VIBRATION MAGNITUDE; VIBRATION MODEL; VIBRATION TRANSMISSION; HAND ARM VIBRATIONS; RAT-TAIL MODELS;

LOCATION; MACHINE VIBRATIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ERGONOMICS; RATS;

ERGONOMICS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VIBRATION;

EID: 58149301690     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM419     Document Type: Article

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