Evaluation of whole-body vibration and ride comfort in a passenger car

International Journal of Acoustics and Vibrations

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-149

  Nahvi, Hassan ^a   Fouladi, Mohammad Hosseini ^b   Mohd Nor, Mohd Jailani ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMFORT INDEX; ENERGY CONCENTRATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; INTERNATIONAL ROUGHNESS INDEX; LOW FREQUENCY; MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS; OBJECTIVE EVALUATION; OBJECTIVE METRICS; RECORDED SIGNALS; RIDE COMFORTS; SEAT SUSPENSION; VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS; VEHICLE VIBRATIONS; VERTICAL DIRECTION; VIBRATION ISOLATORS; WHOLE-BODY VIBRATIONS;

ANTIVIBRATION MOUNTINGS; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; AUTOMOBILES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350145189     PISSN: 10275851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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