Journal
ERGONOMICS
Volume 55, Issue 8, Pages 909-922Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2012.678390
Keywords
backrest angle; ride comfort; frequency weighting
Funding
- Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia
- Universiti Teknikal Malaysia, Melaka
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This study determined how backrest inclination and the frequency and magnitude of vertical seat vibration influence vibration discomfort. Subjects experienced vertical seat vibration at frequencies in the range 2.5-25 Hz at vibration magnitudes in the range 0.016-2.0 ms(-2) r.m.s. Equivalent comfort contours were determined with five backrest conditions: no backrest, and with a stationary backrest inclined at 08 (upright), 308, 608 and 908. Within all conditions, the frequency of greatest sensitivity to acceleration decreased with increasing vibration magnitude. Compared to an upright backrest, around the main resonance of the body, the vibration magnitudes required to cause similar discomfort were 100% greater with 608 and 908 backrest inclinations and 50% greater with a 308 backrest inclination. It is concluded that no single frequency weighting provides an accurate prediction of the discomfort caused by vertical seat vibration at all magnitudes and with all backrest conditions.
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