WHOLE BODY VIBRATION LEVELS: A REALISTIC BASELINE FOR STANDARDS

Statistical measures of whole-body vibration from ambulation are shown to be higher than those from operation of earthmoving machinery and significantly higher than published guidelines for human exposure to whole-body vibration. The inconsistency of human response to low level vibration of technological origin as compared to human imperceptiveness to high level vibration from ambulation is discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Barton, J C
  • Hefner, R E
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Earthwork; Guidelines; Human factors; Standards; Statistical analysis; Vibration
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139976
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #760415
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 6 1976 12:00AM