SOME OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE VIBRATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN CHILD SEATS

A growing issue in the area of vehicular ride comfort is that of safety seats. Postural, thermal and vibrational comfort consider finding their way into child seat design. This paper makes some regarding the current state of child safety seat design, then goe present the results of vibration tests performed over two road su two child seats and two children. The vibration levels measured interfaces between the children and their seats were found to be the vibration levels between the driver and the driver's seat. C power spectral densities and acceleration transmissibility functi that the vibration transmission characteristics of the coupled sy consisting of the automobile seat, child seat and child were diff those of the driver/seat system. Whereas, automobile seats norma vibrational disturbances at most frequenices, the child seats tes vibration at most frequencies up to 60 Hz. (A)

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00036870
• Corporate Authors:

  Elsevier

  The Boulevard, Langford Lane
  Kidlington, Oxford  United Kingdom  OX5 1GB
• Authors:
  • GIACOMIN, J
• Publication Date: 2000-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 207-15
• Serial:
  • Applied Ergonomics
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0003-6870
  • EISSN: 1872-9126
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00036870

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Children; Comfort; Seats; Vibration
• ITRD Terms: 1758: Child; 9138: Comfort; 1388: Seat (veh); 5558: Vibration
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00788453
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD,
• Created Date: Mar 3 2000 12:00AM