To minimise the discomfort of standing people caused by vibration of a floor, it is necessary to know how their sensitivity to vibration depends on the frequency of the vibration. This study was designed to determine how the discomfort of standing people exposed to horizontal and vertical vibration depends on vibration frequency over the range 0.5-16 Hz. Using the method of magnitude estimation, sixteen subjects judged the discomfort caused by fore-and-aft, lateral, and vertical sinusoidal vibration at each of the sixteen preferred one-third octave centre frequencies from 0.5 to 16 Hz at each of nine magnitudes. Subjects also reported the main cause of their discomfort. Equivalent comfort contours were constructed, reflecting the effect of frequency on subject sensitivity to vibration acceleration. With horizontal vibration, at frequencies between 0.5 and 3.15 Hz the discomfort was similar when the vibration velocity was similar, whereas at frequencies between 3.15 and 16 Hz the discomfort was similar when the vibration acceleration was similar. At frequencies less than 3.15 Hz, the subjects experienced problems with their stability, whereas at higher frequencies vibration discomfort was mostly experienced from sensations in the legs and feet. With vertical vibration, discomfort was felt in the lower-body and upper-body at all frequencies. The frequency weightings in current standards for predicting the vibration discomfort of standing persons have been greatly influenced by the findings of studies with seated subjects: the weightings are consistent with the experimentally determined frequencydependence of discomfort caused by vertical vibration but inconsistent with the experimentally determined frequency-dependence of discomfort caused by horizontal vibration. The results suggest that the responses of seated and standing people are similar for vertical vibration, but differ for horizontal vibration, partly due to greater instability in standing persons.


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    Titel :

    The vibration discomfort of standing persons: 0.5-16-Hz fore-and-aft, lateral, and vertical vibration


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Komforteinbuße stehender Personen durch Schwingungen: 0,5 - 16 Hz Vorder- und Hinterschwingung, laterale und vertikale Schwingung


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    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2011


    Format / Umfang :

    11 Seiten, 9 Bilder, 23 Quellen




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch