Methods of assessing the ride comfort afforded to tractor drivers by their vehicles and the ride improvement provided by seat suspension are reviewed in relation to information available on the human tolerance to whole-body vibration. Experience with different methods of measurement is reported and a proposal made for the establishment of an internationally agreed method of ride comfort rating based on standardized undulating surfaces over which vibration of the driver's seat is analyzed, using frequency weighting to represent the differing sensitivity of the body to different vibration frequencies.


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    Title :

    The Measurement of Tractor Ride Comfort


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    1973 SAE International Off-Highway and Powerplant Congress and Exposition ; 1973



    Publication date :

    1973-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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