The vibration isolation efficiency of seating has been evaluated in 100 work vehicles in 14 categories (cars, vans, lift trucks, lorries, tractors, buses, dumpers, excavators, helicopters, armoured vehicles, mobile cranes, grass rollers, mowers and milk floats). Seat isolation efficiency, expressed by the SEAT value, was determined for all seats (67 conventional seats and 33 suspension seats) from the vertical acceleration measured on the floors and on the seats of the vehicles. For most categories of vehicle, the average SEAT value was less than 100 % indicating that the average seat provided some attenuation of vibration. However, there were large variations in SEAT values between vehicles within categories. Two alternative vibration frequency weightings (Wb from BS 6841,1987; Wk from ISO 2631,1997) yielded SEAT values that differed by less than 6 %. Overall, the SEAT values determined by two alternative methods (the ratio of r.m.s. values and the ratio of vibration dose values) differed by less than 4.5 % when using weighting Wb, although larger differences may be expected in some situations. The median SEAT value for the suspension seats was 84.6 %; the median SEAT value for the conventional seats was 86.9 % (based on weighting Wb and the ratio of r.m.s. values). Predicted SEAT values were obtained assuming that each seat could be interchanged between vehicles without altering its transmissibility. The calculations suggest that 94 % of the vehicles investigated might benefit from changing the current seat to a seat from one of the other vehicles investigated. Although the predictions are based on assumptions that will not always apply, it is concluded that the severity of whole-body vibration exposures in many work environments can be lessened by improvements to seating dynamics.


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    Title :

    Effect of seating on exposures to whole-body vibration in vehicles


    Additional title:

    Einfluß der Schwingungsisolierung von Sitzen auf Ganzkörperschwingungen in Fahrzeugen


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    27 Seiten, 18 Bilder, 7 Tabellen, 12 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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