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Effects of 1-Hz and 2-Hz transient vertical vibration on discomfort

Effects of 1-Hz and 2-Hz transient vertical vibration on discomfort
Effects of 1-Hz and 2-Hz transient vertical vibration on discomfort

The discomfort caused by 1-Hz and 2-Hz vertical sinusoidal vibration has been studied with 20 seated subjects, using the method of magnitude estimation. The sinusoidal transients were superimposed on an 80-s background vibration which consisted of a 1-oct band of random vibration, centered on 1 Hz, with a magnitude of 0.63 m s-2 rms. The transients were added at five magnitudes (0.63-1.6 m s-2 rms) and seven durations (1-60 s). Male and female subjects produced comparable results and similar discomfort was produced by the two frequencies of vibration. Discomfort increased when the magnitudes or the durations of the transients were increased. Of alternative methods of predicting the discomfort, the overall vibration dose values gave the highest correlations with subject estimates, followed by the overall root-mean-square accelerations. A lower correlation was found with peak acceleration and the lowest correlation was with a running rms measurement, using a 1-s window.

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2157-2164
Ruffell, Catherine M.
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Griffin, Michael J.
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Ruffell, Catherine M.
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Griffin, Michael J.
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Ruffell, Catherine M. and Griffin, Michael J. (1995) Effects of 1-Hz and 2-Hz transient vertical vibration on discomfort. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 98 (4), 2157-2164. (doi:10.1121/1.413330).

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Abstract

The discomfort caused by 1-Hz and 2-Hz vertical sinusoidal vibration has been studied with 20 seated subjects, using the method of magnitude estimation. The sinusoidal transients were superimposed on an 80-s background vibration which consisted of a 1-oct band of random vibration, centered on 1 Hz, with a magnitude of 0.63 m s-2 rms. The transients were added at five magnitudes (0.63-1.6 m s-2 rms) and seven durations (1-60 s). Male and female subjects produced comparable results and similar discomfort was produced by the two frequencies of vibration. Discomfort increased when the magnitudes or the durations of the transients were increased. Of alternative methods of predicting the discomfort, the overall vibration dose values gave the highest correlations with subject estimates, followed by the overall root-mean-square accelerations. A lower correlation was found with peak acceleration and the lowest correlation was with a running rms measurement, using a 1-s window.

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Accepted/In Press date: May 1995
Published date: October 1995

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Local EPrints ID: 429447
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/429447
ISSN: 0001-4966
PURE UUID: 3420dbb8-357f-4f29-9820-0503bcc2d1c7
ORCID for Michael J. Griffin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-9502

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Author: Catherine M. Ruffell
Author: Michael J. Griffin ORCID iD

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