• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Human vibration exposure: Progress and problems in standardization
  • Contributor: von Gierke, Henning E.
  • Published: Acoustical Society of America (ASA), 1981
  • Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Extent: S35-S35
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1121/1.2018839
  • ISSN: 0001-4966; 1520-8524
  • Keywords: Acoustics and Ultrasonics ; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Abstract: <jats:p>Over the last 15 years national and international interest in human whole-body vibration resulted in several guidelines and draft standards which are at various stages of adoption. The primary document is ISO 2631 (1978), “Guide for the Evaluation of Human Exposure to Whole-Body Vibration,” with several amendments and addenda. The most important ones of the latter are incorporated into the corresponding ANSI document, ANSI S3.18-1979, “American National Standard Guide for the Evaluation of Human Exposure to Whole-Body Vibration.” The advantages and shortcomings of these documents are discussed together with the proposals under study to update and extend these guidelines based on new laboratory and field data, to specific environments such as buildings, surface transportation vehicles, and ships. Open questions and areas which need further research will be covered in this introduction to the Session on Whole-Body Vibration.</jats:p>
  • Description: <jats:p>Over the last 15 years national and international interest in human whole-body vibration resulted in several guidelines and draft standards which are at various stages of adoption. The primary document is ISO 2631 (1978), “Guide for the Evaluation of Human Exposure to Whole-Body Vibration,” with several amendments and addenda. The most important ones of the latter are incorporated into the corresponding ANSI document, ANSI S3.18-1979, “American National Standard Guide for the Evaluation of Human Exposure to Whole-Body Vibration.” The advantages and shortcomings of these documents are discussed together with the proposals under study to update and extend these guidelines based on new laboratory and field data, to specific environments such as buildings, surface transportation vehicles, and ships. Open questions and areas which need further research will be covered in this introduction to the Session on Whole-Body Vibration.</jats:p>
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