Canadian Acoustics, vol.39, no.2, pp.94-95, 2011 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
The purpose of this research is to establish a suitable
frequency-weighting curve for comfort evaluation with
regard to hand-arm vibration using the category judgment
method (Guilford, 1954). Many frequency-weighting curves
based on biodynamic responses or on epidemiological data
for hand-arm vibration exposure have been proposed by
many researchers, as shown in Figure 1. It is not clear
which frequency-weighting curve is best for establishing
relationships between frequency-weighted r.m.s. acceleration and hand-arm vibration comfort. Therefore a
psychological experiment has been performed to investigate
the effectiveness of the frequency weightings in Figure 1 to
predict comfort