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Human Vibration Measurement for Passenger Car and Seat Characteristics Optimization (승용차에서의 인체 진동 측정 및 시트 특성 최적설계)

  • Cho, Young-Gun;Yoon, Yong-San
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.23 no.7 s.166
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    • pp.1155-1163
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    • 1999
  • This study deals with the vibration ride quality for passenger car when running on straight highway at the speed of 70km/h. Ten accelerations were measured at four positions, three axes each at the feet, hip, and head, and one axis at the back. Five seats that have different static sponge stiffness were used, and two subjects were participated. These accelerations were analyzed to produce the ride values such as component ride value and overall ride value. It was hard to see the difference of ride value by the change of sponge stiffness. However we could rank the ride quality by the total vibration exposed to passengers. From the transfer function between the hip and the foot, the fundamental mode was observed to be around 5.8Hz. Also the transfer function between the head and hip was studied. The optimal damping ratio of the seat was calculated according to the seat natural frequency with human weighting filter which makes the optimal damping ratio different from that without weighting filter.

Vibration performance characteristics of a long-span and light-weight concrete floor under human-induced loads

  • Cao, Liang;Liu, Jiepeng;Zhou, Xuhong;Chen, Y. Frank
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.65 no.3
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    • pp.349-357
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    • 2018
  • An extensive research was undertaken to study the vibration serviceability of a long-span and light-weight floor subjected to human loading experimentally and numerically. Specifically, heel-drop test was first conducted to capture the floor's natural frequencies and damping ratios, followed by jumping and running tests to obtain the acceleration responses. In addition, numerical simulations considering walking excitation were performed to further evaluate the vibration performance of a multi-panel floor under different loading cases and walking rates. The floor is found to have a high frequency (11.67 Hz) and a low damping ratio (2.32%). The comparison of the test results with the published data from the 1997 AISC Design Guide 11 indicates that the floor exhibits satisfactory vibration perceptibility overall. The study results show that the peak acceleration is affected by the walking path, walking rate, and adjacent structure. A simpler loading case may be considered in design in place of a more complex one.

A system of multiple controllers for attenuating the dynamic response of multimode floor structures to human walking

  • Battista, Ronaldo C.;Varela, Wendell D.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.467-478
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    • 2019
  • Composite floor structures formed by continuous slab panels may be susceptible to excessive vibrations, even when properly designed in terms of ultimate limit state criteria. This is due to the inherent vibration characteristics of continuous floor slabs composed by precast orthotropic reinforced concrete panels supported by steel beams. These floor structures display close spaced multimode vibration frequencies and this dynamic characteristic results in a non-trivial vibration problem. Structural stiffening and/or insertion of struts between floors are the usual tentative solution applied to existing vibrating floor structures. Such structural alterations are in general expensive and unsuitable. In this paper, this vibration problem is analyzed on the basis of results obtained from experimental measurements in typical composite floors and their theoretical counterpart obtained with computational modeling simulations. A passive control system composed by multiple synchronized dynamic attenuators (MSDA) was designed and installed in these floor structures and its efficiency was evaluated both experimentally and through numerical simulations. The results obtained from experimental tests of the continuous slab panels under human walking dynamic action proved the effectiveness of this control system in reducing vibrations amplitudes.

An experimental study on the human upright standing posture exposed to longitudinal vibration

  • Shin, Young-Kyun;Arif Muhammad;Inooka Hikaru
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.77.2-77
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    • 2002
  • Human upright standing posture in the sagittal plane is studied, when it exposed in the antero-posterior vibration. A two link inverted pendulum model is considered and described its functional behavior in terms of ankle and hip joint according to the dominant joints that provides the largest contribution to the corresponding human reactionary motion. The data is analyzed, both in the time domain and the frequency domain. Subjects behave as a non-rigid pendulum with a mass and a spring throughout the whole period of the platform motion. When vision was allowed, each segment of body shows more stabilized.

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Ride Quality Evaluation of Seat Suspension Adopting Controllable Damper (제어 가능한 댐퍼를 적용한 시트 현가장치의 승차감 평가)

  • Han, Young-Min;Min, Chul-Gi
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.21 no.12
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    • pp.1199-1205
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    • 2011
  • In the present work, a seat suspension system adopting semi-active damper is evaluated for driver's ride quality. A cylindrical type of ER(electrorheological) damper is designed and manufactured for the seat suspension of heavy vehicles. The governing equation is derived under consideration of human vibration. A sliding mode controller is then synthesized and experimentally realized on the manufactured ER seat suspension while a driver is sitting on the controlled seat. Ride quality is evaluated by fatigue decreased proficiency boundary, vibration dose value and crest factor utilizing weighted-acceleration according to ISO2631.

RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RIDING COMFORT AND CAR SEAT MATERIALS

  • Kubo, Mitsunori;Terauchi, Fumio;Aoki, Hiroyuki;Suzuki, Tsutomu;Isobe, Masahiro;Okubo, Kazuhiko
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.312-317
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    • 2000
  • The relationship between riding comfort and the properties of flexible polyurethane foam used in car seats was quantitatively illustrated through vibration experiments with humans sitting in car seats, which were vertically shaken by vibrator. Riding comfort was estimated according to SD (Semantic Differential)-method using questionnaire, and was analyzed with a factor analysis which demonstrated the principal factors of riding comfort. At the same time, riding comfort was related to the properties of the flexible polyurethane foam with coefficients of correlation. It was also related to the behaviour of its vibration of humans sitting in the seats. As a result, it was demonstrated that the relationship between riding comfort and the flexible polyurethane foam properties varies according to the frequency of the vibration shaking the human sitting in the seat. and it was demonstrated that the frequency dependence of the relationship is strongly affected by the physical changes of the vibration modes of the human-seat vibration system.

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A Study on the Development of 6DOF Vibration Simulator for Human Vibration Experiment (인체진동 실험용 6 자유도 가진기 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Woo, Chun-Kyu;Kim, Soo-Hyun;Kwak, Yoon-Keun;Cheung, Wan-Sup
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2000.06a
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    • pp.144-150
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, we introduce a modified six-degrees-of-freedom parallel-link manipulator, which will be applied to the human vibration experiments. We analyze the inverse kinematics and workspace of this manipulator and comprehend the characteristics of kinematics analyzed. Additionally, solutions of forward kinematics are obtained through the iterative Newton-Raphson method known as one of the most used numerical analysis. Finally, dynamic equation of the manipulator is derived in closed form through the Newton-Euler approach, which will be used for the development of control software.

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Benefits and Risks of Whole Body Vibration Based Acceleration Training (전신 진동기반 중력가속 운동의 효과와 위험성)

  • Lee, Woon-Yong
    • Journal of Wellness
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.101-111
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    • 2012
  • The benefits and risks of whole body vibration (WBV) based acceleration training on the human body have been documented for many years. WBV training has been shown to increase muscular strength, explosive power, bone strength, performance, mobility, cardiovascular function, circulation and anabolic hormone level and so on. The purpose of this review is correct understanding and application of WBV training. Without proper understanding, rather, to apply WBV to the human body can be fatal harm, and therefore know that what is vibration and has advantages and disadvantages. If there is anything positive side there is bound to the negative aspects. In this regard, WBV training can have a positive impact on the already confirmed by several studies and also, there have been scientifically proven. But still we are part of a scientific approach that is acceptable even to keep in mind that you will always coexist. Once again, the effect of WBV with a physical stimulus that risk and should be remembered. In addition, given the momentum and how to exercise and well-being well aware that vibration exercise as a way to think of how not to be familiar with.

Vibration Control of a Knee Joint System considering Human Vibration of the New R.G.O. for a Rehabilitation Trainning of Paraplegia (II) (척수마비환자 재활훈련용 보행보조기의 인체진동을 고려한 무릎관절 시스템 진동제어(II))

  • Kim, Myung-Hoe;Jang, Dae-Jin;Baek, Yun-Soo;Park, Young-Pil;Park, Chang-Il
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.11b
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    • pp.446-452
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    • 2002
  • This paper Presents a 3-D design and a Vibration control of a new walking R.G.O.(Robotic Gait Orthosis) and would like to develop a simulation by this walking system. The vibration control and evaluation of the new knee joint mechanism on the biped walking R.G.O.(Robotic Gait Orthosis) was a very unique system and was to obtain by the 3-axis accelerometer with a low frequency vibration for the paraplegia It will be expect that the spinal cord injury patients are able to recover effectively by a biped walking R.G.O.. The new knee joint system of both legs were adopted with a good kinematic characteristics. It was designed attached a DC-srevo motor and controller, with a human wear type. It was able to accomodate itself to a environments of S.C.I. Patients. It will be expect that the spinal cord injury patients are able to recover effectively by a new walking R.G.O. system.

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