A study of hand vibration on chipping and grinding operators, II:​ four-degree-of-freedom lumped parameter model of the vibration response of the human hand

Reynolds, D. D.<sup>1</sup>; Falkenberg, R. J.<sup>2</sup>

Affiliations

¹Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, U.S.A.

²Alcoa Aluminum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Abstract

The results of the development of a four-degree-of-freedom, lumped parameter model of the vibration response characteristics of the human hand are presented. For this study dynamic compliance measurements were made on 75 foundry workers. Curve fitting techniques were then employed to identify the values of the model parameters that yielded empirically generated dynamic compliance curves that correlated well with the measured dynamic compliance values. The agreement was good between 20 Hz and 1000 Hz in the X- and Y-directions. The agreement was good between 20 Hz and 1000 Hz in the Z-direction.

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DOI: 10.1016/0022-460X(84)90232-3

WoS: A1984TU01000004

History

Received: 1982-07-22

Revised: 1983-09-15

Cited Works (4)

Year	Entry
1982	Reynolds DD, Falkenberg RJ. Three- and four-degrees-of-freedom models of the vibration response of the human hand. In: Brammer A., Taylor W, eds. Vibration Effects on the Hand and Arm in Industry. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons; 1982:117-132.
1977	Reynolds DD, Keith RH. Hand-arm vibration, I: analytical model of the vibration response characteristics of the hand. J Sound Vibrat. March 22, 1977;51(2):237-253.
1977	Reynolds DD, Standlee KG, Angevine EN. Hand-arm vibration, III: subjective response characteristics of individuals to hand-induced vibration. J Sound Vibrat. March 22, 1977;51(2):267-282.
1977	Reynolds DD, Angevine EN. Hand-arm vibration, II: vibration transmission characteristics of the hand and arm. J Sound Vibrat. March 22, 1977;51(2):255-265.

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