To review the main achievement and problems of study on hand-arm vibration syndrome in China. The epidemiological and clinical study indicate that HAVS was reported from almost provinces in China, the prevalence of VWF ranges from 2.5% to 82.8% in the workers with vibrating tool use. The exposure-response relationship between prevalence of VWF and intensity and duration of exposed to hand-trans...

Vibration-reducing (VR) gloves are commonly used as a means to help control exposures to hand-transmitted vibrations generated by powered hand tools. The objective of this study was to characterise the vibration transmissibility spectra and frequency-weighted vibration transmissibility of VR gloves at the palm of the hand in three orthogonal directions. Seven adult males participated in the eva...

A novel method, which was called a slope method, has been proposed to measure fluid density by the micro-cantilever sensing chip. The theoretical formulas of the slope method were discussed and established when the micro-cantilever sensing chip was under flexural and torsional vibrations. The slope was calculated based on the fitted curve between the excitation and output voltages of sensing ch...

Because the underlying physiology of pathological tremor in a Parkinson's patient is not well understood, the existing physical and drug therapies have not been successful in tremor treatment. Different mathematical modeling of such vibration has been introduced to investigate the problem and reduce the existing vibration. Most of the models have represented the induced vibration as a sinusoida...

This paper provides a state-of-the-art review of eigenstructure assignment methods for vibration cancellation. Eigenstructure assignment techniques have been widely used during the past three decades for vibration suppression in structures, especially in large space structures. These methods work similar to mode localization in which global vibrations are managed such that they remain localized...

Occupational exposure to vibration through the use of power- and pneumatic hand-tools results in cold-induced vasospasms, finger blanching, and alterations in sensorineural function. Collectively, these symptoms are referred to as hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). Currently the International Standards Organization (ISO) standard ISO 5349-1 contains a frequency-weighting curve to help workers ...

The purpose of this study was to understand the peculiarity of the development of Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) in a subtropical area of Japan. We analyzed the medical records of 21 subjects reported by the Okinawa Labor Bureau, and tried to determine whether the warm environment has any effect on the severity of HAVS. The mean operating time of vibration tools for all the subjects was ove...

Few studies have focused on the health effects of vibrating tools on workers in the tropical area. Work conditions and health effects related to rock drill operation were studied in 102 quarry workers, including 73 rock drill operators in Vietnam. We aimed to clarify (1) risk of vibration exposure, (2) occurrence of vibration-induced white finger (VWF), and (3) characteristics of hand-arm vibra...

OBJECTIVES The dose-response relationship for hand-transmitted vibration has been investigated extensively in temperate environments. Since the clinical features of hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) differ between the temperate and tropical environment, we conducted this study to investigate the dose-response relationship of HAVS in a tropical environment. METHODS A total of 173 male constru...

Vibration tests are commonly used to design or qualify products such as electronics, auto parts, and consumer goods, and ensure they can withstand transportation and normal use or occasional vibration shocks. Many vibration tests specify random, sine, or classic shock vibration profiles. These produce vibrations from mathematically parameterized models and result in very predictive and consiste...