There are over one million workers exposed to hand-arm vibration in the United States. Cases of handarm vibration syndrome have been reported in the U.S. since 1918. Typical hand-arm vibration exposure conditions are given in this presentation. Vibration control methods are discussed; these include vibration damping and isolation, use of antivibration (A/V) tool and gloves, and the application ...

Over 150 lines in six tunneling subbands of an intermolecular vibration located near 25 cm r have been measured with partial hyperflne resolution and assigned to (NH, )2. The transitions sample all three types of tunneling states (A, G, E) and are consistent with the following assumptions: ( 1) G,, is the appropriate molecular symmetry group; (2) the equilibrium structure contains a plane of sy...

We present a systematic understanding of the rotational structure of a long-range (vibrationally highly-excited) diatomic molecule. For example, we show that depending on a quantum defect, the leastbound vibrational state of a diatomic molecule with −Cn/r (n > 2) asymptotic interaction can have only 1, 2, and up to a maximum of n − 2 rotational levels. A classification scheme of diatomic molecu...

The question of whether sound vibration of a medium can bring about any kind of molecular or macromolecular events is a long-standing scientific controversy. Although it is known that ultrasonic vibrations with frequencies of more than 1 MHz are able to align certain macromolecules in solution, no effect has yet been reported with audible sound, the frequency of which is much lower (20-20,000 H...