Page 1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Field of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5.1 Sample preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5.2 RSS time planning . . . ....

The University of Salford has derived an exposure-response relationship for vibration in residential environments. Vibration measurements have been used for assessing the human exposure alongside a social study questionnaire based on face-to-face interviews for quantifying the human response. This paper deals with the exposure side of the study. In order to cover the wide range of exposures aff...

Noise and whole-body vibration measurements were made in the following Canadian Forces vehicles: LAV III, Bison and M113A2 ADATS (air defence anti-tank system). Measurements were made at different crew positions while the vehicles were driven at different speeds over rough terrain and paved roads. The participants completed a questionnaire at the end of each measurement session on their reactio...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to assess the incidence of Raynaud's phenomenon in relation to hand-arm vibration exposure in a cohort consisting of male office and manual workers. METHODS The baseline population consisted of 94 office and 147 manual workers at an engineering plant. Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) was assessed at baseline and at follow up (at 5, 10 and 15 years). A retro...

Many Air Conditioning and Refrigeration hermetic compressor shells are designed with cantilevered attachments such as control valves. These attachments are subject to several sources of loading such as shell pressure, external tube load or vibration. One of the most common failure modes yet the least predictable is fatigue due to vibration at the joint with the shell. The purpose of the paper i...

In the first part of this study, the authors presented the results of cochlear microphonics measurements in guinea pigs subjected to long-term whole-body vibration. In animals undergoing vibration over 30, 90, and 180 days, a statistically significant lowering of voltage over the range up to 2 kHz was seen. In accordance with cochlear-frequency position, this pointed to possible formation of se...

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...

The skeleton responds to mechanical stimulation. We wished to ascertain the magnitude and speed of the growing skeleton's response to a standardised form of mechanical stimulation, vibration. 36 prepubertal boys stood for 10 minutes in total on one of two vibrating platforms (high (>2 g) or low (<1 g) magnitude vibration) on either 1, 3 or 5 successive days (n=12 for each duration); 15 control ...

To evaluate the effect of short-duration, high-load resistive exercise, with and without whole body vibration on lumbar muscle size, intervertebral disk and spinal morphology changes, and low back pain (LBP) incidence during prolonged bed rest, 24 subjects underwent 60 days of head-down tilt bed rest and performed either resistive vibration exercise (n = 7), resistive exercise only (n = 8), or ...

Equipment-induced vibration is widely recognized as a health hazard. It is a physical stressor to which many people are exposed at workplace. Mining industry is no exception. In spite of extensive research undertaken in the developed countries, information on the magnitude of the problem in India is not available. An estimated 1 million workers were engaged in the Indian mining industry in the ...