Abstract
Vibration in the three translational (fore-and-aft, lateral and vertical) and the three rotational (roll, pitch and yaw) axes of the head has been measured during exposure to whole-body random vibration. Using an instrumented bar gripped between the teeth, the influence of variations in bite grip and bite-bar mass on movements of the head were found to be small up to a mass of 375 g. The repeatability of measures of seat-to-head transmissibility within a single subject and the variability in transmissibility across a group of twelve subjects have been determined with two seating conditions: a rigid seat with a backrest and the same seat with no backrest. Seat-to-head transmissibilities associated with vertical seat vibration are presented at frequencies up to 25 Hz for all six axes of head vibration both with and without a backrest. Head motion occurred principally in the fore-and-aft, vertical and pitch axes of the head. The backrest increased the magnitude of head vibration in most cases. Intra-subject variability was generally small compared to inter-subject variability.
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