Man under vibration, suffering and protection, Volume 13: Proceedings of the International CISM-IFToMM-WHO Symposium, Udine, Italy, April 3-6, 1979 (Studies in Environmental Science)

Front Cover......Page 1 Man Under Vibration: Suffering and Protection......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 LIST OF CONTENTS......Page 6 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE......Page 10 FOREWORD......Page 13 Allocution......Page 15 MODERN PROBLEMS OF VIBRATIONS IN THE SYSTEMS "MAN-MACHINE-ENVIRONMENT"......Page 16 CHAPTER 1. EFFECTS OF MUSCLE VIBRATION AND JOINT OSCILLATION ON HUMAN MOTOR MECHANISMS......Page 57 CHAPTER 2. EFFECT OF BASE OSCILLATIONS ON THE HUMAN SKELETAL MUSCLE AND JOINT FORCES IN A STANDING POSTURE......Page 70 CHAPTER 3. MECHANORECEPTOR SYSTEMS OF THE ORGANISM FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF VIBRATIONAL BIOMECHANICS......Page 80 CHAPTER 4. IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF VIBRATION TRANSMITTED TO THE HAND......Page 91 CHAPTER 5. BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR HYGIENIC RATING OF INDUSTRIAL WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION IN THE U.S.S.R.......Page 102 CHAPTER 6. EFFECTS OF VIBRATING TOOLS ON THE PERIPHERAL VESSELS AND THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IN WORKERS OF AN IRON FOUNDRY. PREVENTIVE SUGGESTIONS......Page 112 CHAPTER 7. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HUMAN AND SUBHUMAN OPERATOR PERFORMANCE IN A CONTROL LOOP......Page 145 CHAPTER 8. DIFFICULTIES OF THE EVALUATION OF STRESS DUE TO MECHANICAL VIBRATION SUFFERED BY MANKIND......Page 156 CHAPTER 9. HAND-ARM VIBRATION IN SHIPYARD CAULKERS......Page 166 CHAPTER 1. THE DETERMINATION OF THE EQUIVALENT BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ANKLE JOINT MUSCLES BY VIBRATION TESTS......Page 181 CHAPTER 2. DYNAMIC MODELING AND VIBRATORY RESPONSE OF HUMAN SUBJECTS IN HEAVE MODE......Page 191 CHAPTER 3. THE LOAD ON THE LOWER EXTREMITIES IN SELECTED SPORTS ACTIVITIES......Page 205 CHAPTER 4. SOME PROBLEMS OF IDENTIFICATION AND MODELLING OF THE HUMAN BODY......Page 215 CHAPTER 5. A VIBRATION MODEL FOR THE HUMAN HAND-ARM-SYSTEM......Page 225 CHAPTER 6. THE ANTHROPOMETRIC MODEL OF A HUMAN HAND......Page 237 CHAPTER 7. NON-LINEAR EFFECTS CONNECTED WITH THE SPATIAL VIBRATIONS OF BIOMECHANICAL SYSTEMS......Page 243 CHAPTER 8. VIBRATION DEFENCE OF MAN: QUESTIONS OF MODELING......Page 250 CHAPTER 1. AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR STUDY AND MEASUREMENT OF VIBRATION PARAMETERS AFFECTING HUMAN BODY......Page 262 CHAPTER 2. CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF COMMON METHODS TO DETERMINE VIBRATIONAL STRESS OF HAND-ARM SYSTEM......Page 276 CHAPTER 3. ON THE MEASURING OF CONTACT FORCES BETWEEN HUMAN BODY AND EQUIPMENT......Page 290 CHAPTER 4. A SURVEY OF VIBRATION CONTROL METHODS......Page 302 CHAPTER 5. OPTIMIZATION OF STOCHASTIC MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS......Page 330 CHAPTER 6. EXPERIMENTAL METHOD FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF DYNAMIC PROPERTIES, OF A VIBRO-ISOLATIVE SYSTEM WITH A RUBBER SPRING......Page 345 CHAPTER 7. BIFIXATION AS A DYNAMIC SELF-REGULATING SYSTEM......Page 356 CHAPTER 1. VIBRATION MACHINES AND MAN......Page 363 CHAPTER 2. KINEMATIC TYPE ACTIVE VIBRO-ISOLATION DEVICES......Page 368 CHAPTER 3. MINIMIZATION OF TRACTOR-OCCUPANT'S TRAUMATIC VIBRATIONAL RESPONSE BY MEANS OF THE "PATIL-PALANI-CHAMY-GHISTA" (PPG) TRACTOR SEAT SUSPENSION......Page 379 CHAPTER 4. THE NIAE SUSPENDED CAB TRACTOR......Page 387 CHAPTER 5. VIBRO-ISOLATION IN PORTABLE TOOLS (SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS AND METHOD, DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTUALLY NEW VIBRATION-SAFE TOOLS, FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS)......Page 402 CHAPTER 6. MAN-MACHINE-OBJECT BEING WORKED-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM AND VIBRATION......Page 410 CHAPTER 7. PROPERTIES OF NON-LINEAR VIBRATION-PROTECTION SYSTEMS WITH DIFFERENT DISSIPATIVE CHARACTERISTICS......Page 424 DISCUSSIONS......Page 434 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS......Page 450