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Human Response to
Vehicle Vibration
Neil J. Mansfield
Loughborough University, UK
6.1 INTRODUCTION
All vehicles expose their occupants to some form of vibration. Vibration can be due
to the inherent motion of the vehicle, such as manoeuvring, due to in-vehicle sources
such as motors, or due to the surface on which the vehicle is travelling. In most
cases, the focus of vehicle ergonomics is on the driver, but in many cases, vehicles
will contain multiple people, all of whom are exposed to vibration. This vibration
is usually transmitted to the occupant through a seat, but could also be transmitted
through contact with the hands, through