Carre, M.J., Almagirby, A., Walton, J. et al. (1 more author) (2015) Vibration transmissibility measurement of glove materials under different grip forces. In: Proceedings of 50th UK Conference on Human Responses to Vibration. 50th Uk Conference on Human Responses to Vibration, 09-10 Sep 2015, Southampton, UK. University of Southampton ISBN 9780854329908
Abstract
The transmission of vibration from tools, through work gloves and into the hands, is affected by many factors such as glove material properties, tool vibration conditions, temperature, and grip force. This study investigated how glove material properties affect tool vibration transmission into the index finger. Three samples of material (two taken from differently designed anti-vibration gloves and another for comparison that was designed for mounting vibration-sensitive equipment) were assessed using stepped sinusoidal vertical vibration excitations covering a range of a one-third octave band (from 20 to 400 Hz). Twelve human subjects were used for the testing. For all samples and subjects, measurements were obtained for: (I) dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) of the samples; (II) the transmissibility of vibration to the index finger at a grip force of 30 N, across the range of frequencies; and (III) transmissibility of vibration to the index finger at a frequency of 125 Hz for finger grip forces of 15, 30, and 45 N. No significant vibration attenuation was provided at frequencies below 150 Hz. The two materials taken from the gloves that passed the ISO 10819:1996 test showed resonance at frequencies of 150 and 160 Hz a, but the material that did not pass the ISO test showed resonance at 250 Hz. The attenuation for all three materials was occurred at 400 Hz. There was no significant change of transmissibility across the range of finger grip forces for any of the material samples. The level of transmissibility was found to vary between samples and subjects.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author(s) and University of Southampton. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Mechanical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2016 10:58 |
Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2022 13:32 |
Published Version: | http://www.humanvibration.com/humanvibration/UK201... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of Southampton |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:90821 |