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Environmental Effects On Driver Acceleration Exposure, Shekhar Khanal

Masters Theses

The European Union has developed a set of standard for the exposure to whole body vibration measured by acceleration. For manufacturers to meet this directive, it is essential to understand the levels of exposures that are common among long-haul vehicle drivers.

Many factors can influence the exposure levels. Generally, all the European vehicles are the cab-over design. Each vehicle manufacturer has provided a combination of truck and cab suspensions in addition to the air-ride seating that is standard on the vehicles. The road quality, driver speeds, and time of daily work can have variation from country to country. The determination …