BS 7085:1989
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Guide to safety aspects of experiments in which people are exposed to mechanical vibration and shock
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English
31-08-1989
Foreword
Committees responsible
Guide
0. Introduction
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Hazards of mechanical vibration and shock
experiments on human test subjects
4. Operational vibration dose values
5. Design of equipment
6. Practice for laboratory experiments
7. Practice for field experiments
8. Selection and treatment of human test subjects
Appendices
A. Frequency weightings for mechanical vibration and
shock in directions of stimulus relevant to subject
safety
B. Example of consent form for a human test subject in
mechanical vibration and shock experiments
c. Medical contro-indications to participation in
experiments involving whole-body mechanical
vibration and shock
Tables
1. Weighted acceleration equivalent to a vibration
dose value of 15 m.s (-1.75) for continuous
mechanical vibration at constant magnitude
2. Characteristics of band-limiting and band-pass
filters for frequency weightings
3. Asymptotic approximations of the frequency
weightings given in table 2
Figures
1. Basicentric axes of the human body
2. Moduli of the frequency weightings with band-
limiting filters
Bibliography
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