BS 6841:1987
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
Hardcopy , PDF
English
09-30-1987
Foreword
Committees responsible
Guide
1. Scope
2. Effects of whole-body vibration and repeated shock
3. Vibration measurement and frequency weighting
4. Guide to the evaluation of vibration and repeated
shock with respect to effects on health
5. Guide to the evaluation of vibration with respect
to effects on human activities
6. Guide to the evaluation of vibration and repeated
shock with respect to discomfort and perception
7. Guide to the evaluation of low frequency vibration
with respect to the incidence of motion sickness
Appendices
A. Effects of vibration and repeated shock on health
B. Effects of vibration on human activities
C. Effects of vibration and repeated shock on comfort
and perception
D. Effects of whole-body low frequency vibration on
the incidence of motion sickness
Tables
1. Outline guide to the application of frequency
weightings
2. Characteristics of band-limiting and band-pass
filters for frequency weightings
3. Asymptotic approximations to 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
3. Root-mean-square acceleration magnitudes
corresponding to vibration dose values from 1.9 m.s
(-1.75) to m.s.(-1.75) for vibration exposure
periods from 1 s to 24 h
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