Abstract: The object of this research is the study of the response of a simple mass-spring-damper system to repetitive impact. The following analytical and experimental methods were employed: (a) Solution ...

Abstract: Objective comfort evaluation using the method of absorbed power requires the interface acceleration between the vehicle seat and the passenger. This acceleration can be obtained experimentally, ...

Abstract: The initial portion of the paper discusses the more conventional method of obtaining a vehicle transfer function where phase and magnitude are determined by dividing the cross spectral density ...