Accession Number:

AD0256926

Title:

THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF VIBRATION

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMED FORCES-NRC COMMITTEE ON HEARING AND BIO-ACOUSTICS WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• GOLDMAN, D. E.

Report Date:

1961-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

59.0

Abstract:

This report includes Naval Medical Research Inst., Bethesda, Md. THE EFFECTS OF SHOCK AND VIBRATION ON MAN, by David E. Goldman and Henning E. Von Gierke. 8 Jan 60, 198p. Lecture and Review Series no. 60-3 This report discusses the effects of vibration on man. It summarizes briefly a the measurement of vibration, b the production of controlled vibratory stimulation for research purposes, c the injurious effects of vibration, d discomfort due to vibration, e effects of vibration on task performance, and f beneficial uses of vibration.

Descriptors:

• *VIBRATION
• *SHOCK WAVES
• *PATHOLOGY
• MEASUREMENT
• STIMULATION(PHYSIOLOGY)
• TIME
• IMPACT SHOCK
• ACOUSTICS
• EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY)
• BLAST
• HEARING
• NOISE(SOUND)

Subject Categories:

• Stress Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE