Methods of Measuring and Processing Signals during Tests of the Exposure of a Motorcycle Driver to Vibration and Noise

Tomasz Figlus, Piotr Szafraniec and Tomáš Skrúcaný
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Tomasz Figlus: Faculty of Transport, Silesian University of Technology, 8 Krasinskiego Street, 40-019 Katowice, Poland
Piotr Szafraniec: Faculty of Transport, Silesian University of Technology, 8 Krasinskiego Street, 40-019 Katowice, Poland
Tomáš Skrúcaný: Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Žilina, 1 Univerzitna Street, 010-26 Žilina, Slovakia

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 17, 1-19

Abstract: The paper presents a new method of measuring a motorcycle driver’s exposure to vibration and noise. This method uses the simultaneous measurement of vibration and noise at the points of their direct influence on the motorcycle driver, and the measurement is carried out in real traffic conditions. The vibration of the motorcycle’s handlebars, footrest and seat as well as the noise reaching the beginning of the motorcyclist’s ear canal are recorded. These signals correspond to the direct impact of vibration energy on the upper and lower limbs as well as the torso of a motorcycle driver and the acoustic energy reaching the motorcyclist’s hearing organs. The paper also proposes a signal processing method which enables determination of vibroacoustic effects on the motorcyclist without frequency correction of signals and with taking into account the current standards, and therefore with the use of appropriate frequency corrections. The measurement section of the paper presents examples of results of measurements of the actual exposure of the motorcycle driver to vibration and noise.

Keywords: exposure; motorcycle; motorcyclist; noise; vibration; signal processing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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