Whole-Body Vibration and Hand-Arm Vibration Related to ISO-TC108-SC4 Published Standards

Dear Colleagues,

<Aim of SI "WBV and HAV Related to ISO-TC108-SC4 Published Standards”>

This Special Issue will exchange knowledge about the limitation of the ISO/TC108/SC4 committee’s published standards on the effect of whole-body and hand-arm vibration on humans (ISO - ISO/TC 108/SC 4 - Human exposure to mechanical vibration and shock). We encourage the submission of both literature review articles and novel studies, performed in the field or in the laboratory, of the measurement, evaluation, and assessment related to the ISO/TC108/SC4 published standards. Hopefully, papers will contribute to the identification of new standards or help revise the standards for the assessment of risks related to exposure to whole-body and hand-arm vibration published EU Regulations (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1230), released on 1^st July 2023.

<Scope of SI “WBV and HAV Related to ISO-TC108-SC4 Published Standards”>

The ISO/TC108/SC4 published standards specify general requirements for measuring, evaluating, assessing, and reporting whole-body and hand-arm vibration exposure in multi-axes. It defines frequency weighting and band-limiting filters to allow for a uniform comparison of measurements. The values obtained can be used to predict adverse effects of whole-body and hand-arm vibration over the frequency range covered by the octave bands from 1 Hz to 80 Hz and from 8 Hz to 1000 Hz. All standards are applicable to periodic, random, or non-periodic vibration provisionally, and are also applicable to repeated shock-type excitation (impact). This indicates the principal factors that can be combined to determine the degree to which vibration exposure will be acceptable. Informative annexes indicate the current opinions and provide guidance on the possible effects of vibration on health, comfort, and motion sickness.

Although the guidance on whole-body and hand-arm vibration of all standards apply to the health, comfort, and motion sickness effect areas, ISO standards define the principles of the preferred methods for determining human exposure. However, many researchers have demonstrated the limitations of the ISO/TC108/SC4 published standards in the measurement, evaluation, and assessment of whole-body and hand-arm vibration.

This Special Issue on “Whole-Body Vibration and Hand-Arm Vibration related to ISO-TC108-SC4 Published Standards” aims to collect review papers and creative contribution papers on measurement, evaluation, and assessment methodologies to help us understand the effect of whole-body and hand-arm vibration on humans.

Dr. Setsuo Maeda
Prof. Dr. Marco Tarabini
Guest Editors

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• health
• comfort
• perception
• motion sickness
• biodynamic response
• measurement
• evaluation
• assessment