( byung-ho.jeon@brunel.ac.uk )
My
research is focused on the human perception of hand-arm vibration
from the automotive steering wheel.
A
unified method is being developed for evaluating the effect of steering
wheel rotational vibration on automobile drivers.
Psychophysical tests of human subjective discomfort are being performed
in a laboratory setting by exposing test participants to representative
steering wheel vibration stimuli obtained from measurements in real vehicles.
The research involves time-frequency analysis using the wavelet transform,
psychophysical scaling methods and body part discomfort methods.
The research will develop frequency weightings for evaluating hand-arm
rotational vibration, which are dependent on stimulus location and duration.
