The seats may significantly reduce the exposures levels transmitted to the driver, but the European Directive 2002/44/EC (2002) requires only tests on the damping seat capacity along the vertical direction, whereas nothing is required for the longitudinal and transversal directions. Field tests were carried out using a 93 kW tractor to verify the vibrational comfort values given by seat with pneumatic suspension. The tests were executed with the tractor running on different surfaces, at two different forward speed and tire pressures and with different tractor masses. Three repetition were carried out for each configuration. Accelerations were always measured on both the seat and the cabin platform and the calculations were done using the ISO 2631 standard suggestions. The vibration total values and the acceleration transmissibility along the 3 perpendicular axes were calculated and analysed. Despite different boundary conditions (surface, tire pressure, forward speed and tractor mass distribution), along the Z axis the transmissibility was constantly around 0.7, to confirm that the seat worked well to damp the vertical exposures. Different were the situations for the X and the Y axes. Excluding the asphalt, on the other crossed surfaces high transmissibility values were observed (never less than 1), especially along the X axis. Relevance to industry: . This paper describes the vibration transmissibility of an agricultural tractor seat. Tests were carried out with the tractor running on different surfaces and with different configurations. The seat transmissibility along the three orthogonal directions was acquired. Results suggest that the tractor manufacturer should consider, during the machine design, also the rolling and pitching movements, because the seat accelerations along the X and Y axes are influenced by them. The seat manufacturer could reduce the rolling and pitching effects using specific suspension systems along the horizontal and lateral directions.


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    Title :

    Whole-body vibration: Measurement of horizontal and vertical transmissibility of an agricultural tractor seat



    Publication date :

    2017-01-01


    Remarks:

    www.elsevier.com/locate/ergon



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    621



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