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M Fard1, L Lo, A Subic

  • 1a School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University , Melbourne , Australia.

Ergonomics
|July 15, 2014
PubMed

Keywords:
human vibrationmode shaperesonant frequencyride comfortvehicle seat

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