A Scale for the Degrees of Vibration Perceptibility and Annoyance

The perception of vibration in buildings: A historical literature review and some current progress

“…In 1960, Goldman and Von Gierke 20 published “The effects of shock and vibration on man.” Medical studies on vibration and shock can be found in “Human tolerance to whole body sinusoidal vibration.” 21 In the 1960s, in the field of ergonomics, scientists and researchers tried to “rate” and quantify the human perception, such as Soliman 22 with “A scale for the degrees of vibration perceptibility and annoyance,” Griffiths and Langdon 23 with “Subjective response to road traffic noise,” and Meyer 24 with “Acoustics and people.”…”

Ergonomics in machine design (a case-study of the self-propelled combine harvester)

“…A human being is capable of perceiving vibrations of 0,5 Hz till 100 Hz, and even 10.000 Hz at high intensities. Low frequencies with large amplitudes are perceived by means of depth sensibility (SOLIMAN;, for this there are sense organs in the muscles, tendons and joints (HOCHBERG;. Accelerations of the whole body are detected by a balancing organ, that is located in the inner ear; the neural impulses of this organ are transported to the central mechanism.…”

“…Various authors have recommended threshold values for perceptibility, comfort, annoyance and safety (REIHER and MEISTER, 1931;MEISTER, 1935;ZELLER, 1949;SPERLING and BETZHOLD, 1956;DIECKMANN, 1957;GOLDMAN and VON GIERKE, 1961;V.D.I., 1963;I.S.O., 1968;SOLIMAN, 1968). For each frequency a certain point can be indicated, where a certain annoyance is attained; in a frequency-acceleration diagram, these points form a curve, representing equal vibration perceptibility or sensation.…”