ABSTRACT
Emission Values ................................................................. 161 8.2.3.2 Methods of Measurement and Criteria for the
Assessment of Vibration at Workstations .......................... 162 8.2.4 Current Situation of Vibration Hazard and Sources in the Work Environment ............................................................................ 163 8.2.5 Methods of Preventing, Eliminating, and Limiting Vibration
Exposure ........................................................................................... 166 8.2.5.1 Reduction of Vibroactivity of the Sources ......................... 166 8.2.5.2 Reduction of Vibration Propagation .................................. 167 8.2.5.3 Organisational and Administrative Methods ..................... 168 8.2.5.4 Active Control of Vibration ............................................... 168
8.3 Noise ............................................................................................................. 170 8.3.1 Basic Terms and Quantities .............................................................. 170 8.3.2 Effects of Noise on Humans ............................................................. 175
8.3.2.1 Effects of Noise on the Hearing Organ.............................. 175 8.3.2.2 Nonauditory Noise Effects ................................................. 179
8.3.3 Measurement and Assessment of Quantities of Noise in the Work Environment ............................................................................ 179 8.3.3.1 Machine Noise Measurement Methods ............................. 179 8.3.3.2 Methods of Measurement and Assessment of Noise at the Workstation .................................................... 180 8.3.3.3 Admissible Values of Quantities of Noise ......................... 180
8.3.4 Sources of Noise Exposure at Work ................................................. 182
Vibroacoustics is a eld of science that deals with vibration and acoustic processes observed in nature, engineering, machines and equipment, means of transport, and communication, that is, in the entire work and life environment. It is useful in reducing vibroacoustic disturbances to the minimum level attainable with the current knowledge and technology.
