Comfort and vibration level of children in cycle carriers.
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
21
06
2022
accepted:
21
02
2023
entrez:
9
3
2023
pubmed:
10
3
2023
medline:
14
3
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
This paper presents an analysis of comfort measurements taken in a bicycle trailer for transport of children. The vibration level was then compared to that in a cargo-trike and in a passenger car. The current research contributes to the rare literature on passenger comfort in bicycle trailers through measurements with accelerometer sensors between the seat in the trailer and a dummy representing an infant child. The varied parameters were the tyre inflation pressure, the driving velocity, as well as the additional load in the trailer. The results show a quite high weighted acceleration of [Formula: see text] on asphalt and [Formula: see text] on cobblestone pavement, which is similar to that in a compared cargo-trike but significant higher than the vibration level in the compared car.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36893134
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282778
pii: PONE-D-22-17749
pmc: PMC9997946
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0282778Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2023 Malte Rothhämel. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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