A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF NOISE AND VIBRATION ON OPERATORS’ READABILITY TASK PERFORMANCE IN A MOBILE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT

This paper presents a study in which the effect of noise and vibration on the task performance in a mobile driving environment is experimentally investigated. A readability kind of task, where a reading material was presented to the operators on a laptop screen was considered and the operators perfo...

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Main Authors: Iqbal Ahmed Khan, Z. Mallick, Zahid A. Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Brunei Darussalam 2017-11-01
Series:ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development
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Online Access:http://www.ajstd.org/index.php/ajstd/article/view/240
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Z. Mallick
Zahid A. Khan
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description This paper presents a study in which the effect of noise and vibration on the task performance in a mobile driving environment is experimentally investigated. A readability kind of task, where a reading material was presented to the operators on a laptop screen was considered and the operators performed the task in a sitting posture without their back supported with the backrest of the seat. The task performance was measured in terms of mean number of characters read per minute by the operators, which served as data for statistical analysis. Results of the study showed that noise and vibration were statistically significant. The interaction between gender and vibration was also found to be significant. The presence of noise and vibration in a mobile environment decreased the operators’ task performance. The results of the simple main effect analysis indicated that the gender was statistically significant for the last two levels of vibration. However the equivalent acceleration of vibration was found statistically significant for males and females. The findings are in line with previous researches that showed negative significant effect of noise and vibration on operators’ task performance.
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spelling doaj.art-7a9ee106d47743998fc055cc0804dd702024-02-02T00:39:08ZengUniversiti Brunei DarussalamASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development0217-54602224-90282017-11-0125216317610.29037/ajstd.240235A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF NOISE AND VIBRATION ON OPERATORS’ READABILITY TASK PERFORMANCE IN A MOBILE DRIVING ENVIRONMENTIqbal Ahmed Khan0Z. Mallick1Zahid A. Khan2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lingaya’s Institute of Management & Technology, Nachauli, Faridabad, HaryanaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, PenangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New DelhiThis paper presents a study in which the effect of noise and vibration on the task performance in a mobile driving environment is experimentally investigated. A readability kind of task, where a reading material was presented to the operators on a laptop screen was considered and the operators performed the task in a sitting posture without their back supported with the backrest of the seat. The task performance was measured in terms of mean number of characters read per minute by the operators, which served as data for statistical analysis. Results of the study showed that noise and vibration were statistically significant. The interaction between gender and vibration was also found to be significant. The presence of noise and vibration in a mobile environment decreased the operators’ task performance. The results of the simple main effect analysis indicated that the gender was statistically significant for the last two levels of vibration. However the equivalent acceleration of vibration was found statistically significant for males and females. The findings are in line with previous researches that showed negative significant effect of noise and vibration on operators’ task performance.http://www.ajstd.org/index.php/ajstd/article/view/240readability task performancenoiseequivalent acceleration of vibrationmobile environment.
spellingShingle Iqbal Ahmed Khan
Z. Mallick
Zahid A. Khan
A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF NOISE AND VIBRATION ON OPERATORS’ READABILITY TASK PERFORMANCE IN A MOBILE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT
ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development
readability task performance
noise
equivalent acceleration of vibration
mobile environment.
title A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF NOISE AND VIBRATION ON OPERATORS’ READABILITY TASK PERFORMANCE IN A MOBILE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT
title_full A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF NOISE AND VIBRATION ON OPERATORS’ READABILITY TASK PERFORMANCE IN A MOBILE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT
title_fullStr A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF NOISE AND VIBRATION ON OPERATORS’ READABILITY TASK PERFORMANCE IN A MOBILE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT
title_full_unstemmed A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF NOISE AND VIBRATION ON OPERATORS’ READABILITY TASK PERFORMANCE IN A MOBILE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT
title_short A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF NOISE AND VIBRATION ON OPERATORS’ READABILITY TASK PERFORMANCE IN A MOBILE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT
title_sort study on the effect of noise and vibration on operators readability task performance in a mobile driving environment
topic readability task performance
noise
equivalent acceleration of vibration
mobile environment.
url http://www.ajstd.org/index.php/ajstd/article/view/240
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