The Influence of Driver's Working Environment οn Thermical Changes of Their Organism

• Authors: Z. Damijan , A. Uhryński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The work presents the research on the influence of driver's working environment on thermical changes in their organism. The experiment was conducted between 24 and 31 March 2008 in the tram depot of Public Transport Agency in Tychy. Thermo-visual photos were conducted twice a day - before starting work and after finishing it during six following days. The group consisted of 14 drivers aged 24-49 driving city buses (the make: Solaris Urbino 18). The results were analyzed concerning statistics using Statistica. For the sake of the analysis the significance level was p = 0.05, the non-parametric Wilcoxon test or parametric T-test were used for two groups of dependent variables. The research and analysis show that driver's working environment has valid influence on thermical changes in their organism.

Keywords

EN

08.89.40.-a; 46.40.-f; 87.19.R-; 43.80.-n; 43.80.+p

Discipline

• 87.19.R-: Mechanical and electrical properties of tissues and organs
• 46.40.-f: Vibrations and mechanical waves(see also 43.40.+s Structural acoustics and vibration; 62.30.+d Mechanical and elastic waves; vibrations in mechanical properties of solids)
• 43.80.+p: Bioacoustics

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 118
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 35-40

Dates

published

2010-07

Contributors

author

Z. Damijan

• Department of Mechanics and Vibroacoustics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
• Department of Machine Design and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

author

A. Uhryński

• Department of Mechanics and Vibroacoustics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
• Department of Machine Design and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.118.35