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Title: Spatial variability of the noise level of a hedge trimmer and backpack blower
Other Titles: Variabilidade espacial do nível de ruído de uma motopoda e um soprador costal
Keywords: Conforto acústico
Geoestatística
Bem-estar humano
Acoustic comfort
Geostatistics
Human wellbeing
Issue Date: 2014
Publisher: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Citation: SILVA, M. de O. e et al. Spatial variability of the noise level of a hedge trimmer and backpack blower. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Agrárias, Recife, v. 9, n. 3, p. 454-458, 2014.
Abstract: Despite the advantages associated to mechanization, the noise generated by machines and equipment may cause discomfort to workers, possibly even jeopardizing their health. Thus, this paper is aimed at assessing the noise level of two agricultural machines (hedge trimmer and backpack blower) and to characterize them spatially by means of geostatistics. Data collection was performed at the average height of the worker’s ear and within an equidistant circumference of 1 m up to the limit of a sample area with a radius of 22 m. The data fitted models of gaussian and spherical semivariograms for the evaluated equipment, a hedge trimmer and backpack blower, respectively. The spatial noise analysis allows for the definition of a work regime and the need for the use of personal protection equipment.
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/38924
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