Averaged vibration levels during courier parcel delivery service in small truck in Hungary

Abstract

In recent years there continues to be an increase in courier parcel delivery services due to the growing global online economy and express parcel shipments. It is therefore important to measure and quantify the levels of vibration that occur inside the vehicle during transport, as it can be one of the primary sources of damages. The purpose of this study was to measure the averaged vibration levels in vertical, lateral and longitudinal directions that occur in courier delivery shipments from pickup to delivery involving small trucks over ground road transportation in Hungary. The recorded acceleration data were analyzed in terms of power spectral densities (PSD) and presented with overall Grms. The results of the separated afnd averaged vibration levels provide physical circumstances for various road and load conditions showing those frequency bands that have significant intensities.