Subhash Rakheja

Subhash Rakheja obtained his B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Concordia University, Montreal. He presently holds a research chair in Vehicular Ergodynamics at Concordia University in Montreal, and he is a Professor of mechanical engineering at the Concordia Center for Advanced Vehicle Engineerin (CONCAVE). His research interests include advanced transportation systems and highway safety, human responses to workplace vibration, and driver-vehicle interactions. Dr. Rakheja’s research work in this area has evolved to what is called vehicular ergodynamics, a field that involves systematic studies on the dynamics of the transport system coupled with the human operator, with a special emphasis on the dynamic interactions. Dr. Rakheja is a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He continues to serve on the Editorial Boards of a number of reputable journals, and the Advisory Committee of the Canadianl Standards Council. He has supervised over 60 graduate dissertations to completion and continues to supervize over 20 graduate students’ research.

Biography Updated on 7 April 2008

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. A method for analyzing absorbed power distribution in the hand and arm substructures when operating vibrating tools
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 311, no. 3-5, pp. 1286–1304, 2008
  2. Modeling of biodynamic responses distributed at the fingers and the palm of the human hand–arm system
    Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 2335–2340, 2007
  3. Effect of back support condition on seat to head transmissibilities of seated occupants under vertical vibration
    Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 239–259, 2006
  4. Estimation of the transmissibility of anti-vibration gloves when used with specific tools
    Noise & Vibration Worldwide, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 11–20, 2005
  5. Adaptive variable structure control of a class of nonlinear systems with unknown Prandtl-Ishlinskii hysteresis
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 50, no. 12, pp. 2069–2074, 2005
  6. Influence of Back Support Conditions on the Apparent Mass of Seated Occupants under Horizontal Vibration
    Industrial Health, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 421–435, 2005
  7. Mechanical Impedance and Absorbed Power of Hand-Arm under xh-Axis Vibration and Role of Hand Forces and Posture
    Industrial Health, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 495–508, 2005
  8. Effects of sitting postures on biodynamic response of seated occupants under vertical vibration
    International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 289–306, 2004
  9. An investigation on the relationship between grip, push and contact forces applied to a tool handle
    International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 507–518, 2004
  10. Vibration energy absorption (VEA) in human fingers-hand-arm system
    Medical Engineering & Physics, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 483–492, 2004
  11. Influence of suspension damper asymmetry on vehicle vibration response to ground excitation
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 266, no. 5, pp. 1117–1129, 2003
  12. On-the-hand measurement methods for assessing effectiveness of anti-vibration gloves
    International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 283–298, 2003
  13. Dynamic interaction between a fingerpad and a flat surface: experiments and analysis
    Medical Engineering & Physics, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 397–406, 2003
  14. Performance Analysis of Suspension Seats Under High Magnitude Vibration Excitations: Part 1: Model Development and Validation
    Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 225–252, 2003
  15. Enhancement of ride vibration environment of tracked sidewalk snowploughs: vehicle modelling and analysis
    International Journal of Vehicle Design, vol. 30, no. 3, p. 193, 2002
  16. Ride vibration environment of tracked sidewalk snowploughs: spectral classification
    International Journal of Vehicle Design, vol. 30, no. 4, p. 309, 2002
  17. Stress Analysis of the Multi-Layered System of a Truck Tire
    Tire Science and Technology, vol. 30, no. 4, p. 240, 2002
  18. Effects of Static Compression on the Vibration Modes of a Fingertip
    Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 229–243, 2002
  19. Simulation of mechanical responses of fingertip to dynamic loading
    Medical Engineering & Physics, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 253–264, 2002
  20. Estimation of tool-specific isolation performance of antivibration gloves
    International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 71–87, 2002
  21. Effectiveness of a new method (TEAT) to assess vibration transmissibility of gloves
    International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 33–48, 2002
  22. A COMPARISON OF BIODYNAMIC MODELS OF THE HUMAN HAND–ARM SYSTEM FOR APPLICATIONS TO HAND-HELD POWER TOOLS
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 249, no. 1, pp. 55–82, 2002
  23. SEATED OCCUPANT APPARENT MASS CHARACTERISTICS UNDER AUTOMOTIVE POSTURES AND VERTICAL VIBRATION
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 253, no. 1, pp. 57–75, 2002
  24. A BODY MASS DEPENDENT MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE MODEL FOR APPLICATIONS IN VIBRATION SEAT TESTING
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 253, no. 1, pp. 243–264, 2002
  25. EVALUATION OF VIBRATION AND SHOCK ATTENUATION PERFORMANCE OF A SUSPENSION SEAT WITH A SEMI-ACTIVE MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUID DAMPER
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 253, no. 1, pp. 313–327, 2002
  26. Effects of Tank Shape on the Roll Dynamic Response of a Partly Filled Tank Vehicle
    Vehicle System Dynamics, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 75–102, 2001
  27. Adapting an Articulated Vehicle to its Drivers
    Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 123, no. 1, p. 132, 2001
  28. ANALYSIS OF IMPACT FORCE VARIATION DURING COLLISION OF TWO BODIES USING A SINGLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEM MODEL
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 229, no. 4, pp. 823–835, 2000
  29. ANALYSES OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BIODYNAMIC RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 226, no. 3, pp. 595–606, 1999
  30. Study of an energy dissipative under-ride guard for enhancement of crashworthiness in a car-truck collision
    International Journal of Vehicle Design, vol. 22, no. 1/2, p. 29, 1999
  31. Nonlinear analysis of automotive hydraulic mounts for isolation of vibration and shock
    International Journal of Vehicle Design, vol. 22, no. 1/2, p. 116, 1999
  32. DEFINITION OF A RANGE OF IDEALIZED VALUES TO CHARACTERIZE SEATED BODY BIODYNAMIC RESPONSE UNDER VERTICAL VIBRATION
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 215, no. 4, pp. 841–862, 1998
  33. WHIRL SUPPRESSION IN HAND-HELD POWER TOOL ROTORS USING GUIDED ROLLING BALANCERS
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 217, no. 3, pp. 453–466, 1998
  34. IDENTIFICATION OF LATERAL DYNAMICS AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION OF HEAVY VEHICLES
    Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 611–628, 1998
  35. Study of human–seat interface pressure distribution under vertical vibration
    International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 433–449, 1998
  36. Whole-body vertical biodynamic response characteristics of the seated vehicle driver Measurement and model development
    International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 449–472, 1998
  37. Automatic balancing of flexible vertical rotors using a guided ball
    International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 40, no. 9, pp. 825–834, 1998
  38. A STUDY OF THE MODAL BEHAVIOR OF THE HUMAN HAND –ARM SYSTEM
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 191, no. 1, pp. 171–176, 1996
  39. An analytical investigation of an energy flow divider to attenuate hand-transmitted vibration
    International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 455–467, 1996
  40. Mechanical impedance of the human hand-arm system subject to sinusoidal and stochastic excitations
    International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 135–145, 1995
  41. A study of hand grip pressure distribution and EMG of finger flexor muscles under dynamic loads
    Ergonomics, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 684–699, 1995
  42. An Analytical and Experimental Investigation of the Driver-Seat-Suspension System
    Vehicle System Dynamics, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 501–524, 1994
  43. Vibration transmission characteristics of the human hand-arm and gloves
    International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 217–234, 1994
  44. An algorithm for simulation of nonlinear mechanical systems using energy and force similarity of its elements
    Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, vol. 18, no. 1-3, pp. 141–154, 1994
  45. Development of linear and nonlinear hand-arm vibration models using optimization and linearization techniques
    Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 1253–1260, 1993
  46. Impact of Dynamic Fluid Slosh Loads on the Directional Response of Tank Vehicles
    Vehicle System Dynamics, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 385–404, 1992
  47. Estimation of rollover threshold of partially filled tank trucks
    ARCHIVE: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 1989-1996 (vols 203-210), vol. 205, no. 14, pp. 69–71, 1991
  48. SIMULATION OF NON-LINEAR VARIABLE DAMPERS USING ENERGY SIMILARITY
    Engineering Computations, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 333–344, 1991
  49. Influence of Liquid Load Shift on the Dynamic Response of Articulated Tank Vehicles
    Vehicle System Dynamics, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 177–200, 1990
  50. Analysis of a Passive Sequential Hydraulic Damper for Vehicle Suspension
    Vehicle System Dynamics, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 289–312, 1990
  51. Local equivalent constant representation of non-linear damping mechanisms
    Engineering Computations, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 11–17, 1986
  52. A discrete harmonic linearization technique for simulating non-linear mechanical systems
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 100, no. 4, pp. 511–526, 1985