Free play as a source of nonlinearity in tractor-implement systems during transport

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 503-508

  Bukta, Attila Janos ^a   Sakai, Kenshi ^a   Sasao, Akira ^a   Shibusawa, Sakae ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free play; Impact; Nonlinear vibration; Tractor implement system

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FREE PLAY;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; TRACTOR;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION;

EID: 0036590492     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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