Available energy during the rollover of narrow-track wheeled agricultural tractors

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-323

  Guzzomi, A L ^a   Rondelli, V ^a   Guarnieri, A ^a   Molari, G ^a   Molari, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY;

DIFFERENT PLANES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LATERAL ROLLOVERS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES; ROLLOVER ACCIDENTS; SERIOUS INJURIES; TESTING PROCEDURE;

TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

EID: 70350033502     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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