Selecting ROPS safety margins for wheeled agricultural tractors based on tractor mass

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 402-410

  Rondelli, Valda ^a   Guzzomi, Andrew Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); SAFETY TESTING;

ABSORPTION TESTS; EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; OPERATOR SAFETY; PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES; STANDARD CODES; STRENGTH TESTS; TESTING PROCEDURE; TESTING REQUIREMENTS;

TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

EID: 76749093066     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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