Effect of lateral stiffness coefficient of loader ROPS on human injury in a lateral rollover incident

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-219

  Chen, Chao ^a   Wang, Guoqiang ^a   Zhang, Yuxin ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Si, Junde ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DYNAMIC MODELS; LOADERS; STIFFNESS;

HUMAN INJURY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; LATERAL ROLLOVERS; LATERAL STIFFNESS; ROLLOVER ACCIDENTS; ROLLOVER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE; STATIC TESTS;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84866004512     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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