Development of a tractor dynamic stability index calculator utilizing some tractor specifications

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-211

  Ahmadi, Iman ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Overturn; Skid; Tractor stability index

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; SKIDS; SPECIFICATIONS; SPREADSHEETS; STABILITY; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); WHEELS;

CENTER OF GRAVITY; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; EXCEL SPREADSHEETS; LATERAL STABILITY; MASS MOMENT OF INERTIAS; OVERTURN; STABILITY INDICES;

TRACTORS (TRUCK);

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FRICTION; GRAVITY; INERTIA; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

EID: 84875739571     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-1103-19     Document Type: Article

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