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Study On Agricultural Tractor Operator Safety In Rollover Accidents, Farzaneh Khorsandi Kouhanestani
Study On Agricultural Tractor Operator Safety In Rollover Accidents, Farzaneh Khorsandi Kouhanestani
Doctoral Dissertations
Agriculture is one of the most dangerous industries in the US. Tractor accidents are the major cause of death in agriculture, producing about one half of the fatal accidents. Tractor overturn is the most common cause of death in tractor accidents. Three projects related to tractor operator safety in rollover accident were defined.
The aim of first project is to develop a Finite Element (FE) model to predict the Roll-Over Protective Structure (ROPS) performance under the standard SAE J2194 (SAE, 2009) static test. The developed model was validated by comparing the model results with experimental test results. The developed model …