Development of a Dynamic Stability Simulator for Articulated and Conventionaltractors Useful for Real-Time Safety Devices

Abstract:

The safety of agricultural tractors drivers is a very actual topic, especially when tractors operate on side slopes, such as in terraced vineyards. This work approaches the stability problem of articulated tractors by modelling, simulating and quantifying the safety of the driver with respect to both roll and pitch overturns. First of all, an articulated tractor has been modelled and simplified, after that a stability index has been defined and calculatedin several simulated slope conditions when the tractor travels along a circular trajectory; then, the obtained results have beencompared with respect to a conventional tractor. This work is a preliminary studyfor a tilting test platform for real vehicles, capable to reproduce real field conditions (slope, obstacles, roughness). Finally, some directives on how exploiting the obtained results for real-time safety devices have been formulated.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 394)
• Pages: 546-553
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.394.546
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Fabrizio Mazzetto, Marco Bietresato, Renato Vidoni
• Keywords: Agricultural Tractors, Dynamic Stability, Matlab^® Simulation, Overturning, Safety Index

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