An approach to the wheel tractor static stability analysis

Abstract

The analysis of the factors that show decisive influence on the tractors stability and the possible overturning, should preventively indicate the possible improvements of the tractor construction, in order to increase the tractor's and operator's safety. The purpose of this paper is to check the static angles of the longitudinal and lateral tractor stability, using the different methods that check the tractor stability up to the to the turnover limit. The process is based on the tractor longitudinal and lateral tilting and measurement of the reference values of the wheels heights with respect to the base. The same angles can be obtained by various analytical and numerical methods based on the Theoretical mechanics. This paper suggests on the importance of empirical data, because they are the basis for further stability analysis of the tractors, other self-propelled agricultural machines.

Analiza faktora koji pokazuju odlučujuće uticaje na stabilnost i moguća prevrtanja traktora treba preventivno da ukaže na područja njihove efiksne i sigurne primene, kao i na glavne pravce poboljšanja konstrukcije traktora radi povećanja bezbednosti traktora i rukovaoca. Cilj ovog rada predstavlja provera statičkih uglova podužne i poprečne stabilnosti traktora, primenom različitih pristupa, tako što se isti dovodi do granice prevrtanja. Sam proces se zasniva na podužnom i bočnom podizanju traktora, uz stalno merenje referentnih vrednosti kota oslonih tačaka točkova u odnosu na podlogu. Isti uglovi se mogu proceniti i primenom analitičkih i numeričkih metoda, zasnovanih na principima teorijske mehanike. Rad ukazuje i na značaj empirijskih podataka, jer su oni osnova za sve dalje analize stabilnosti traktora I drugih samohodnih poljoprivrednih mašina.