ROPS DESIGN AND TESTING FOR AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS

描述：(改编自《调查者摘要》)农业 被认为是国家最危险的职业之一，估计 1996年，每10万名工人中有21人死亡。这些死亡事件中有许多是 由于拖拉机倾覆。对农业死亡的回顾总结 拖拉机翻车是造成职业创伤的主要原因 拖拉机翻车事故造成的死亡 被NIOSH(美国国家科学与技术研究所)称为“职业淫秽” 职业安全和健康)主任J·唐纳德·米勒(NIOSH，1993)。 ASAE s519中描述的翻车保护结构(ROPS)是一种 保护结构旨在最大限度地减少感染的频率和严重性 拖拉机意外翻车造成操作员受伤。RPS利用率 已被证明在减少车辆行驶过程中的死亡方面产生了巨大的影响 翻过来了。 该项目的总体目标是调查和评估ROPS 美国为农用拖拉机提供操作者的设计 拖拉机和工作条件下的保护目前不可用。 具体目标包括：编制一份农产品清单 拖拉机ROPS的可用性(专门针对老式拖拉机)；确定优先顺序 农用拖拉机群体ROPS设计可行性；设计， 构建和测试两个优先级最高的预ROP的ROPS 拖拉机.桥壳强度试验.现场校核 对NIOSH自动ROPS的测试；评估错误部署的可能性 AUTO-ROPS；并介绍了前ROPS拖拉机ROPS和AUTO-ROPS设计和 商用ROPS制造商用于商业建筑的测试结果 并进行了后续的现场测试。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from Investigator's Abstract) Agriculture is considered on e of the nations most hazardous occupations with an estimated death rate of 21 per 100,000 workers in 1996. Many of these fatalities are due to tractor overturns. A review of agricultural fatalities concluded that "tractor overturns (are) the leading cause of occupational traumatic death in the U.S. agricultural industry." Tractor rollover fatalities have been called an "occupational obscenity" by NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Director J. Donald Millar (NIOSH 1993). A rollover protective structure (ROPS), as described in ASAE S519, is a protective structure designed to minimize the frequency and severity of operator injury resulting form accidental tractor upset. RPS utilization has shown to have dramatic impacts in reducing fatalities during vehicle overturns. The overall objective of this project is to investigate and evaluate ROPS designs for agricultural tractors in the United States to provide operator protection on tractors and in operating conditions not currently available. The specific objectives include: developing an inventory of agricultural tractor ROPS availability (specifically for older tractors); prioritizing the agricultural tractor population for ROPS design feasibility; design, construction, and testing of ROPS for the two highest prioritized pre-ROPS tractors; conducting axle housing strength tests; conducting field upset tests on the NIOSH auto-ROPS; evaluating false deployment possibilities of the auto-ROPS; and presenting pre-ROPS tractor ROPS and auto-ROPS design and test results to commercial ROPS manufacturers for commercial construction and follow-up field testing.