The discovery of Japanese scientists that could prevent the tractor from tipping over

 

Subject: Tractor tipping over

The Japanese researchers say that if tractor manufacturers had considered the tipping behavior, tractor overturning-diversion incidents could have been prevented.

The Japanese scientists may have understood the mechanism for preventing accidents that result in a tractor - a leading cause of death for farmers worldwide.

Their report, published in the journal Biosystems Engineering, sought to understand what causes the tractor to overturn and to find the way vehicles move before their edge meets a bouncing ball on the ground.

The study's author, Kenshi Sakai, explained in a press release that most rural tractors do not have suspension systems, causing them to vibrate violently with wheels often thrown off the ground.

If the front wheel of a tractor leaves the ground, it bounces.

This situation can cause the rear wheels to leave the road and cause overturning even on flat ground.

 Sakai says standard tractor models have not calculated what it calls the "bounce effect."

The researchers looked at how a tractor would react to multiple bounce scenarios through computer simulations using the same method to understand how a ball departs and returns to a surface.

They noted that the bounce becomes particularly severe when the tractors are on steep slopes, where there can easily be bumping with disastrous consequences for the operator of the Agricultural vehicle.

Sakai said that if the road has a slope of more than 18 degrees, the wheels' probability will leave the road increases significantly.

Sakai said that manufacturers should consider this when making new tractor models.

"Our proposed model could be a new example in the model of agricultural tractors," Sakai said in a press release.

He added that his team aims to develop a tractor-driving simulator to recreate accidents and serve as an educational tool for preventing fatal accidents.

Of course, this research focuses on the active and passive suspension systems of tractors; it is understandable to have Passive protection suggested by the manufacturer (relevant safety cage or Protection Bars. Shortly, together with the autonomous driving protocol for all vehicles that will move on the roads, the same will be applied in the Agricultural sector to tractors and tools, using artificial intelligence (Machine Learning) and Cloud.

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