ANA ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE FOR THE SUPPORT OF ROPS DESIGN

An analytical procedure has been developed to fulfill the need for a technical support of the design of well balanced ROPS. The procedure is incorporated in a computer program referred to as SAPROPS by its acronym. SAPROPS performs elastic-plastic, non-linear analyses of space frames by the direct stiffness method. Examples are given to demonstrate effective applications of the program to the design of ROPS for agricultural and earth-moving vehicles. Good correlations between the computed results and the experimental data are shown. A possible enhancement of the analytical procedure is also discussed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Off-Highway Vehcile Meeting, 13-16 September 1976, Milwaukee Wisconsin.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Yeh, R E
  • Huang, Y
  • 0000-0002-7346-5293
  • Johnson, E L
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 10 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agricultural equipment; Analysis; Computer programs; Earthwork; Elastoplasticity; Rollover crashes; Stiffness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Agricultural machinery; Elastic plastic analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical method; Stiffness methods (Structural)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00144421
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #760690
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM