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Pre-certification of ROPS for agricultural

tractors through CAE technology


Igor Saveljevas Rodrigues - VirtualCAE
Topics
Company : VirtualCAE
Federal Regulation
Norm : ABNT NBR ISO 5700:2009
Agriculture companies
Static analysis:
Simplifications
Contact
Material
Loads and boundary conditions
Survival cell
Results
Next steps



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Federal Regulation
Elaborated by the government
Mandatory guidelines
Worker health and safety

NR-12 Safety at work on machines and equipments
NR-12 - Annex XI Forest and agricultural machines
and implements
NR-31 - Safety and health at work on aquaculture, forest
extraction, livestock and agriculture.
Reference : Massey Ferguson
ROPS
Figure 1 Tractor with or without ROPS
ROPS Roll over protective structure
Retrieved from : http://www.massey.com.br/produtos/tratores/serie-mf-2600/ (Mar, 2014)
ABNT NBR ISO 5700:2009
Federal regulation do not determine norms
Either procedures or methods
Where? > Technical standards (ISO, ABNT...)

ISO 5700:2009
Destructive testing
Static loads
Survivall cell
Certification of ROPS in case of tractor roll over
Agriculture companies
Outsourcing : cabin
Cabin is used on several types of tractors
Outsourcing : virtual certification
Destructive test

Simplifications
Figure 2 ROPS test
Retrieved from : http://www.agrital.com/english/tecnicoUK.htm/ (Mar, 2014)
Reference : Agrital
Reduce the solving
time without changing
the results
Static analysis : simplifications
Figure 3 Axis and transmission
Retrieved from : http://www.directindustry.com/prod/zf-maschinenantriebe/powershift-transmission-tractors-16154-653933.html (Mar, 2014)
Reference : ZF Reference : the Author
Figure 4 Rear support
Static analysis : simplifications
Figure 5 Elastic damper
Retrieved from : https://brammeronline.de/product/info/397007/name/MEGU_5718228_50NR11_KONUSLAGER_FREUDENBERG (Mar, 2014)
Reference : Brammer
Figure 6 Front support
Reference : the Author
Static analysis : simplifications
Small radius and holes
Extraction of middle surface
Assembly corrections
Screws
Simplification of some geometries
Static analysis : contact
Figure 7 Contact
Reference : the author
Static analysis : material
Graphic 1 AISI 1020 Stress-strain curve
Reference : MatWeb
Retrieved from : http://www.matweb.com/search/DataSheet.aspx?MatGUID=b58ee61a3745453a9232f7864abba74f (Mar, 2014)
Static analysis : loads
Table 1 - ROPS LOADS
ID Load Criteria Definition
1 Rear longitudinal Energy E = 1,4 x mass
2 Rear crush Force F = 20 x mass
3 Side transverse Energy E = 1,75 x mass
4 Front crush Force F = 20 x mass
ROPS must be approved in each test
The structure must not penetrate the survival cell
1 2
Rear Longitudinal Rear Crush
Static analysis : loads
Figure 8 Loads
Reference : the author
Static analysis : loads
Figure 9 Loads
Reference : the author
4
Side transverse Front Crush
3
Static analysis : boundary conditions
Figure 10 Boundary conditions
Reference : the author
Static analysis : survival cell
Figure 11 Survival cell
Reference : the author
Figure 12 Standard specification
Reference : ABNT ISO 5700:2009
Static analysis
Figure 13 Final model
Reference : the author
Results
Reference : the author
Figure 14 Deformation
Results
Reference : the author
Figure 15 Energy probe
A
B
A : Energy : rear longitudinal
B : Energy : side transverse
Next Steps
Comparison between the real test and the
virtual simulation
Improve the virtual model to reduce the error
between the tests
Certify someday only by CAE technology
Questions???

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