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Design and Installation of ROPS for Army Retrofit Program
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Abstract
The U. S. Army is faced with the requirement to provide Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) on new and old construction equipment vehicles. Many of the commercial design practices can be followed but some military design features and operational conditions pose unusual problems. The large number of vehicles involved and the wide distribution made it necessary to study the problems and ramifications for thoroughly each machine. New techniques of design and evaluation had to be developed to cover the major constraints of previously built machines. New design features have been incorporated into the ROPS to simplify shipment, visibility, and retrofit, including refinements on the two-post ROPS, mesh design for falling objects, and mounts.
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Hopler, P. and Stewart, W., "Design and Installation of ROPS for Army Retrofit Program," SAE Technical Paper 730752, 1973, https://doi.org/10.4271/730752.Also In
References
- Klose G. L. “Engineering Basics of Roll Over Protective Structures as applied to Construction Equipment.” SAE Transactions 78 1969 paper 690569
- Staab J. E. “Development of ROPS Criteria for Construction and Industrial Vehicles.” SAE Transactions 80 1971 paper 710693
- Huang Yuan “Finite Element Method-Structure Analysis by Simulation.” Paper 730446 SAE Earthmoving Industry Conference Peoria, Ill. 1973
- U. S. Army Corps of Engineers “Safety-General Safety Requirements.” March 1 1967 March 27 1972