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Development of Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) Performance Criteria for Large Mobile Mining Equipment.

PB86216066

Publication Date	1985
Personal Author	Dahle, J. L.; Gavan, G. R.
Page Count	294
Abstract	The report documents the research efforts undertaken to design, construct and test rollover protective structures (ROPS) and to develop ROPS performance criteria for large mobile mining machines. The following tests were conducted: two rollover tests of a 52,000-pound machine, two rollover tests and one static test of a 390,000-pound machine, and one rollover test of a 286,000-pound machine. The tests were conducted on a specially constructed hill with a slope of 35 degrees and were designed to provide consistent and repetitious results. Each roll test was designed to provide a minimum of 540 degrees of machine rotation about the longitudinal axis, allowing the ROPS to impact the slope twice. All tests included extensive instrumentation and photographic coverage to fully evaluate the performance of the ROPS. Using data obtained from the testing, as well as all other available rollover data in which ROPS loading and energy absorption characteristics were known, recommended performance criteria were developed, including side force and energy, longitudinal force, and vertical force.
Keywords	Loaders Mining equipment Safety devices Criteria Performance Tests
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48A - Mineral Industries 94H - Industrial Safety Engineering 94J - Nondestructive Testing
Corporate Authors	Woodward Associates, Inc., San Diego, CA.; Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Open file rept. Sep 79-Apr 85.
NTIS Issue Number	198620
Contract Number	H0292020

Development of Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) Performance Criteria for Large Mobile Mining Equipment.

Development of Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) Performance Criteria for Large Mobile Mining Equipment.
PB86216066

Publication Date	1985
Personal Author	Dahle, J. L.; Gavan, G. R.
Page Count	294
Abstract	The report documents the research efforts undertaken to design, construct and test rollover protective structures (ROPS) and to develop ROPS performance criteria for large mobile mining machines. The following tests were conducted: two rollover tests of a 52,000-pound machine, two rollover tests and one static test of a 390,000-pound machine, and one rollover test of a 286,000-pound machine. The tests were conducted on a specially constructed hill with a slope of 35 degrees and were designed to provide consistent and repetitious results. Each roll test was designed to provide a minimum of 540 degrees of machine rotation about the longitudinal axis, allowing the ROPS to impact the slope twice. All tests included extensive instrumentation and photographic coverage to fully evaluate the performance of the ROPS. Using data obtained from the testing, as well as all other available rollover data in which ROPS loading and energy absorption characteristics were known, recommended performance criteria were developed, including side force and energy, longitudinal force, and vertical force.
Keywords	Loaders Mining equipment Safety devices Criteria Performance Tests
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48A - Mineral Industries 94H - Industrial Safety Engineering 94J - Nondestructive Testing
Corporate Authors	Woodward Associates, Inc., San Diego, CA.; Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Open file rept. Sep 79-Apr 85.
NTIS Issue Number	198620
Contract Number	H0292020