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Optimum Location of Steering Wheel for Indian Tractor Operators

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Title Optimum Location of Steering Wheel for Indian Tractor Operators
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Creator Pajnoo RK
Saha KP
Mehta CR
 
Subject Anthropometry, Steering angle, Horizontal Position, Vertical position
 
Description Academic Research Work
Location of steering wheel apart from its design influences the performance of the tractor
operator by affecting the operator’s comfort and steering effort requirement. Presently,
design of steering wheel in Indian tractors is based on ISO/international standard which
does not confirm the anthropometry of Indian workers. In this study, efforts have been
made to find out the most comfortable combination of angle of steering wheel and its
horizontal and vertical distances from SRP in proportion to the stature of majority of Indian
tractor operators for enhancing their capabilities of turning the steering wheel. The study
revealed that the steering wheel angle of 20 to 25 degree with vertical axis along with a
horizontal and vertical position of 39 to 42 percent and 30 percent of the stature of operator,
respectively enables him to apply a maximum force of 77.5 to 79.5 NM for operating the
steering wheel.
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Date 2021-10-25T10:29:46Z
2021-10-25T10:29:46Z
2012-06-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Pajnoo RK, Saha KP and Mehta CR. 2012. Optimum Location of Steering Wheel for Indian Tractor Operators. Agricultural Engineering Today, 36(2): 10-14.
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/66279
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering