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Design and Development of Drop Centre Axle for 2WD Tractor

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Longitudinal instability is the major factor to lead tractor accident. To prevent the accident, stability has to maintain that depends on tractor CG height. The CG can be maintained during operation by raising or lowering the front portion of the tractor. For lowering the front portion of tractor from normal position, a drop centre axle was used. This axle was designed in CATIA and finite element analysis was carried out in ANSYS. After analysis, trapezoidal frame with 10° side angle of 8 mm plate thickness was selected for its development. The maximum induced stress was 395 MPa, and its total deformation was 1.09720 mm. The axle weight was found to be 39 kg. The axle was developed and installed in the tractor that will help in lowering the front portion of tractor to 300 mm. It enhances the stability and accordingly maximum pulling capacity during operation.

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The authors are thankful to Extra Mural Fund project sponsored by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (EMF-ICAR), Pusa, New Delhi—India for providing the financial assistance to carry out the research work, Department of Agricultural Engineering, NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh and to the Institute for providing the facilities.

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    Sonu Kumar, Avinash Kumar & P K Pranav

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Kumar, S., Kumar, A., Pranav, P.K. (2019). Design and Development of Drop Centre Axle for 2WD Tractor. In: Chakrabarti, A. (eds) Research into Design for a Connected World. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 134. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5974-3_81

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