Cross docking terminals allow companies to reduce storage and transportation costs in a supply chain. At these terminals, products of different types from incoming trucks are unloaded, sorted, and loaded to outgoing trucks for delivery. If the designated outgoing truck is not immediately available for some products, they are temporarily stocked in a small storage area available at the terminal....

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2312, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2012, pp. 34–45. DOI: 10.3141/2312-04 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada. Current affiliation for J. Dahl: Lea Consulting Ltd., 625 Cochrane Drive, Suite 900, Mar...

Abstract The retained coal in the end slope of an open-pit mine can be mined by highwall mining techniques. However, instability mechanism reserved rib pillar under dynamic loads haul trucks and static overlying strata is not clear, which restricts safe efficient application mining. In this study, load-bearing model was established, cusp catastrophe theory safety coefficient were considered, cr...

Accidents with mining dump trucks are still common, especially those small vehicles located in locations. The limited visibility of the driver large truck to see around it cause these accidents. This paper presents a vehicle detection system prototype designed improve truck’s driver. works by initially detecting 433 MHz radio frequency, which indicates is truck. A buzzer sound, controlled Fuzzy...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to evaluate the circumstances leading to fall from equipment injuries in the mining industry. METHOD The 2006 and 2007 Mine Safety and Health Administration annual injury databases were utilized for this study whereby the injury narrative, nature of injury, body part injured, mine type, age at injury, and days lost were evaluated for each injury. ...

In Ireland, timber and biomass haulage faces the challenge of transporting enough material within strict legal dimensions and gross vehicle weights restrictions for trucks and trailers. The objective of this study was to develop a method to control payload weight by knowing the moisture content of the wood. Weights, volumes, and moisture content were gathered from 100 truckloads of Sitka spruce...

Truck platooning refers to a series of trucks driving in close proximity via communication technologies, and it is considered one the most implementable systems connected automated vehicles, bringing huge energy savings safety improvements. Properly planning platoons evaluating potential truck are crucial trucking companies transportation authorities. This study proposes data mining approaches ...

The shift strategy of automatic transmission plays a vital role in the smoothness and economy heavy-duty mining trucks. In this paper, an engine fuel consumption model, 6 + 2 speed vehicle resistance model are built MATLAB. Combined with development smart technology, traditional two-parameter economic is corrected based on load road slope. dynamic programming optimization algorithm used to extr...