The process of hydraulic fracturing for recovery of oil and natural gas uses large amounts of fresh water and produces a comparable amount of wastewater, much of which is typically transported by truck. Truck transport of water is an expensive and energy-intensive process with significant external costs including roads damages, and pollution. The integrated development plan (IDP) is the industr...

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This paper aimed to develop a delivery truck scheduling management system using decision tree support decision-making in selecting truck. First-in-first-out (FIFO) and techniques were applied prioritize loading doors for trucks with the use of iterated local search (ILS) recommending route transport goods. Besides, an arrangement can be assigned door that meets specified conditions. The experim...

High dependence on imported oil has increased U.S. strategic vulnerability and prompted more research in the area of renewable energy production. Ethanol production from renewable woody biomass, which could be a substitute for gasoline, has seen increased interest. This study analysed energy use and greenhouse gas emission impacts on the forest biomass supply chain activities within the State o...

‡ College of Engineering, California State University, Long Beach _____________________________________________________________________ In this paper we propose an intelligent transportation system for container movement between inland port and terminals, in which fully automated trucks are employed to transfer all the containers. The inland port is located a few miles away from the terminals a...

Transportation and handling is generally regarded as stressful to cattle and includes both physical and psychological stimuli that might be aversive. Historical accounts relate high mortality during the early days of transport and concerns for the welfare of cattle that are similar to those today. Behavior, pathology, and physiology are all used to identify stress in response to transportation....

Today, during the life of an open pit mine, million tons of materials, including waste and ore, are displacing by truck fleets. In the case of a shallow ore deposit, which is located up to 300 meters to the ground surface, depending on preliminary equipment size and capacity, it will take three to five years to remove overburden and waste rocks to expose the ore body. In that period, the main w...

Background: The association between the occurrence of road accidents and WMSD is a topic that has attracted much attention in the transportation industry. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in professional truck drivers and their impact on the occurrence of road accidents. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, 200 professional truck drivers...

There is an old well-known story about a novice truck driver driving a tall truck who misjudged the clearance below an overhead railway bridge. In trying to pass through, the truck got stuck under the bridge and thereafter would not drive in either forward or reverse gear. With the traffic blocked, a crowd began to gather around, and many people tried to help by pushing the truck but could not ...

In Ireland, truck transport by road dominates and will remain the main transportation mode of biomass. Cost efficiency and flexibility of forest transport can be typically improved by optimising routes. It is important to know every process and attributes within the workflow of roundwood transport. This study aimed to analyse characteristics of timber trucking in Ireland, and to estimate the le...