Drivers of mining trucks are exposed to whole-body vibrations (WBV) and shocks during the various working cycles. These exposures have an adversely influence on the health, c...

Abstract. In a simple surface mining scenario we can consider the mine to have one mining location and one dump-site connected by a lone truck route. Our objective is to determine a purchase and salvage policy for trucks and loaders such that the cost of materials handling is minimized over a multiple period schedule. This problem quickly becomes large scale when we consider large sets of possi...

This work presents the principle of optimal model truck selection for waste transport at open pit Gacko. The analysis was performed three types trucks: Belaz 7555, 75491 and 75135. Selection done using AHP method from group multicriteria decisionmaking methods. results technological procedure Gacko evaluation most important criteria an type selection. In assessment degree their impact, a questi...

Reducing the costs of transport component, reaching up to 50% or more total cost mined coal, is an urgent task that does not require additional confirmation. Since development measures improve purely technical indicators motor at open-pit mines beyond scope general study, we will limit ourselves search for technological solutions can have a positive impact on overall production. This may includ...

Today rapid development in Information Technology field and new applications being developed constantly to support critical businesses all over the world and also various key fields like environment studies, Medicine, Research and other sciences, making it an indispensable part of our lives. Computations across and over Internet has become order of day. Internet of things is an emerging topic o...

There are myriad questions that remain to be answered in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trading. This article addresses carbon dioxide (CO2) emission factors and losses from heavy equipment is used transport ores. Differences occurred between the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) factor those were obtained by considering incomplete combustion on-site exhaust concentration measur...

In this paper, we first describe a simplified scenario observed in mining operations, where trucks are loaded and emptied at different locations. We will then look at ways that we can model this subsystem using timed automata so we may be able to apply model checking techniques on such systems. Specifically, we will look at modifications to the Hourglass Automata and Interrupt Timed Automata to...

This paper describes how many of the navigation techniques developed by the robotics research community over the last decade may be applied to a class of underground mining vehicles (LHDs and haul trucks). We review the current state-of-the-art in this area and conclude that there are essentially two basic methods of navigation applicable. We describe an implementation of a reactive navigation ...