Title: Analytical investigation of an on-road in-pit heavy traffic situation

Authors: Jacek M. Czaplicki, Anna M. Kulczycka

Addresses: Faculty of Mining and Geology, Mining Mechanization Institute, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland. ' Faculty of Mining and Geology, Mining Mechanization Institute, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

Abstract: The paper considers the problem of an on-road in-pit heavy traffic situation that might occur during the operation of a shovel-truck system. During their travel, trucks encounter other pieces of haulage frequently that can affect the truck|s performance. It is a well-known fact that by increasing the number of trucks in the system, the productivity of the truck system grows. However, this only works to a certain degree because when many haulers circulate in a given pit, they might start to interfere with one another, and the system|s productivity begins to decrease. The authors present an approach how to analyse such a situation by applying the Sivazlian and Wang queuing model. An example is given illustrating the theoretical treatise.

Keywords: shovel truck systems; on-road in-pit heavy traffic; G/G/R queuing models; Maryanovitch model; SMIU; heavily-used road segments; intensive use; heavy vehicles; shovel trucks; open pit mining; haulage.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMME.2010.039041

International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering, 2010 Vol.2 No.4, pp.338 - 348

Published online: 11 Mar 2011 *

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