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      A STUDY OF THE CONCEPT OF DYNAMIC EQUIPMENT IN THE EARTHMOVING PROCESS BY A CONSIDERATION OF TIME, COST AND EMISSIONS

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          The earthmoving process is usually handled by a combination of multi-functional excavators and delivery trucks. According to the principles of excavation, a specific machine is selected to dig the earth. Sometimes, due to the difficulties in the process, the digging process is split between different machines with different capabilities. This paper aims to introduce the concept of dynamic equipment for allocating different tasks in an operation to a machine. This concept is discussed and modelled via a discrete-event simulation method and is tested in a real earthmoving operation from three different perspectives: time, cost and emission. The results from the case study show that the use of dynamic equipment will lead to a decrease in cost and emissions and an increase in productivity.

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                Journal
                jgrb
                Journal of Green Building
                College Publishing
                1552-6100
                1943-4618
                1943-4618
                Summer 2013
                : 8
                : 3
                : 156-165
                Author notes

                1School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, 2052, Australia.

                2Department of Civil Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, Iran.

                3Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran.

                *Corresponding Author: Meysam Ebrahiminejad ( m.ebrahimi@ 123456unsw.edu.au ).
                Article
                jgb.8.3.156
                10.3992/jgb.8.3.156
                753f6d7c-e992-43ea-bca2-309775faba54
                ©2013 by College Publishing. All rights reserved.
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                Pages: 10
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                RESEARCH ARTICLES

                Urban design & Planning,Civil engineering,Environmental management, Policy & Planning,Architecture,Environmental engineering
                Productivity,CO2 ,Discrete-Event,Simulation,Earthmoving

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