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ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 32
DEVELOPMENTS IN COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING Edited by: B.H.V. Topping
Paper II.3
A Simulation Model for Optimising the Location of a Single Tower Crane P. Zhang, F.C. Harris, P.O. Olomolaiye and M. Goodwin
School of Construction, Engineering and Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
P. Zhang, F.C. Harris, P.O. Olomolaiye, M. Goodwin, "A Simulation Model for Optimising the Location of a Single Tower Crane", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Developments in Computational Techniques for Civil Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 25-32, 1995. doi:10.4203/ccp.32.2.3
Abstract
This paper describes a stochastic simulation model to
optimise the location of a single tower crane. The model
presented reconstructs the process of demand and supply of
materials taking place on site, and simulates a crane able to
satisfy requests for deliveries, by determining average
transport time for each request as a criterion. The proposed
model not only reflects the influence of the intensity of
material flow between the service points, and the velocity of
boom slewing and trolley movement, already achieved by
the earlier models, but also takes into account balance
paths, together with types of requests and the manner of
hook movements, as being significant influences on optimum
crane location, in order to provide a more accurate
representation of the real world compared to other models.
Results indicate that approximately 20-40 percent of crane
travelling time in horizontal plane car1 be saved, depending
on type of crane, skill of crane operator and site conditions,
if located at the position recommended by the model.
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