DETERMINATION OF CRITERIA AND CHARACTERISTIC VALUES FOR THE SELECTION OF EARTHWORKS EQUIPMENT FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION (STAGE 2)

ERMITTLUNG DER MASSGEBENDEN KRITERIEN UND KENNGROESSEN FUER DIE AUSWAHL DER ERDBAUGERAETE IM STRASSENBAU (STUFE 2)

THE FIRST STAGE OF THE WORK CONSISTED OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL STUDIES ON THE SUBJECT OF MAN/MACHINE/EARTH IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE BASIC INFLUENCING FACTORS. STAGE 2 WILL CONSIST OF COLLECTING, EVALUATING AND PREPARING THE EXISTING DATA FOR THE SUBSEQUENT "FUNCTION MODEL" (STAGE 3), SO THAT LATER A COMPUTER MODEL CAN BE BUILT FOR SIMULATING THE WHOLE PROCESS (STAGE 4). WORK IN STAGE 1 HAS SHOWN THAT IT IS ONLY POSSIBLE TO MAKE A COLLECTION OF THE MEASURED VALUES AND STATEMENTS IF THERE IS A COMPLETE SURVEY OF ALL FACTORS SUCH AS TIME, EQUIPMENT, EARTH, MAN, OPERATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT. IT IS INTENDED TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRACTICAL USE OF EARTHWORKS EQUIPMENT IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION.