SIMULATION MODELING OF HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS APPLIED TO ROADSIDE MOWING

THIS PAPER PRESENTS A SIMULATION MODEL BY WHICH A MOWING OPERATION IS ANALYZED ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. INCLUDED IS THE EFFECT OF RAINFALL-SPEED DISTRIBUTIONS FOR TRACTOR-MOWER PRODUCTION AS RELATED TO TERRAIN FEATURES; HOURLY COST DISTRIBUTIONS FOR TRACTORS, MOWERS, AND SERVICE TRUCKS; AND TIME DISTRIBUTIONS FOR NONPRODUCTION ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR DURING THE DAILY MOWING OPERATION. THE SPEED AND TIME MEASUREMENTS WERE OBSERVED ON 169 ACRES OF A 10.6-MILE SECTION OF I-95 IN THE NEW CASTLE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT IN DELAWARE. THE SIMULATION MODEL IS DESCRIBED IN THE GENERAL PURPOSE SIMULATION SYSTEM LANGUAGE. OUTPUT SHOWING THE SIMULATED VARIATION IN TOTAL PROJECT TIMES AND COSTS FOR 20 OBSERVATIONS OF VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF ASSIGNED MOWING AREA ARE SHOWN. THE MODEL PROVIDES A TOOL BY WHICH THE HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE ENGINEER CAN EVALUATE SHORT- AND LONG-RANGE PLANNING DECISIONS THAT INVOLVE A SERIES OF HIGHLY VARIABLE TIME-CONSUMING ACTIVITIES. SUGGESTIONS OF OTHER HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS TO WHICH THE MODEL CAN BE APPLIED ARE PRESENTED.

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1973/451/451-003.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Maintenance and Operations Costs. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Stone, Robert J
• Conference:
  • 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 23-35
• Monograph Title: Highway and bridge maintenance: operations, costs, and modeling
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 451
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Equipment; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Mowing; Simulation; Time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Old TRIS Terms: Equipment cost
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219164
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309021839
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM