Transient Response Analysis of a Dual Cycle System
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 112, Issue 3
Abstract
The increasing competition in the construction industry today not only calls for lower bid prices but for accurate estimates as well. Therefore, a contractor must continuousiy strive to improve his or her estimating techniques. A computer simulation which can be used to estimate the loss in efficiency that results when a dual cycle system is being started up each shift is presented. It does this by using the CYCLONE simulation model for several different simulated cases.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
1.
“Caterpillar Performance Handbook,” Revised 13th ed., Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Ill., Oct., 1982.
2.
Halpin, D. W., and Woodhead, R. W., “Design of Construction and Process Operations,” John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1976.
3.
Lluch, J., and Halpin, D. W., “Construction Operations and Microcomputers,” Journal of the Construction Division, ASCE, Vol. 108, No. CO2, Mar., 1982, pp. 129–145.
4.
Morgan, W. C., and Peterson, L., “Deterministic Shovel‐Truck Productivity,” Mining Engineering, Dec., 1968.
5.
O'Shea, J. B., Slutkin, G. N., and Shaffer, L. R., “An Application of the Theory of Queues to the Forecasting of Shovel‐Truck Fleet Productions,” Construction Research Series No. 3, Department of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., June, 1964.
6.
Tavakoli, A., “Productivity Analysis of Construction Operations,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, Vol. 111, No. 1, Mar., 1985, pp. 31–39.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 112 • Issue 3 • September 1986
Pages: 403 - 410
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 ASCE.
History
Published online: Sep 1, 1986
Published in print: Sep 1986
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.