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  5. 10.46354/i3m.2018.emss.001

Integrating weather in modelling earthmoving mining operation using distributed simulation with HLA standards

  • a  Mubarak AL-Alawi  ,
  • b Yasser Mohamed  ,
  • c Ahmed Bouferguene  
  • aDept. of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
  • bDept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
  • cDept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
Cite as
AL-Alawi M., Mohamed Y., Bouferguene A. (2018). Integrating weather in modelling earthmoving mining operation using distributed simulation with HLA standards. Proceedings of the 30th European Modeling & Simulation Symposium (EMSS 2018), pp. 1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2018.emss.001

Abstract

Changes in weather conditions impact construction activities. The consideration of effects of changes in weather condition is important to better estimate the performance of construction resources. This paper demonstrates the integration of a weather generator to support modelling earthmoving operation using distribution simulation with high level architectural (HLA) standards The modelled earthmoving operation is related to the oil sand mining. The weather effects on the breakdown and maintenance events of earthmoving resources (trucks and excavators) were analyzed under different weather testing scenarios and their results were reported accordingly.

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