Abstracts der 108. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin e.V. (DGKJ).pdfVIP

2 Planning of Earthwork Processes Using Discrete Event Simulation Johannes Wimmer, Tim Horenburg, Willibald A. Günthner, Yang Ji, and André Borrmann The planning of earthworks represents a complex task. The use of different machine configurations as well as alternative scenarios in the site layout (e.g. transport routes and temporal storage areas) must be evaluated and dimensioned consistently. Wrong decisions can lead to delays or an uneconomic solution and hence increase the costs and project duration. In practice, this planning process is based on the experience and knowledge of the persons in charge; however, decision support tools are not used in the planning of excavation and transporta- tion equipment despite their central importance. Therefore an approach has been developed to support the planning of construction processes in earthworks by applying discrete event simulation. For this purpose, methods for calculating the performance of earthmoving equipment were extended based on statistical components, adapted for simulation, and implemented in a module library. Furthermore, the simulation tool has been coupled with a mathematical optimiza- tion procedure to reduce the cost of transport in earthworks by minimizing haul times. 2.1 Actual Situation in Earthwork Planning Planners of earthworks are facing various influences and changing conditions that could lead to continual adjustments that inevitably impair the construction process during execution. The scheduling is therefore a dynamic process that is very diffi- cult to control due to the fast pace of construction progress. Therefore an efficient and well coordinated schedule is the basis for an economic operation. In this Johannes Wimmer · Tim Horenburg · Willibald A. Günthner · Yang Ji · André Borrmann Dipl.-Ing.