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Korean Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (한국암반공학회)
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Development of a Windows-based Program for Discrete Event Simulation of Truck-Loader Haulage Systems in an Underground Mine

지하광산 트럭-로더 운반시스템의 이산 사건 시뮬레이션을 위한 Windows용 프로그램 개발

  • 최요순 ;
  • 박세범 (한국교통연구원 물류연구본부) ;
  • 이성재 (극지연구소 원격탐사연구실) ;
  • 백지은 (부경대학교 환경해양대학 에너지자원공학과) ;
  • 정지후 (부경대학교 환경해양대학 에너지자원공학과) ;
  • 박한수 (대성엠디아이(주) 신소재기술연구소)
  • Received : 2016.03.10
  • Accepted : 2016.04.12
  • Published : 2016.04.30
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Abstract

We developed a Windows-based program for discrete event simulation of truck-loader haulage systems in an underground mine. The Daesung MDI limestone mine located in Samcheok City, Gangwon Province, Korea was selected as the study area to design the program. The developed program is composed of the graphic user interface (GUI) and simulation engine implemented by Visual Basic.NET 2012 and the GPSS/H simulation language, respectively. When a user sets up input parameters for the discrete event simulation through GUI, the program activates the simulation engine, and then simulation results are displayed on GUI. This paper describes the details of the program development as well as its applications to the study area to determine the optimal number of trucks dispatched at each loading point under different operating conditions.

본 연구에서는 지하광산 트럭-로더 운반시스템의 이산 사건 시뮬레이션을 수행할 수 있는 Windows용 프로그램을 개발하였다. 강원도 삼척시에 위치한 대성엠디아이 석회석 광산을 연구지역으로 선정하여 프로그램을 설계하였다. 개발된 프로그램은 Visual Basic.NET 2012로 구현된 그래픽 사용자 인터페이스와 GPSS/H 시뮬레이션 언어로 구현된 시뮬레이션 엔진으로 구성되어 있다. 사용자가 그래픽 사용자 인터페이스를 통해 시뮬레이션을 위한 입력 인자 값들을 설정하면, 프로그램은 시뮬레이션 엔진을 가동시키며, 시뮬레이션이 완료되면 그 결과는 다시 그래픽 사용자 인터페이스를 통해 화면에 출력된다. 본 논문에서는 프로그램 개발과 관련한 세부적인 사항과 함께 서로 다른 운영조건에서 각각의 적재 지점에 배차해야하는 최적의 트럭의 수를 결정하기 위해 프로그램을 연구지역에 적용한 결과를 제시한다.

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