Mine haul road maintenance management systems
In surface mining operations, ultra-heavy trucks operate on haul road networks which are typically from 10-40km in length. These road networks are often not optimally designed and maintained and as a result, identifying and remediating road functional defects is problematic. Most surface mine operat...
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| description | In surface mining operations, ultra-heavy trucks operate on haul road networks which are typically from 10-40km in length. These road networks are often not optimally designed and maintained and as a result, identifying and remediating road functional defects is problematic. Most surface mine operators agree good roads are desirable, but find it difficult to translate this into an effective road maintenance system. This paper presents a haul road maintenance management system which utilises an assessment of rolling resistance based on a functional performance evaluation of a haul road, together with mine haul truck operating cost models to derive the optimal frequency of road maintenance. A typical application is presented which illustrates the potential of the technique to manage maintenance as and where needed with resultant reduction in total road user costs and an improvement in service provided for the road user. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-66332017-01-30T10:54:15Z Mine haul road maintenance management systems Thompson, Roger Visser, A. pavement design Haul road road maintenance surface mining transportation In surface mining operations, ultra-heavy trucks operate on haul road networks which are typically from 10-40km in length. These road networks are often not optimally designed and maintained and as a result, identifying and remediating road functional defects is problematic. Most surface mine operators agree good roads are desirable, but find it difficult to translate this into an effective road maintenance system. This paper presents a haul road maintenance management system which utilises an assessment of rolling resistance based on a functional performance evaluation of a haul road, together with mine haul truck operating cost models to derive the optimal frequency of road maintenance. A typical application is presented which illustrates the potential of the technique to manage maintenance as and where needed with resultant reduction in total road user costs and an improvement in service provided for the road user. 2003 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6633 SAIMM restricted |
| spellingShingle | pavement design Haul road road maintenance surface mining transportation Thompson, Roger Visser, A. Mine haul road maintenance management systems |
| title | Mine haul road maintenance management systems |
| title_full | Mine haul road maintenance management systems |
| title_fullStr | Mine haul road maintenance management systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mine haul road maintenance management systems |
| title_short | Mine haul road maintenance management systems |
| title_sort | mine haul road maintenance management systems |
| topic | pavement design Haul road road maintenance surface mining transportation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6633 |