Snowplow Operations and Resource Management: Final Report

Details

• Creators:
  Wilson, Martha C. ; Dadie-Amoah, Kwasi ; Zhang, Yanpeng
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Minnesota, Duluth. Northland Advanced Transportation Systems Research Laboratories
• Corporate Contributors:
  Minnesota. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Snowplows
  • Moisture content
  • Decision making
  • Maintenance management
  • Operations
  • Simulation
  • Winter maintenance
  • Resource management
  • Snow accumulation rate
  • Snow equipment
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CTS 04-09
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Minnesota
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  987631
• OCLC Number:
  57490821
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies
• Description:
  The purpose of this research was twofold: to develop a simulation model of snowplow operations, and to develop a conceptual design for a predictive maintenance system. The first portion of the research was concerned primarily with developing a simulation model of snowplow operations for selected routes in Virginia, MN. The purpose of this model is to assist managers with decisions related to route length, assignment of plows to routes, placement of reloading points, and the collection of labor and material cost based on “what-if” scenarios. Creating this model depended on input from experienced operators, internal management reports, and archived Road and Weather Information Systems (RWIS) data.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38400/dot_38400_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 862.76 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:135205b991a48f7adfb91f06df6243cab12d4fcea13a651dc128ff492b94d33e