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Software for Simulating Open-pit Truck/Shovel Haulage Systems using Google Earth and GPSS/H

구글어스와 GPSS/H를 이용한 노천 채광장의 적재-운반 시뮬레이션 소프트웨어 개발

최요순, Antonio Nieto

Yosoon Choi and Antonio Nieto

31 December 2011. pp. 734-743
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Abstract
This study presents new software, named Google Earth-based MIning SIMulation System(GEMISIMS), to simulate a truck/shovel haulage system in open-pit mines. System architecture using Google Earth, Keyhole Markup Language (KML), a modified least-cost path algorithm and the GPSS/H simulation language was suggested and used for the implementation of GEMISIMS. GEMISIMS allows users: (1) to determine optimal haulage routes of trucks between shovels and dumps(or ore stockpiles), (2) to optimize the number of trucks which will be allocated to each route and (3) to animate the movements of trucks using the 3D render window of Google Earth. This paper reports the concept and details of the software development and its application to an open-pit coal mine in Indonesia which revealed that GEMISIMS can support the better understanding of an open-pit truck/shovel haulage system.
Keywords
Open-pit mine
Haulage operation
Google Earth
KML
GPSS/H
본 연구에서는 노천 채광장의 적재-운반 시뮬레이션을 수행할 수 있는 새로운 소프트웨어(GEMISIMS)를 개발하였다. 구글어스, Keyhole Markup Language(KML), 수정된 최적경로 분석 알고리듬, GPSS/H 시뮬레이션 언어를 유기적으로 결합할 수 있는 시스템 구조를 설계하였고, GEMISIMS 소프트웨어의 구현을 위해 사용하였다. 사용자는 GEMISIMS 소프트웨어를 이용해 적재지점과 덤핑지점 사이의 최적 운반경로를 분석할 수 있으며, 시뮬레이션을 통해 운반 경로별로 투입되어야할 최적의 트럭 수를 결정할 수 있다. 또한, 트럭의 이동과 관련한 시뮬레이션 결과를 구글어스 3차원 뷰어(viewer)를 통해 시각적으로 확인할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 GEMISIMS 소프트웨어의 개발 방법을 설명한 후, 인도네시아의 석탄 노천광산을 대상으로 수행한 사례연구 결과를 제시한다. 개발된 소프트웨어가 노천 채광장의 적재-운반 시스템을 이해하는데 효과적으로 활용될 수 있을 것이라 기대한다.
키워드
노천광산
운반작업
구글어스
KML
GPSS/H
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  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society for Geosystem Engineering
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