Simulation of Haulage Truck Loading Techniques in an Underground Mine Using WITNESS

Simulation

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 291-299

  Runciman, Neil ^a   Vagenas, Nick ^a   Corkal, Tom ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Environmental and Health Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

haulage system; mining; scoop trams; trucks; Underground hard rock mining; WITNESS

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOADING; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNDERGROUND MINE TRANSPORTATION;

MINE HAULAGE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE WITNESS; UNDERGROUND HARD ROCK MINING;

MINE TRUCKS;

EID: 0031144967     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003754979706800504     Document Type: Article

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