12-04-2023

Problem on Truck Speed Calculation

Construction Equipment
Management
CMT 522
Session 2
Trucks and Hauling Equipment - Illustration

Aritra Halder
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Assistant Professor | School of Construction

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Calculating Truck/Truck Fleet Production
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Output of loader and number of trucks
required
𝑸×𝑱 ×𝑬 ×𝑭 ×𝑺 ×𝟔𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏
• 𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓 =
• Q = capacity of loader bucket
• J = Job condition factor
• E = Operating efficiency
• F = Bucket Fill Factor
• S = Swell Factor
𝟔𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏×𝑯𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆
• 𝑯𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓 =
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12-04-2023
Calculating Truck/Truck Fleet Production
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Illustrative Example
• Quantity of material to be handled=5000000 cum
• Capacity of loaders to be engaged (Q) = 2.3 cum
𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒕 (𝒎𝒊𝒏)
• Capacity of dumpers = 30 cum
• Yearly working hour for project = 2000 hours
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Project to be completed in 5 years
Job condition factor (J) = 0.7
• Operating Efficiency (E) = 0.85
• Bucket fill Factor (F) = 0.85
• Swell Factor (S) = 0.9
• Cycle time for loader (Ct)= 0.5 mins
• Lead distance = 6 km
• Speed @ empty haul = 25 km/hour, Speed @ loaded haul = 20 km/hour
• Dumper takes 10 min break in every working hour
∗ 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲
𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒕 (𝒎𝒊𝒏)
• Calculate the loader and dumper requirement.
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Illustrative Example Example

𝑸×𝑱 ×𝑬 ×𝑭 ×𝑺 ×𝟔𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏 . . . . .
• 𝑂𝑢𝑡𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 = = = 125.63 cum
𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒕 (𝒎𝒊𝒏) . • You are supposed to plan equipment for excavation of 1,00,000 m3 sandy clay at a construction site. The
• 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 = = 500 cum. material has a fill factor of 110% and a swell percentage of 35%. You are provided with a hoe excavator
having a bucket capacity of 3 cy. Considering conservative loading criteria, road conditions, slope the
• 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 = = 4 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝑎𝑑𝑑 1 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑏𝑦 ;
hauling speed (steady state) is fixed at 16 mph. The return speed (empty, steady state) is fixed at 22 mph.
The hauling distance is 3 miles. The dump time is 2 min (average). The cycle time for the hoe is 20
• 𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 = 𝟓 seconds. The loose unit weight of the soil to be excavated is 2150 lcy/cy. The efficiency factor to be
considered is 50 min hour. The maximum number of haulers available is only 16. Each hauler is having a
• 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟 = = 14.4 mins heaped capacity of 18.3 cy and it can carry a maximum payload of 22 tonnes. Considering the conditions
of the road, your safety officer instructs to light load the hauler. How many days will it be required to
• Empty haul time@ 25 km/hour for 6 km lead = = 14.4 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠 complete the work if the maximum time available to work in a day is only 8 hours and with 25 working
days in a month? If the excavator and hauler hire charges are Rs. 3000 per hour and Rs. 1500 hours per
• Loaded haul time @20 km/hour for 6 km lead = = 18 mins hour respectively, what is the rate per cubic meter of excavation for the current job if the expected profit
percentage including overheads is 25%.
• Consider misc. times = 2 mins, • Conversion factors
• Total time = 14.4+14.4+18+2 = 48.8 mins • 1 mph = 88 fpm
• Hourly output of truck (Dumper) = = 36.88 𝑐𝑢𝑚 ; • 2000 lb = 1 tonne
.
• 1 cy = 0.76 m3
• (considering 50 min per hour working) Actual Output = 36.88*50/60 = 30.73 cum
• 1 mile = 5280 feet
• Number of dumpers required = .
= 16.27 (say 17)
• Keeping 2 standby, total number of trucks = 19

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