A Stochastic Network to Model Air Cargo Terminals

Abstract

In recent years design approaches to aircargo terminal operations had to be reexamined in order to cope with the vast increases in the cargo handling requirements due to the introduction of jumbo jets. Although a new cargo handling system proposed by Dortech would seem to handle the large cargo commitments, virtually no evaluation of its functional capabilities had been verified by actual design or by in depth computer simulation studies. Relevant computer studies include: the simulation of aircargo input/output cargo flow patterns, and the development of a GERTS IIIQ simulation model of a Dortech type aircargo facility. In the paper an in depth parameter study of the Dortech approach to aircargo handling is presented by means of a GERTS IIIQ simulation model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750365

Entities

People

  • C. T. Lee
  • H. A. Porte
  • L. P. Mcnamee
  • W. W. Happ

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Cargo
  • Cargo Handling
  • Construction
  • Conveyors
  • Cost Estimates
  • Engineering
  • Materials
  • Materials Handling
  • Normal Distribution
  • Simulations
  • Steady State
  • Terminals
  • Travel Time

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation