Conference paper
Optimum road spacing of forwarding operations: a case study in Southern Austria
Proceedings of the 40th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation
International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation: Meeting the Needs of Tomorrows´ Forests-New Developments in Forest Engineering, 40th (Vienna, Austria, 07-Oct-2007–11-Oct-2007)
FORMEC
2007
Abstract
Forwarders are common machines in the cut to length system. The optimum road spacing is important factor in logging planning which was studied in this paper. The regression model for predicting the time of forwarding was developed using 40 working cycles of Ponsse Bufallo Dual forwarder which were collected in Steiermark in Southern Austria. A mathematical model was developed to minimize the sum of roading and forwarding costs. Based on minimizing the sum of the roading and forwarding costs, for one way skidding, the optimum road spacing was estimated as 503 m and road density of 19.9. The optimal average forwarding distance was estimated as 340 m while the actual average forwarding distance was 169 m.
Details
- Title
- Optimum road spacing of forwarding operations: a case study in Southern Austria
- Authors
- Mohammad R Ghaffariyan (Author) - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, AustriaK Stampfer (Author) - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, AustriaJ Sessions (Author) - Oregon State University, United States
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 40th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation
- Conference details
- International Symposium on Forestry Mechanisation: Meeting the Needs of Tomorrows´ Forests-New Developments in Forest Engineering, 40th (Vienna, Austria, 07-Oct-2007–11-Oct-2007)
- Publisher
- FORMEC
- Date published
- 2007
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449816002621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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