Analyzing Compatibility of Geometrical Parameters of Logging Vehicles and Forest Roads

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 52 - 60, 20.12.2017

Murat Demir , Mustafa Akgül , Tolga Öztürk

Abstract

Forest
road is a complex and cost stage of the transportation. Forest roads enables to
transportation of forest products. Well planned forest road networks improve
effectiveness of transport. In order to provide safe and continuous transport
long timber, long vehicles such as long truck, 18 wheels needed and appropriate
curve widening. In the study, CAD based horizontal driving analysis were
performed on existing forest road to determine curve widening requirements for
truck and semitrailer. According to results, in case of using semitrailer with
4-meter platform width curve widening area will be needed 6 times more than
using truck while, platform with 5-meter curve widening area will be needed 16
times more than truck usage. Consequently, driving analysis results is a beneficial
approach for decision makers to achieve optimal solution and to minimizing
transport operation costs in forestry.

Keywords

Driving analysis, timber transport, logging, forest operations

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