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Traffic Simulation of Houston Ship Channel for Assessing the Impact of Waterway Closures on Vessel Waiting Time
| 题名： | Traffic Simulation of Houston Ship Channel for Assessing the Impact of Waterway Closures on Vessel Waiting Time |
| 正文语种： | 英文 |
| 作者： | Acyut Kaneria1; Maryam Hamidi2; Weihang Zhu3; Brian Craig4 |
| 作者单位： | 1Doctoral Student, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Lamar Univ., 2606 Cherry Engineering Building, Beaumont, TX 77710. 2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Center for Advances in Port Management, Lamar Univ., 2210 Cherry Engineering Building, Beaumont, TX 77710 (corresponding author). 3Associate Professor, Dept. of Engineering Technology, Univ. of Houston, 4730 Calhoun Rd., Room 304, Houston, TX 77204. 4Professor and Chair, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Lamar Univ., 2608 Cherry Engineering Building, Beaumont, TX 77710; Associate Director, Center for Advances in Port Management, Lamar Univ., 2608 Cherry Engineering Building, Beaumont, TX 77710. |
| 关键词： | scenarios；simulation；terminal；recommend；loading；different；clos；vessel；parameter；channel |
| 摘要： | In this study, a model was developed to simulate waterway operations in the Houston Ship Channel to estimate vessel waiting time during waterway closures and to determine the optimal closure scenarios. The model allows the decision makers to evaluate and to compare different closure scenarios, and select the one with minimum waiting time. Two years’ of vessel traffic data were analyzed to provide the model input parameters, such as vessel arrival rates, demand at each terminal, loading/unloading process times, and travel time to the destination terminal. Multiple daytime and nighttime closure scenarios for a construction project were evaluated based on the simulation model and recommendations were made based on the results. Results were extended to determine the effect of closures on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tankers with daylight navigation restriction. |
| 出版年： | 2019 |
| 期刊名称： | Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering |
| 卷： | 145 |
| 期： | 4 |
| 页码： | 1-17 |
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