Modeling Earthworks by an Excavator on an Extraction Site (Working Face)

Abstract

The code requirements on drawing up construction design documents do not provide any method of evaluating the mechanical facilities for compliance with the requirements of a construction project. This work is aimed at determining the effective excavator radius, which ensures compliance with the process cycle set by the project. The effective radius of an excavator is the base for designing the excavator working face. A digital model describing each excavator process cycle on one extraction site (working face) has been used as the research tool. Mathematical expressions have been obtained for determining the duration of each excavator process cycle for operation on one extraction site (working face). An area for further studies is identified that consists in theoretically underpinning the position of a bucket discharge point.