Mining automation began in the 1960s to increase safety in underground mines. Today, robotic and autonomous systems perform specific mining activities, creating new oppor-tunities and a more efficient and safe industr...
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(数字)9798350350708
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Mining automation began in the 1960s to increase safety in underground mines. Today, robotic and autonomous systems perform specific mining activities, creating new oppor-tunities and a more efficient and safe industry. This paper proposes a novel solution for instrumentation for autonomous trucks working in open-pit mines, specifically during the parking maneuver to load ore. In this case, new hardware and firmware are developed to compute the future coordinates of the excavator bucket using two Global Positioning systems (GPS) receivers. In this approach, employing the concept of geometry and information from the GPS receivers, the future coordinates of the excavator bucket are calculated and made available to control the system, parking the autonomous truck in the desired position. The results demonstrate the accurate positioning of the off-highway truck during the ore-loading process, allowing for the correct execution of the truck's autonomous positioning maneuver.
Prominent urbanization forces governments to rethink their management processes, incorporate new technologies and ensure quality of life through practices aligned with the concepts of smart and sustainable cities. Wit...
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Prominent urbanization forces governments to rethink their management processes, incorporate new technologies and ensure quality of life through practices aligned with the concepts of smart and sustainable cities. With a qualitative approach through semi-structured interviews with commanders of two local police departments, this study investigated information orientation in the strategic decision-making process in the area of public safety in a small Brazilian city. The police departments have a limited ICT infrastructure to support the strategic decision-making process because their information systems are not connected. The results show that although the city of Pato Branco (Brazil) is considered a smart city in the area of public security, there are limited resources in several aspects of the police departments for the effective management of their ICT infrastructures. The impact of resource constraints reflects throughout the entire information use lifecycle - identification, collection, organization, processing, etc. - which fuels the strategic decision-making process. The implantation of an operations center could significantly reduce the effects of the problems identified in this research and further research may reveal the operational, technical, economic and financial viability of this proposal.
Response time can be considered as a crucial indicator in research involving transport. This indicator usually appears associated with SCM, integrating processes related to the product design and its consequent delive...
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Response time can be considered as a crucial indicator in research involving transport. This indicator usually appears associated with SCM, integrating processes related to the product design and its consequent delivery as part of operations management. This concept may be adequate for the management of EMS operations: response time is defined as the interval between receiving a telephone call at an EMS agency and the arrival of an ambulance and a team at the location of an incident and is a valid indicator for evaluating the effectiveness of the EMS. The objective of this study was to analyze the response time in the EMS called SAMU 192 Southwest of Paraná, a Brazilian EMS agency. From the concepts provided by the literature, this research was able to identify limitations in the internal processes, ICT structure and information quality that must support decision making for ambulance dispatch in SAMU 192 Southwest of Paraná. This set of constraints compromises not only the time taken to respond to emergency calls, but the responsiveness of the EMS as a whole. Further research should be conducted following the steps described in detail in the methodology. Thus, it is a work in progress and presents the perspective for additional research.
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HOPE, JPSTORTZ, VEJan Paul Hope
a native of Northern Virginia received his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia in 1969. Upon graduation he began his career in the Department of the Navy with the Naval Ship Systems Command in the acquisition of patrol craft mine sweepers and submarine rescue ships. In January 1971 he transferred to the ship arrangements branch of the Naval Ship Engineering Center. He was selected for the long-term training program at George Washington University in 1974 and completed the program in February 1976 with the degree of master of engineering administration. While at the Naval Ship Engineering Center Mr. Hope was general arrangement task leader on the AO-177 CG-47 CSGN CSGN (VSTOL) CGN-9 (Aegis) and CGN-42 and he also assisted in the landmark Naval Sea Systems Command civilian professional community study. In 1978
he was selected as acting head of the damage control section and subsequently was selected as acting head of the surface ship hydrodynamic section. In February 1980 he was promoted to head of the surface combatant arrangements design section. Mr. Hope was selected for the first class of the NA VSEA commander's development program. While on the program he served in the DDGX combat systems engineering division and the DDGX project office of NA VSEA was the assistant director for ship design in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for shipbuilding and logistics and was the director of weight engineering and the director of systems engineering for the DDG-51 project in NA VSEA. Upon completion of the program Mr. Hope was assigned as the deputy director of the boiler engineering division to create a new division as a major fleet support initiative by NA VSEA. In June 1985 he joined the staff of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for shipbuilding and logistics. Mr. Hope was presented the Department of the Navy meritorious civilian service medal in June 1983 for his service with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the
This paper discusses the need and processes for designing warships to meet cost constraints and for managing warship acquisition programs during the design phase to assure effective adherence to production cost constr...
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This paper discusses the need and processes for designing warships to meet cost constraints and for managing warship acquisition programs during the design phase to assure effective adherence to production cost constraints by the design team. The resource control methodology used during the contract design of the Arleigh Burke class destroyer, DDG-51, is examined as a potential model for controlling the cost while maintaining the combat effectiveness of warships. The paper begins with a summary of the basic issue — the relationship among unit cost, unit capability, force level numbers, and force capability — showing recent trends in destroyer costs and force levels. This introduction also includes a discussion of the cost constraint for the DDG-51 in relation to historical trends and ship construction funding allocation. The resource control methodology used to reduce and control costs of the DDG-51 is discussed with a summary of the approach, key concepts and tools, chronology of key events, examples, and results achieved. A number of observations on this methodology are then made which are followed by comments on life cycle costs. The paper concludes with remarks on the future application of the resource control methodology and areas for further work to improve future resource control efforts.
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CIERI, AMKENNEY, LHA.M. Cieri:is the program manager for the Machinery Alteration (MachAlt) Program at the Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station (NAVSSES). Mr. Cieri also currently serves as the head
Fleet Liaison Unit Atlantic at NAVSSES. He working with Mr. E.T. Kinney Deputy Director Machinery Group Ship Design and Engineering Directorate (SEA 56B) Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) conceived and structured the policy and procedures for the MachAlt Program in FY 83 as a result of a need identified by COMNAVSEA's ShipAlt Improvement Program. Mr. Cieri has been with the NAVSSES (formerly NAVSEC Philadelphia) organization since 1971. He served in the Hull and Deck Machinery Department before moving to his current staff position in 1982. His 23 years of federal service also includes nine years with the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in various assignments in both the planning and production departments. Mr. Cieri has been a member of ASNE since 1979. Mr. Cieri was the recipient of the Joseph Cacciola Technical Achievement Award at NAVSSES in 1984. USNCDR. L.H. Kenney
USN:was commissioned out of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received his bachelor of science. He holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. He has served at the Philadelphia and Boston Naval Shipyards the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command and its predecessor NAVSHIPS as staff officer to Commander Service Squadron Six in the Mediterranean in the USS Essex and with the Joint Military Assistance and Advisory Group Tehran. He is currently the director of Fleet Coordination Office at the Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station in Philadelphia.
The ship alteration (ShipAlt) process does not lend itself to the rapid accomplishment of small scale design changes to improve equipment performance and reliability. It is a necessarily lengthy and complex system, de...
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The ship alteration (ShipAlt) process does not lend itself to the rapid accomplishment of small scale design changes to improve equipment performance and reliability. It is a necessarily lengthy and complex system, designed to deal with very large and costly projects. With one document, it causes replacement or modification of major ship systems. For this reason, ShipAlts are subjected to many reviews and design changes so that the final product will materially enhance the fleet's operational capabilities. The competition for scarce resources has left the Navy with a large number of needed design changes with no programmatic means to accomplish them. Various Navy communities have developed procedures to address this problem. This paper will show how the Naval Sea systems Command-sponsored machinery alteration (MachAlt) program addresses the small design change problem for hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E) systems. MachAlts are design changes to equipments that do not require system interface changes and may be installed outside of industrial activities. The paper will discuss how the MachAlt concept was developed and will give a status report and assessment of the program to date.
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NODELL, WRSIAS, PMWilliam R. Nodell
USCG (Ret.):graduated from the U. S. COAST GUARD Academy in 1950 receiving a B.S. degree and earned his Master of Sciences and Naval Engineer degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1957. He has served in various line and engineering capacities on board COAST GUARD Cutters in Atlantic Pacific and Alaskan waters. He served in the production department of the COAST GUARD Yard in Curtis Bay Maryland and later was Chief of the Naval Engineering Branches of the 13th COAST GUARD District in Seattle Washington and the 3rd COAST GUARD District New York New York. After retirement he held a position as Manager of the Marine Engineering Department at Atlantic Research Corporation Costa Mesa California and joined Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company in 1973. He was Project Engineer for the Polar Class Icebreakers the AS-41 and the LSD-41 in various stages. He has contributed technical papers to several professional societies. He is currently a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers the American Society of Naval Engineers where he served as a past chairman of the Puget Sound Chapter and the National Management Association where he served as a Past President of the local chapter. He is a senior systems engineer at Lockheed. Peter M. Sias:received his B.S. degree in Marine Engineering from Maine Maritime Academy in 1950. Subsequently
he completed a NAVY sponsored program in Naval Architecture at the University of California and Department of Defense courses in program management and contract administration at the Air Force Institute of Technology. He served on active duty with the United States Navy during the Korean emergency with assignments as Engineering Officer for a minesweeper and collateral staff duty assignments with the Commander Mineforce U.S. Pacific Fleet for reserve ship activation. Upon release from active duty in 1952 he joined United States Steel Corporation as an Industrial Engineer. In 1955 he accepted a position in the Eng
Early in 1979, the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet requested that alternate procedures be explored for overhaul of the USS Sacramento (AOE-1). Of particular concern was the availability of the ship to ...
Early in 1979, the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet requested that alternate procedures be explored for overhaul of the USS Sacramento (AOE-1). Of particular concern was the availability of the ship to accomplish alterations and repair planning prior to the start of the overhaul and the history of AOE Class ships not being completed in the private sector within the scheduled availability time. The planning type contract concept wherein pre-overhaul tests and inspections, preparation of drawings, procurement of long lead time material and detailed overhauling planning and scheduling would be accomplished by the successful Contractor was one approach requested for major consideration. In July 1979, the decision was made to proceed with the planning contract concept for overhaul of the USS Sacramento. The Request for Proposals (RFP's) were issued to industry in November 1979 with contract award to Lockheed Ship building and Construction Company (LSCC) on 4 February 1980. In September 1980, the overhaul for USS Sacramento was classified by the Navy as “complex”, confirming specific management action and attention to be given during the planning and overhaul phases. This technical paper describes the application of the planning contract concept to the planning and overhaul of USS Sacramento. Actual experiences including issue of the negotiated Request for Proposals (RFP's), performing pre-overhaul test and inspections (POT & I) procedures, accomplishing ship check and drawing preparation, and scheduling, including proper phasing of all elements and critical path analysis, will be reviewed in detail. Comparisons to conventional procedures will be made, along with concepts for modifying the methods employed to custom fit the characteristics of future overhauls. The closure will include a summary of “lessons learned” to date with specific recommendations for application of procedures to future overhauls.
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COLEMAN, JAMES J.USNThe author is a graduate of the U.S. Navy Academy
Class of 1957. Prior to pursuing an advanced degree at Webb Institute of Naval Architecture he spent two years in destroyers and four years in submarines. Designated an Engineering Duty Officer (EDO) in 1966 he attended the Deep Sea Diving School and proceeded to Hunters Point Division of the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Here he was responsible for the production efforts in the Deep Dive System MK 2 and the SEALAB III Program. While at Hunters Point he was also the 12th Naval District Salvage Officer and the Salvage Master during the raising of the nuclear submarine USS Guitarro which sank at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in May 1969. Following a tour on the Staff Commander Service Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet as the Fleet Salvage Officer he assumed command of the Experimental Diving Unit Washington D.C. in 1971 with additional duty at the Naval Ship Systems Command as the Supervisor of Diving. During this tour the Experimental Diving Unit conducted a world record 1600 foot wet hyperbaric dive. Relieved of this command on 1 October 1973 he presently remains as the Supervisor of Diving.
The office of the Supervisor of Diving, Naval Ship systems Command, is responsible for the development and testing of swimmer and diver equipment. The goal of the Navy Diving program is to enable the diver to work saf...
This paper discusses the Maintenance engineering Analyses (MEA) as performed in support of a major ship acquisition process. A major impetus is to demonstrate how the MEA can be utilized better to provide a direct dat...
The problem of sewage and waste disposal from U. S. Navy ships is recognized by the highest authorities in the Navy. Many activities and individuals are deeply involved in the total problem and its numerous subcategor...
The problem of sewage and waste disposal from U. S. Navy ships is recognized by the highest authorities in the Navy. Many activities and individuals are deeply involved in the total problem and its numerous subcategories. The problem of costs of disposal is one of these. This paper discusses four optional methods for the disposal of shipboard domestic wastes. The annualized investment and operating costs associated with the implementation of each of the options are presented. The model considers non-nuclear, sea-going surface ships with a manning level greater than 50 men. Estimates were developed on a per ship per class basis and aggregated for the total surface fleet. This approach permits the inevstigation of different combinations of the options by merely specifying the number and type of ships to be considered in any option. Changes in military effectiveness, which is at least an equally important problem as costing, were not addressed.
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