Date of Award

Fall 2005

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Program/Concentration

Computer Engineering

Committee Director

Frederic D. McKenzie

Committee Member

Roland R. Mielke

Committee Member

Min Song

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.E55 B694 2005

Abstract

Modeling a delivery train system is more challenging than traditional forklift systems as the delivery train model consists of a tugger, cart and a controller that combine to deliver materials within a manufacturing plant. Also, the decision logic for selection of carts and tuggers, joining of loads to particular delivery trains is more complicated than forklift systems. Simulation software such as Arena, Automod and Flexsim do not provide direct support for modeling delivery train systems.

In this thesis, an object-oriented, platform and language independent model of a delivery train was designed. The model was then implemented as an extension to the existing material handling capabilities in Flexsim. 3D visualization capability was provided to enable verification of model behavior. The model is reusable for a modeler-defined manufacturing plant setting. Support for modeling delivery trains in Flexsim was provided and tests were conducted to verify the behavior of the delivery train for specific manufacturing plant settings.

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DOI

10.25777/td0s-8j95

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