Title: Study of vehicle dynamics response to collision in windrows of mine access roads through computer simulation

Authors: Elyton Naves; João Lucas Diniz Oliveira; André Rebelo Novais

Addresses: Department of Engineering, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ' Naves Engenharia, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ' Mineração Rio do Norte, Oriximiná, PA, Brazil

Abstract: The study presents an ore transport vehicle in simulated collision against the protection windrow (berm), located on the side of the roads, in order to prevent the vehicle from escaping in transit on the road. The work presents a study developed through computer simulation to validate the safety of access roads to mines owned by MRN. The objective is to dimension a windrow that it guarantees the safety of employees who travel with heavy-duty vehicles within the mine's operating fields. The computational simulations were carried out using the software EDEM and motion view to simulate granular particles through the discrete element method (DEM) methodology and the theory of vehicle dynamics respectively. The information for the elaboration of the works was provided by MRN and complemented through scientific studies developed by the Naves Engenharia team. The results presented satisfactory data to the conditions required initially.

Keywords: simulation; computer aided engineering; discrete element method; DEM; vehicular collision simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSPM.2023.134521

International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 2023 Vol.20 No.1, pp.39 - 48

Received: 17 Aug 2022
Received in revised form: 07 Mar 2023
Accepted: 24 Apr 2023
Published online: 26 Oct 2023 *