Article: Intermodal transportation of modular structure units Journal: World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research (WRITR) 2018 Vol.7 No.2 pp.99 - 123 Abstract: With the rapid development of international cooperation in the construction industry, modular construction has been widely promoted in recent years especially for apartments, social housing and schools. This paper aims to address the intermodal transportation plan for modular structure units (MSUs). An overview of MSUs is provided followed by a discussion on different transportation modes. To prevent damages to modules, containers are typically used for maritime shipping. Comparative results show that the 12.1 m (40 ft) hicube container is most suited for transporting MSUs. With containerisation, an optimal urban transportation plan is proposed consisting of four major steps: identifying the feasible transportation network, establishing the transport cost function, solving the K-shortest paths problem, and assigning MSUs using the logit model. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Intermodal transportation of modular structure units

Authors: Zhiyuan Liu; Ziyuan Gu; Yu Bai; Ning Zhong

Addresses: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China ' Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China ' Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia ' Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

Abstract: With the rapid development of international cooperation in the construction industry, modular construction has been widely promoted in recent years especially for apartments, social housing and schools. This paper aims to address the intermodal transportation plan for modular structure units (MSUs). An overview of MSUs is provided followed by a discussion on different transportation modes. To prevent damages to modules, containers are typically used for maritime shipping. Comparative results show that the 12.1 m (40 ft) hicube container is most suited for transporting MSUs. With containerisation, an optimal urban transportation plan is proposed consisting of four major steps: identifying the feasible transportation network, establishing the transport cost function, solving the K-shortest paths problem, and assigning MSUs using the logit model.

Keywords: modular construction; logistics; container transportation; intermodal transportation; optimal transportation plan.

DOI: 10.1504/WRITR.2018.091245

World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research, 2018 Vol.7 No.2, pp.99 - 123

Received: 24 Oct 2016
Accepted: 12 Jun 2017
Published online: 17 Apr 2018 *

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