Eight successively refined simulation models for the earthmoving operations involved in the construction of a dam and competing for passage over a bridge provide the foundation for illustrating the ease and effectiveness of modeling complex construction processes by using STROBOSCOPE a modern simulation system based on a programming language that follows the activity-scanning paradigm. This approach and the use of characterized resources in a stochastic environment make the typical engineering calculations for heavy equipment performance relatively easy to implement and significantly more realistic and accurate.

Photios G. Ioannou & Julio C. Martinez
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2125, U.S.A.
e-mail: photios@umich.edu

STROBOSCOPE, construction, simulation, modeling , animation, earthmoving, dam, equipment, bridge.