Course information | Forest Science / Boskunde - 434 Forest Roads and Logistics

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Welcome to Forest Science 434 - Forest Roads and Logistics

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Intro

Overview of tests and assessments

Test 1 Forest Roads (10%) Monday 2nd March 08:00 (room 1052)

Test 2 Forest Roads and Logistics (10%) Monday 23rd March, 08:00

Test 3 Forest Roads and Logistics (15%) Monday April 20th

Test 4 Forest Roads and Logistics (15%) May 13th

Presentation of assignments - May 13th (10%)

Final assessment - main group

Final test (20%) Wednesday 20th May 09:00-11:00

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Week 1: 9-15th February

Assignment 1 - Visualizing DTM data

Week 2: Road Planning and Design ; 16 Feb - 22 Feb

Assignment 2 - Coarse road alignment

Road spacing calculation exercise (submission)

Week 3: Road Drainage & Drainage Design ; 23 Feb - 01 Mar

Assignment 3 - Catchment delineation, drainage planning &amp; design

Week 4 Forest Road Geometry; 2-9 March

Assignment 4 - Plotting a P-line at Coetzenburg

Week 5: Road construction ; 10-16 March

Assignment 5 - Fine Road Alignment

Assignment 6: Road Surfacing - Volumes, Cost and Allocation

Week 6: Road maintenance, 17-23 March

Week 7: Soil Mechanics I; 24 Mar -30 March

Week 9: Using Softtree / RoadEng 7-13 April

Assignment 7 Road Design

Week 10: Timber Transport - Primary and Secondary transport and the implications on the supply chain; 13 - 19 April

Assignment 8: Developing marginal supply cost curves

Week 11: Timber Transport - Road Truck Configurations ; 21 April - 27 April

Assignment 8: Harvesting to roadside / depot

Week 12: Minimising Transport Costs through planning and optimisation; 28 Apr-4 May

Week 13: Terminal Operations and Logistics Management, 5-11 May

Forestry Handbook Section 5.2 Introduction to logistics in forest engineering

Week 14: Revision of key concepts and student presentations- The Forestry Value Chain; 12-16 May

Modules

Assignments

1. Jonkershoek - Introduction to forest roads

2. Introduction to the use of digital terrain models (DTMs)

3. Basic road layout, geometry and costs

4. Harvest planning and road network densification

5. Catchment delineation and drainage design

6. Completion of road design and preparation for transport planning

7. Deriving Supply Cost Curves

Terminology

Manuals

Forest Roads Network Management Wise 2018

Self Help Test

Self Test 1 -Ergonomics

SELF TEST 2 Emotional effects and context

Professor Dahlin Study Material

Assignment 3 - Catchment delineation, drainage planning & design