Substantiation of Average Distance of Skid Logging during Integrated Development of Forest Divisions

Complete text of the article:

Download article (pdf, 1MB )

UDС

674.630.7

DOI:

10.17238/issn0536-1036.2017.4.95

Abstract

For the conditions of small-volume logging, the form of cutting areas is directly related to the form of stratums located in the forest compartment. The nonrectangular shape of stratums, and, consequently, of cutting areas, the difference of timber volume and types of felling are the characteristic features of logging activities of integrated management in several adjacent cutting areas under conditions of compartment reclamation of forest sites. The article presents the calculation methods of the average skidding distance from the territory of the selected plots. The technique can be used at logging sites of different configurations in conditions of uneven distribution of timber volumes on the logging sites and variety of skidding patterns, characterized by a curved shape of the main and secondary logways. The method provides the subdivision of analyzed adjacent felling areas into a number of the simplest geometric figures. This approach allows simplifying calculations and reducing them to the use of methods of differential and integral calculation. The idea is based on the analysis of cargo operations when timber skidding from the different parts of adjacent cutting areas to loading points. We have obtained the universal mathematical dependence for the definition of skid logging cargo operations from the areas of any configuration in conditions of branched structure of skid roads. Data of this article can be recommended for substantiating the technological elements of cutting areas created by combining of several stratums under conditions of compartment reclamation of forest sites. When introducing the results of this publication into production, the conditions for a more efficient distribution of loading points and skidding trails can be created; costs for cutting areas reclamation can be reduced and performance of skidding equipment can be increased. The developed technique can be used to increase the efficiency of reclamation of forest areas and optimization of logging process when developing cutting areas of the nonrectangular shape. The presented results are experimentally verified in a production environment and are recommended for the use in enterprises interested in a compartment reclamation of forest sites.

Authors

K.P. Rukomoynikov, Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor E.M. Tsarev, Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor S.E. Anisimov, Candidate of Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor

Affiliation

Volga State University of Technology, pl. Lenina, 3, Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, 424000, Russian Federation; е-mail: rukomojnikovKP@volgatech.net,CarevEM@volgatech.net, anisimovSE@volgatech.net

Keywords

forest compartment, logging, skidding, loading point, calculation methods, cutting area work, standing volume, branched structure of skidding trail.

For citation

Rukomoynikov K.P., Tsarev E.M., Anisimov S.E. Substantiation of Average Distance of Skid Logging during Integrated Development of Forest Divisions. Lesnoy zhurnal [Forestry journal], 2017, no. 4, pp. 95–105. 10.17238/issn0536-1036.2017.4.95

References

1. Abuzov A.V., Ryabukhin P.B. K voprosu opredeleniya srednego rasstoyaniya trelevki i proizvoditel'nosti trekhlineynoy aerostatno-kanatnoy sistemy [On the Determination of the Average Distance Skidding and Productivity Trilinear Balloon–String Systems]. Vestnik Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta lesa – Lesnoy vestnik [Moscow State Forest University Bulletin – Lesnoy Vestnik], 2014, no. 2-s, pp. 42?46.
2. Derbin V.M., Derbin M.V., Tufanov M.N. Srednee rasstoyanie trelevki pri razrabotke delyanki s uchetom neekspluatatsionnykh ploshchadey [The Average Distance of Skidding in the Development of Cutting Area Taking into Account the Commercial Forest Lands]. Aktual'nye problemy razvitiya lesnogo kompleksa: materialy mezhdunar. nauch.-tekhn. konf., Vologda, 11–13 dek. 2012 g. [Actual Problems of Development of the Forest Sector: Proc. Intern. Sci. Eng. Conf., Vologda, 11?13 December 2012]. Vologda, 2013, pp. 57?60.
3. Kochegarov V.G., Bit Yu.A., Men'shikov V.N. Tekhnologiya i mashiny lesosechnykh rabot: ucheb. dlya vuzov [Technology and Machines for Logging Operations]. Moscow, 1990. 392 p.
4. Piskunov M.A., Voronova A.M. Issledovanie i klassifikatsiya deystvitel'nykh skhem razmeshcheniya volokov na lesoseke pri sortimentnoy tekhnologii zagotovki lesa [Investigation and Classification of Real Schemes of Placing Skidding Trails on the Cutting Area in Shortwood Logging]. Vestnik Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta lesa – Lesnoy vestnik [Moscow State Forest University Bulletin – Lesnoy Vestnik], 2011, no. 3, pp. 77?80.
5. Rozhentsova N.I. Sovershenstvovanie metodiki proektirovaniya lesosechnykh rabot s ispol'zovaniem elementov GIS: dis. … kand. tekhn. nauk [Improvement of Methods for Designing Logging Operations Using Elements of GIS: Cand. Eng. Sci. Diss.]. Yoshkar-Ola, 2008. 138 p.
6. Rukomoynikov K.P. Razvitie infrastruktury pokvartal'nogo osvoeniya uchastkov lesnogo fonda [Infrastructure Development of Compartment Reclamation of Forest Sites]. Lesnoy zhurnal [Forestry journal], 2008, no. 2, pp. 36?41.
7. Rukomoynikov K.P. Obosnovanie tekhnologicheskikh parametrov lesosek razlichnoy konfiguratsii s neravnomernym raspredeleniem zapasov i vetvistoy strukturoy trelevochnykh volokov [Justification of Technological Parameters of Cutting Areas with Different Configurations, Uneven Distribution of Timber Volume and Branched Structure of Skid Trails]. Sovremennye problemy nauki i obrazovaniya [Modern Problems of Science and Education], 2015, no. 1-1. Available at: www.science-education.ru/121-17133.
8. Trenin V.V. Osnovy lesnogo khozyaystva dlya lesopol'zovateley [Fundamentals of Forestry for Forest Users]. Petrozavodsk, 2007. 168 p.
9. Shirnin Yu.A., Rozhentsova N.I. Tekhnologicheskie parametry lesosek s granitsami, poluchennymi na osnove GIS [Technological Parameters of Cutting Area Borders Obtained on the Basis of GIS]. Vestnik Mariyskogo gosudarstvennogo tekhnicheskogo universiteta. Ser.: Les. Ekologiya. Prirodopol'zovanie [Vestnik of Mari State Technical University. Series “Forest. Ecology. Nature management”], 2008, no. 1, pp. 40?47.
10. Akay A.E. Minimizing Total Cost of Construction, Maintenance, and Transportation Costs with Computer-Aided Forest Road Design: Dr. Phil. For. Eng. Diss. Oregon, USA, 2003. 245 p.
11. ?ali?kan E. Planning of Forest Road Network and Analysis in Mountainous Area. Life Science Journal, 2013, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 2456?2465.
12. Gerasimov Yu., Senko S., Karjalainen T. Prospects of Forest Road Infrastructure Development in Northwest Russia with Proven Nordic Solutions. Scand. J. For. Res., 2013, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 758?774.
13. Rukomojnikov K.P. Technical and Technological Aspects of Progressive Cutting Forest Compartment with Combined Reforestation. World Applied Sciences Journal, 2013, vol. 24, iss. 11, рр. 1429–1434.
14. Rukomojnikov K.P. Structuring of Loading Points and Main Skid Road in Conditions of Existing Road Network in Forest Compartment. Journal of Applied Engineering Science, 2015, no. 13(3), pp. 326?332.
Received on April 12, 2017