A multimodal location and routing model for hazardous materials transportation.

J Hazard Mater

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA.

Published: August 2012

AI Article Synopsis

  • Recent US data shows that transporting hazardous materials (HAZMAT) often requires multiple transportation modes for long distances, but there’s a lack of research focusing on this multimodal aspect.
  • Most current studies on HAZMAT transportation only consider a single mode, like highways or railways, which highlights a gap in the research.
  • The proposed research develops a multimodal HAZMAT model to optimize transfer yard locations and transportation routes, validated through two case studies, with results aimed at guiding future research efforts.

Article Abstract

The recent US Commodity Flow Survey data suggest that transporting hazardous materials (HAZMAT) often involves multiple modes, especially for long-distance transportation. However, not much research has been conducted on HAZMAT location and routing on a multimodal transportation network. Most existing HAZMAT location and routing studies focus exclusively on single mode (either highways or railways). Motivated by the lack of research on multimodal HAZMAT location and routing and the fact that there is an increasing demand for it, this research proposes a multimodal HAZMAT model that simultaneously optimizes the locations of transfer yards and transportation routes. The developed model is applied to two case studies of different network sizes to demonstrate its applicability. The results are analyzed and suggestions for future research are provided.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.05.028DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

location routing
16
hazmat location
12
hazardous materials
8
multimodal hazmat
8
hazmat
5
multimodal
4
multimodal location
4
routing
4
routing model
4
model hazardous
4

Similar Publications

We describe two iOS apps designed to support blind travelers navigating in indoor building environments. The Wayfinding app provides guidance to a blind user while following a certain route. The Backtracking app records the route taken by the walker towards a certain destination, then provides guidance while re-tracing the same trajectory in the opposite direction.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The objective of the study was to synthesize tetrazole molecules featuring nitro groups positioned at the para and meta locations. We aimed to assess their effectiveness in inhibiting corrosion of mild steel in a 1 M HCl solution at 298 K. Tetrazoles with 2,5-disubstitution were created using [3 + 2] cycloaddition and N-alkylation techniques, with a particular emphasis on synthesizing molecules that contain nitro groups.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Tracking Boats on Amazon Rivers-A Case Study with the LoRa/LoRaWAN.

Sensors (Basel)

January 2025

Electronic and Information Technology Research and Development Center (CETELI), Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus 69067-005, AM, Brazil.

The Amazon region has the largest hydrographic basin in the world. The rivers act as roads, and boats serve as vehicles for transporting passengers and cargo to large urban centers, municipalities, riverside communities, villages, and settlements. The Amazon River transportation system faces critical gaps due to the lack of land infrastructure in certain areas, which makes rivers essential for commerce and access to isolated communities.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Hydrologic outputs generated over the Great Lakes with a calibrated version of the GEM-Hydro model.

Sci Data

January 2025

Meteorological Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada.

This dataset contains outputs from a calibrated version of the GEM-Hydro model developed at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and is available on the Federated Research Data Repository. The dataset covers the basins of the Laurentian Great Lakes and the Ottawa River and extends over the period 2001-2018. The data consist of all variables (hourly fluxes and state variables) related to the water balance of GEM-Hydro's land-surface scheme (including precipitation, surface and sub-surface runoff, drainage, evaporation, snow water equivalent, soil moisture…) and mean daily streamflow at 212 gauge locations.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The Molecular Biology of Placental Transport of Calcium to the Human Foetus.

Int J Mol Sci

January 2025

Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.

From fertilisation to delivery, calcium must be transported into and within the foetoplacental unit for intracellular signalling. This requires very rapid, precisely located Ca transfers. In addition, from around the eighth week of gestation, increasing amounts of calcium must be routed directly from maternal blood to the foetus for bone mineralisation through a flow-through system, which does not impact the intracellular Ca concentration.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!