Simulation study for an elevator system

• Main Author: Chang, Hao.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Industrial engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/46105
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The purpose of this report is to summarize the work done by the author for her Final Year Project. The objective for this project is to study the dispatching policy of the elevator systems and develop an algorithm to give suggestions on the effects of different parameters to the elevator system. The background information and objective for this project are presented in the first chapter. Followed by the literature review on the knowledge related to different types of elevators and existing dispatching policies. The third chapter of this report describes in detail the simulation process conducted to study how the elevator system works. The author’s personal experience and conclusions are included as well. A section further elaborates the simulation problem of the elevator system is presented in Chapter 4. By developing an algorithm on the dispatching problem of elevator system, method to improve the elevator system performance is suggested. The report ends with a summary of the author’s views on this project.