Study on the Problems of Container Loading on Railroad Flatcar

Abstract

The components of container loading problems on railroad flatcar were analyzed in this paper. The constraint conditions that needed to be considered when studying this problem were determined. A loading model was established which include objective function of flatcar length utilization. The Best Fit Algorithm was used for solving the model. The number of containers that cannot be loading with each container should be confirmed first according to railroad car loading technical constraints first, and then sort them by quantity. Finally, an example is used to implement the algorithm and the results indicated that the model and algorithm is feasible in practical application.