Abstract: In the study of mechanical configuration problem of automated container terminal, a system simulation model based on discrete event simulation is constructed. The key parameters and interference factors that affect the performance of the system are fully considered in the model and a mechanical scheduling algorithm interface to ensure the effectiveness of the simulation model is designed. On the premise of ensuring the reliability of the container terminal system, a cycle optimization method of mechanical configuration scheme is proposed to minimize the cost. An example is given to solve the mechanical configuration scheme of an automatic container terminal. The results show that the method based on discrete event simulation and cyclic optimization can solve the optimization scheme of mechanical configuration and guarantee the computational efficiency.

Key words: automation, container terminal, mechanical configuration, discrete event simulation, FlexSim