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Reliability Evaluation and Cost Optimization of Solar Road Studs

Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhad, 248002, India

Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

E-mail Address: drmrswami@geu.ac.in

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Ashok Singh Bhandari

Department of Mathematics, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

E-mail Address: bhandariashoksingh@gmail.com

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Akshay Kumar

Department of Mathematics, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

E-mail Address: akshaykr1001@gmail.com

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218539321500418Cited by:8 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Roads have always been the main source of transportation all over the world. Easy accessibility and more safety are the most important features of road transportation. Improvements in these areas are constantly required and invited. Solar road studs are one of the remarkable improvements in road safety. Solar road studs use solar energy, which is the most sustainable and pollution-free source of energy that provides reliable power supplies and fuel diversification. Solar road studs are flashing solar cell-powered LED lighting devices used in road construction to delineate road edges and centerlines. This research work is dedicated to evaluating the reliability measures which include availability, mean time to failure (MTTF), cost analysis, and sensitivity analysis with their graphical representation by using the Markov process. Along with reliability assessment, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique is applied to optimize the cost of the system.

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