Markov-based reliability assessment for ropeway control systems
摘要
A ropeway system is a combination of several sub-systems, additionally referred to as the ropeway control system. The control system ensures safe and efficient transportation of passengers or cargo. Thus, reliability analysis is crucial to ensuring the continuous and reliable functioning of the ropeway system. By making informed decisions on maintenance schedules based on the knowledge of the reliability of the system and each of its component parts, operators may reduce the possibility of unscheduled malfunctions. This work applies an analytical reliability model to analyze and resolve reliability problems of a ropeway control system. Using the Markov model, the authors have developed a mathematical framework to evaluate the reliability of the system. For this, the study identifies the states of the system, their transition probabilities, and the mathematical formulas that control their behaviour.