Project By :- Siddhant Karande, Rohit Rawool,

Varun Patil, Abhijeet Pawar

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Self Illuminating Road
A Futuristic Design
 z  Introduction
 Objective
 Purpose
 Theory
CONTENTS  Structure
 Durability
 Benefits
 Global Study
 Refrences
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Introduction

The paint contains a "photo-luminising"

powder that charges up in the daytime and
slowly releases a green glow at night, doing
away with the need for streetlights. This road
is about safety and envisaging a more self-
sustainable and more interactive world.
Interactive artist Daan Roosegaarde teamed
up with Dutch civil engineering firm Heijmans
to work on the idea.
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Objective

To be able to evaluate the 1. To determine the 2. To measure the 3. To test the performance 4. To study the viability of
luminescent paint from relationships of ratio of luminance of constant ratio of the created glow in the the created glow in the
adding Strontium strontium aluminate added of paint to strontium dark paint on a controlled dark paint using cost
Aluminate of different ratio to paint to luminance. aluminate with varying environment simulating analysis.
to commercially available charging time. rainy season and wear.
reflectorized traffic paint
that conforms to local
standards (if any) for road
applications.
 Purpose
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 In the U.S., a study found that between 1996- 2011, over

12,000 deaths were caused by winter-related precipitation.
Annually over 500,000 accidents occur because of winter
related weather. In 2014, federal, state, and local
governments spent $73 billion on operation and maintenance
of highways, including for resurfacing needed because of
current snow removal techniques. Between October 2014-
April 2015, 23 state DOTs reported spending $1.131 billion
on snow and ice removal, including 8 million working hours,
not including local expenditures. For instance, between 2003-
2015, the city of New York estimated the cost of snow and ice
removal at $1.8 million per inch. Annually, auto drivers lose
$23.4 billion in corrosion-related repair costs and
depreciation linked to chemicals used to treat roadways
during winter. In 2014, economists estimated that snow and
ice that winter had cost the country $47 billion in GDP and
76,000 jobs. With snow and ice melt systems deployed to
obstruct winter weather, deaths, accidents, governmental and
insurance costs, economic losses, and personal auto
expenditures are reduced.
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Theory
 If you have ever driven in rural areas, or with severe
weather like snow or ice
 then you know that roadways safety can be challenging to
manage in those
situations.
 Drivers can improve their chances of arriving at their
destination safely if they have more
 data to help direct their efforts.
 There are many things that city planners and lawmakers
can implement to help innovate and
 improve the driving experience while also increasing
roadway safety.
 As engineers and automakers continue to advance
innovations with smart cars, autonomous
 technology, and vehicle communication systems, the one
aspect of public transportation
 that has not been updated much over the years has
been advancement in road technologies.
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One piece of the Smart Highway
movement includes an innovation
called Glowing Lines and this
innovative approach to highways
safety is being applied to a broader
range of projects to improve public
safety and advance the future of
smart cities.
This project combines interactive
and sustainable roadway designs to
improve public safety and give
drivers additional information as they
travel along roads at night or in dark
environments.
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The idea behind developing smart highways has
lead designers and engineers to work on
improving methods to illuminate roads in
sustainable and intelligent ways. Leveraging
existing roadway infrastructure is a great way to
reduce maintenance costs and eliminate
unnecessary construction expenses associated
with many highway improvement projects. The
Smart Highway project is focused on ways to use
light on public roadways to communicate traffic
information directly with drivers. Many engineers
and roadway safety managers believe that
focusing on ways to improve vehicle navigation
systems and onboard systems is only half of the
equation. Here are a few ways that roadway
safety engineers are improving driver safety with
advanced systems that could be implemented into
Smart Highways of the future.
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Structure

 Paint technologies refer to paints with special

properties other than merely being clearly
visible. These include glowing paint for usage
during the night and dynamic paint, which
glows only under special circumstances. Retro
reflection (mcd/m2/lux) and the range of the
visibility range of the Strontium This thesis
only covered the phosphorescent property
specifically luminance and will not cover the
other physical (e.g. Mechanoluminescent,
emission spectrum, spectroscopic
composition, etc.), chemical property and
other characteristics of Strontium Aluminate.
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These paints are highly durable with a life

expectancy of over 12 years. The strength of the
glow is hardly impacted by aging. The binder used
is a UV resistant pure acrylic, adhesion promoted
Durability binder. GID Green and GID Aqua-blue are suitable
for Interior and Exterior applications. UV & GID
Yellow/Green is only suitable for Interior conditions
as the bright neon yellow colour will fade in
sunlight (it will however still glow green in the dark
after the neon yellow colour has faded).
 Benifits

The paints are non-radioactive. The paints are non-flammable as they are water based paints. They
contain a small amount of solvent but far less than conventional oil based paints meaning that their
odour is a lot lower. The paints are as safe to use as normal high quality acrylic wall paints. They
don’t contain lead, nonylphenyl ethoxylate, ethylene glycol or white spirits that commonly make
water based paints less environmentally friendly.

ll increasing, by 1.0 to 1.1 million fatalities per year by the year 2010, and between 1.0 and 1.3
million by 2020. As of now, the greatest contributors are the developing countries CIE (2007).

Photo-luminescent paint could improve visibility on dark stretches of roadway and in areas where
lane lines are hard to see, reducing the risk of Car accidents
 Self Illuminating Road Tested in the Netherlands

Glow in the dark road markings have been

unveiled on a 500m stretch of highway in the
Netherlands.
The paint contains a "photo - luminising" powder
that charges up in the daytime and slowly releases
a green glow at night, doing away with the need for
streetlights.
Interactive artist Daan Roosegaarde teamed up
with Dutch civil engineering firm Heijmans to work
on the idea.
The technology is being tested with an official
launch due later this month.
It is the first time "glowing lines" technology has
been piloted on the road and can be seen on the
N329 in Oss, approximately 100km south east of
Amsterdam.
Once the paint has absorbed daylight it can glow
for up to eight hours in the dark.
 References

 https://www.wired.com/

 https://www.trafficsafetystore.com/

 https://www.bbc.com/

 https://www.fastcodesign.com/3037527/glow-in-the-dark-highways-open-in-the-netherlands

 https://newatlas.com/smart-highways/24836/
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