Avaliação da influência da condição de superfície de pavimentos urbanos na geração de emissões veiculares

Abstract

The good air quality is desired by society, but the functioning of several sectors considered necessary for the current lifestyle generates high amounts of pollutants toxic to the health of the planet and its inhabitants. The means of transport have a large contribution to the high levels of air pollutant emissions. In addition to other factors, driver behavior and road infrastructure contribute, even if indirectly, to a greater or lesser emission of these gases. This work proposed and investigated how this dynamic happens, correlating speeds and quality of the coating layer with the vehicle emission levels generated in the city of Fortaleza-CE. The gases were collected in the vehicle's exhaust with on-board equipment and the longitudinal irregularity through a smartphone application. It was noticed that carbon dioxide is the gas that most correlates with the quality and driving cycle of vehicles on the roads of the city evaluated.