Avaliação funcional e caracterização de defeitos de estrada não pavimentada na zona rural do município de Russas-CE

Abstract

Unpaved roads make up most of the Brazilian road network, especially in city rural areas, serving as means of access for residents and for transportation of supplies from interior regions to urban centers. The vulnerability and neglect are notorious in a large part of these routes, which are subject to adjustments, generally without any technical basis for their implementation. Thus, this work aims to collect data that may characterize a specific unpaved road in the rural area in the municipality of Russas-CE, according to its type of soil, the local traffic and the severity of its defects on this road. These pieces of information may be used as basis for decision makers who are responsible for the maintenance of this road, once general researches in this area are quite scarce. Hence, studies regarding the classification of the soil that makes up the road were carried out, as well as traffic studies and the application of the method of the Unpaved Road Condition Index - URCI, in order to characterize the defects of the road. The results obtained show that the road has mostly good quality soils and a regular state of conservation. with this, it is possible to conclude that even with the presence of defects, the materials and characteristics of the road contribute so that it has an adequate quality for the required traffic.