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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 117, 2017
RSP 2017 – XXVI R-S-P Seminar 2017 Theoretical Foundation of Civil Engineering
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Article Number | 00048 | |
Number of page(s) | 8 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201711700048 | |
Published online | 24 July 2017 |
Particulate matter mass concentrations produced from pavement surface abrasion
1 University of Žilina, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Highway Engineering, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
2 Transport Research Centre, Division of transport infrastructure and the environment, Líšeňská 33a, 636 00 Brno, Czech Republic
* Corresponding author: dasa.fullova@fstav.uniza.sk
According to the latest findings particulate matter belong to the most significant pollutants in Europe together with ground-level ozone O3 and nitrogen dioxide NO2. Road traffic is one of the main sources of particulate matter. Traffic volume has unpleasant impact on longevity of the pavements and also on the environment. Vehicle motions cause mechanical wearing of the asphalt pavement surface - wearing course by vehicle tyres. The paper deals with abrasion of bituminous wearing courses of pavements. The asphalt mixtures are compared in terms of mechanically separated particulate matter. The samples of asphalt mixtures were rutted in wheel tracking machine. The particulate matter measurements were performed in laboratory conditions. The experimental laboratory measurements make it possible to sample particulates without contamination from exhaust emissions, abraded particles from vehicles, resuspension of road dust and climate affects. The paper offers partial results of measurements on six trial samples of asphalt mixtures with different composition. It presents particulate matter morphology and the comparison of rutted asphalt samples in terms of PM mass concentrations and chemical composition.
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