Road networks are monitored to evaluate their decay level and the performances regarding ride comfort, vehicle rolling noise, fuel consumption, etc. In this study, a novel inertial sensor-based system is proposed using a low-cost inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a global positioning system (GPS) module, which are connected to a Raspberry Pi Zero W board and embedded inside a vehicle to indirectly monitor the road condition. To assess the level of pavement decay, the comfort index awz defined by the ISO 2631 standard was used. Considering 21 km of roads with different levels of pavement decay, validation measurements were performed using the novel sensor, a high performance inertial based navigation sensor, and a road surface profiler. Therefore, comparisons between awz determined with accelerations measured on the two different inertial sensors are made; in addition, also correlations between awz, and typical pavement indicators such as international roughness index, and ride number were also performed. The results showed very good correlations between the awz values calculated with the two inertial devices (R2 = 0.98). In addition, the correlations between awz values and the typical pavement indices showed promising results (R2 = 0.83–0.90). The proposed sensor may be assumed as a reliable and easy-to-install method to assess the pavement conditions in urban road networks, since the use of traditional systems is difficult and/or expensive.

Este trabalho apresenta a síntese e caracterização de nanofibras compósitas de poli (fluoreto de vinilideno) (PVDF) / óxido de grafeno (GO) produzidas pela técnica de Solution Blow-Spinning (SBS). O GO foi sintetizado via método de Hummer modificado e introduzido em solução polimérica de PVDF a 30% em massa. O compósito foi caracterizado por Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura (MEV) para avaliar a relação de aspecto e morfologia das nanofibras. O diâmetro médio das nanofibras foi determinado em torno de 700 nm. As propriedades estruturais foram analisadas por difração de raios-X (DRX), que revela as principais fases da estrutura cristalina do PVDF, a alfa e beta, uma pequena contribuição associada ao GO pode ser identificada pela análise das curvas deconvoluídas. Estudos de espectroscopia FTIR revelaram as principais bandas associadas ao PVDF e boa interação entre os dois materiais.

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