Paper
Composite Traffic Ducts Can Help Improve Air Quality in Cities
- Authors:
- Ryszard A. Daniel
- Abstract
- The quality of ambient air is an issue of growing concern, particularly in cities. In many parts of Europe, the most severe threat to this quality comes from intensive road traffic. This article presents some ideas of improving the air cleanness by isolating the heavy traffic at the most populated areas in the so-called “traffic ducts”. Modern technology makes it possible to realize such ducts in both new construction and improvement projects of roads and bridges. The materials that allow crossing frontiers in this field are fibre-reinforced polymers (FRPs. In this article, a number of possible traffic duct solutions employing FRPs are globally presented, followed by some general notes and predictions of future developments.
- Keywords
- Bridge Engineering; FRP Structures; Composites; PM Emissions; Air Pollution; Sustainability
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- 20
- EndPage
- 29
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