Análise da capacidade de um estacionamento universitário utilizando a simulação computacional: estudo de caso de uma universidade no norte do Paraná

Abstract

Considering that many problems can be generated by capacity limitation in a parking lot and the increasing number of vehicles, the simulation is an important tool for the capacity study, making possible the creation of scenarios as well as a better understanding of the current state. In this context, the present work approached the use of simulation in the analysis of parking capacity in a university located in northern Paraná. For this, a data collection was made that enabled the creation of a model that reproduced the actual operation of the parking lot. For that, possible scenarios limiting the capacity were created and analyzed. Such scenarios were idealized from the hypothesis of an increase in the demand for parking lot resulting from the change of period in one of the undergraduate courses offered by the university. The data analyzed were collected within a week with five school days (from 7am to 6.40pm), tabulated in Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets and simulated in FlexSim® environment. As a result of the study, it was found that in none of the scenarios created there were the registration of vehicles that could not park or even an average occupancy greater than 38% of available parking lots, thus, there is no evidence to confirm any limitation of university parking capacity.