Safety requirement and regulations reviews on ventilation and fire for tunnels in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-21

  Chow, W K ^a   Li, Jojo S M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES; VENTILATION;

SAFETY REQUIREMENTS;

RAILROAD TUNNELS;

IMMERSED TUNNEL; SAFETY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0032773756     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0886-7798(99)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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