Control of smoke flow in tunnel fires using longitudinal ventilation systems - a study of the critical velocity

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 363-390

  Wu, Y ^a   Bakar, M Z A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE RESISTANCE; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; SMOKE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL PLUMES; TUNNELS; VELOCITY; VENTILATION;

CRITICAL VELOCITY; FIRE PLUME; FROUDE NUMBER PRESERVATION; LONGITUDINAL VENTILATION SYSTEMS; SMOKE FLOW; TUNNEL FIRES;

FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034320852     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(00)00031-X     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Thomas PH. The movement of smoke in horizontal passages against an air flow. Fire Research Station Note No. 723, Fire Research Station, UK, September 1968.
2. Heselden AJM. Studies of fire and smoke behaviour relevant to tunnels. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium of Aerodynamics and Ventilation of Vehicle Tunnels, Paper J1, 1976.
3. Danziger NH, Kennedy WD. Longitudinal ventilation analysis for the Glenwood canyon tunnels. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium Aerodynamics and Ventilation of Vehicle Tunnels, 1982. p. 169-86.
4. Parsons Brinkerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. Subway environmental design handbook, vol. II, Subway Environment Simulation (SES) Computer Program Version 3, Part I: User's manual. Prepared in draft for the U.S. Department of Transportation, October 1980.
5. Kennedy WD, Parsons B. Critical velocity: past, present and future. Paper presented in the One Day Seminar of Smoke and Critical Velocity in Tunnels, London, 2 April 1996.
6. Bettis RJ, Jagger SF, Wu Y. Interim validation of tunnel fire consequence models; summary of phase 2 tests. The Health and Safety Laboratory Report IR/L/FR/93/11, The Health and Safety Executive, UK, 1993.
7. Bettis RJ, Jagger SF, Macmillan AJR, Hambleton RT. Interim validation of tunnel fire consequence models; summary of phase 1 tests. The Health and Safety Laboratory Report IR/L/FR/94/2, The Health and Safety Executive, UK, 1994.
8. Art Bendelius. Memorial tunnel fire ventilation test programme. Paper Presented in the One Day Seminar of Smoke and Critical Velocity in Tunnels, London, 2 April 1996.
9. Oka Y., Atkinson G.T. Control of smoke flow in tunnel fires. Fire Safety J. 25:1995;305-322.
10. Atkinson G.T., Wu Y. Smoke control in sloping tunnels. Fire Safety J. 27:1996;335-341.
11. Woodburn P.J., Britter R.E. CFD simulation of a tunnel fire - Part 1. Fire Safety J. 26:1996;35-62.
12. Woodburn P.J., Britter R.E. CFD simulation of a tunnel fire - Part 2. Fire Safety J. 26:1996;63-90.
13. Fletcher D.F., Kent J.H., Apte V.P., Green A.R. Numerical simulations of smoke movement from a pool fire in a ventilated tunnel. Fire Safety J. 23(3):1994;305-325.
14. Kumar S, Cox G. Mathematical modelling of fires in road tunnels. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Aerodynamics and Ventilation of Vehicle Tunnels, May 1985.
15. Lea CJ. CFD modelling of the control of smoke movement from tunnel fires using longitudinal ventilation. The First International Symposium of IAFSS, August, ETH, Zurich, 1995.
16. Lee CK, Chaiken RF, Singer JM. Interaction between duct fires and ventilation flow: an experimental study, Combust Sci and Technol 1979a;20:59-72.
17. Hinkley PL. The flow of hot gases along an enclosed shopping mall. A tentative theory. Fire Research Note No. 807, March 1970.
18. Measurement of Fluid Flow in Closed Conduits. British Standard 1042, 1991.
19. De Ris J. Duct fires. Combust Sci Technol. 2:1970;239-258.
20. McCaffrey BJ. Purely buoyant diffusion flames: some experimental results. National Bureau of Standards, 1979, NBSIR 79-1910.
21. Magnussen BF, Hjertager BH. On mathematical modelling of turbulent combustion with special emphasis on soot formation and combustion. Proceedings of 16th International Symposium on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, 1976. p. 719-29.
22. Launder B.E., Spalding D.B. The numerical computation of turbulent flows. J Comput Methods Appl Mech Engng. 3:1974;269-289.
23. Ljuboja M, Rodi W. Calculation of turbulent wall jets with an algebraic Reynolds stress models. J. Fluids Enging Trans ASME, 1980.