Simulation of smoke from a burning vehicle and pollution levels caused by traffic jam in a road tunnel

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-290

  Bari, Saiful ^a   Naser, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire; Pollution; Smoke; Traffic jam; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TUNNELS; VEHICLES;

BURNING VEHICLE; ROAD TUNNELS; SMOKE MOVEMENT; TIME-AVERAGED EQUATIONS;

SMOKE;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; TUNNEL;

EID: 11944271801     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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