International tunnel fire-safety design practices

ASHRAE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 50-60

  Miclea, Paul C ^a   Chow, W K ^b   Chien, Shen Wen ^c   Li, Junmei ^d   Kashef, Ahmed H ^e   Kai, Kang ^f  

^a Earth Tech Inc   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CENTRAL POLICE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^f Jacobs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS; FIRE DETECTORS; SAFETY FACTOR; VENTILATION;

EMERGENCY RESPONSE; EMERGENCY VENTILATION SYSTEM;

VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

EID: 34548260848     PISSN: 00012491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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