Thermo-hydro-chemical couplings considered in safety assessment of shallow tunnels subjected to fire load

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-95

  Zeiml, Matthias ^a   Lackner, Roman ^a,b   Pesavento, Francesco ^c   Schrefler, Bernhard A ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collapse; Concrete; Fire; Layer concept; Level of loading; Permeability; Polypropylene fibers; Spalling; Tunnel lining

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SECURITY SYSTEMS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TUNNEL LININGS;

LAYER CONCEPT; LEVEL OF LOADING; NEAR-SURFACE CONCRETE LAYERS; POLYPROPYLENE FIBERS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 38749134875     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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