Assessment of the impact of jet flame hazard from hydrogen cars in road tunnels

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 246-254

  Wu, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrogen car; Impact assessment; Road tunnel safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIRE HAZARDS; HYDROGEN FUELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION;

HYDROGEN CAR; ROAD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; UNDERGROUND TUNNEL;

VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

AIRFLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HAZARD; HYDROGEN; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TUNNEL; VENTILATION;

EID: 38849109934     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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