Full-scale experimental study on smoke flow in natural ventilation road tunnel fires with shafts

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 627-633

  Yan, Tong ^a,b   MingHeng, Shi ^a   YanFeng, Gong ^b   JiaPeng, He ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Downdraught; Fire; Natural ventilation; Smoke spreading; Temperature; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

DOWNDRAUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FULL-SCALE BURNING TESTS; LATE STAGE; NATURAL VENTILATION; ROAD TUNNEL; ROAD TUNNEL FIRES; SMOKE PARTICLES; SMOKE TEMPERATURE;

DISASTERS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; ROADS AND STREETS; SMOKE; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

VENTILATION;

BURNING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SHAFT; TUNNEL; TUNNELING; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION; VENTILATION;

EID: 68949203463     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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