A Novel Multiscale Methodology for Simulating Tunnel Ventilation Flows During Fires

Fire Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 221-253

  Colella, Francesco ^a   Rein, Guillermo ^a   Borchiellini, Romano ^b   Torero, Jose L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CFD; Jet fans; Multiscale modelling; Tunnel; Ventilation systems

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; COST ENGINEERING; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; TUNNELS; VENTILATION;

JET FANS; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; MULTI-SCALE MODELLING; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TUNNEL VENTILATION SYSTEMS; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 78650965097     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-010-0144-2     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Carvel R (2007) Tunnel fire safety systems. EuroTransp 5(6): 39-43.
2. Ferro V, Borchiellini R, Giaretto V (1991) Description and application of tunnel simulation model. Proceedings of aerodynamics and ventilation of vehicle tunnels conference, pp 487-512.
3. Jacques E (1991) Numerical simulation of complex road tunnels. Proceedings of aerodynamics and ventilation of vehicle tunnels conference, pp 467-486.
4. Riess I, Bettelini M, Brandt R (2000) SPRINT--a design tool for fire ventilation. Proceedings of aerodynamics and ventilation of vehicle tunnels conference.
5. Cheng LH, Ueng TH, Liu CW (2001) Simulation of ventilation and fire in the underground facilities. Fire saf J 36(6): 597-619.
6. Jang H, Chen F (2002) On the determination of the aerodynamic coefficients of highway tunnels. J Wind Eng Indus Aerodyn89(8): 869-896.
7. Dai G, Vardy AE (1994) Tunnel temperature control by ventilation. Proceedings of 8th international symposium on the aerodynamics and ventilation of vehicle tunnels, Liverpool, UK, 6/8 July, pp 175-198.
8. William D. Kennedy (1997) Critical velocity--past, present and future (revised 6 June 1997). American public transportation association's rail trail conference in Washington, DC.
9. Wang L, Haworth DC, Turns SR, Modest MF (2005) Interactions among soot, thermal radiation, and NOx emissions in oxygen-enriched turbulent non-premixed flames: a computational fluid dynamics modelling study. Combust Flame 141: 170-179.
10. Woodburn PJ, Britter RE (1996) CFD simulation of tunnel fire--part I. Fire Saf J26: 35-62.
11. Woodburn PJ, Britter RE (1996) CFD simulation of tunnel fire--part II. Fire Saf J26: 63-90.
12. Wu Y, Bakar MZA (2000) Control of smoke flow in tunnel fires using longitudinal ventilation systems--a study of the critical velocity. Fire Saf J35: 363-390.
13. Vauquelin O, Wu Y (2006) Influence of tunnel width on longitudinal smoke control. Fire Saf J41: 420-426.
14. van Maele K, Merci B (2008) Application of RANS and LES field simulations to predict the critical ventilation velocity in longitudinally ventilated horizontal tunnels. Fire Saf J43: 598-609.
15. Armstrong J (1993) The ventilation of vehicle tunnels by jet fans--the axisymmetric case. Proceedings of the seminar on installation effects in fan systems. Mechanical Engineering Press, London.
16. Tabarra M (1995) Optimizing jet fan performance in longitudinally ventilated rectangular tunnels. Separated and complex flows. ASME FED 217: 35-42.
17. Karki KC, Patankar SV (2000) CFD model for jet fan ventilation systems. Proceedings of aerodynamics and ventilation of vehicle tunnels conference.
18. Massachusetts Highway Department (1995) Memorial tunnel fire ventilation test program comprehensive test report.
19. Galdo Vega M, Arguelles Diaz KM, Fernandez Oro JM, Ballesteros Tajadura R, Santolaria Morros C (2008) Numerical 3D simulation of a longitudinal ventilation system: memorial tunnel case. Tunn Undergr Space Technol 23(5): 539-551.
20. Colella F, Rein G, Borchiellini R, Carvel R, Torero JL, V. Verda V (2009) Calculation and design of tunnel ventilation systems using a two-scale modelling approach. Build Environ 44: 2357-2367. doi: 10. 1016/j. buildenv. 2009. 03. 020.
21. Fox RW, McDonald AT (1995) Introduction to fluid mechanics, 4th edn. John Wiley and Sons, Singapore.
22. Gutiérrez-Montes C, Sanmiguel-Rojas E, Kaiser AS, Viedma A (2008) Numerical model and validation experiments of atrium enclosure fire in a new fire test facility. Build Environ 43: 1912-1928.
23. Launder BE, Spalding DB (1974) The numerical computation of turbulent flows. Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng 3(2): 269-289.
24. Versteeg HK, Malalasekera W (2007) An introduction to computational fluid dynamics, the finite volume method, 2nd edn. Pearson Prentice Hall, Glasgow.
25. Lacasse D, Turgeon E, Pelletier D (2004) On the judicious use of the k-3 model, wall function and adaptivity. Int J Therm Sci 43(10): 925-938.
26. Schlichting H (1979) Boundary layer theory, 7th edn. McGraw-hill, New York.
27. Cox G, Kumar S (2002) Modelling enclosure fires using CFD. In: The SFPE handbook for fire safety engineering, 3rd edn. NFPA, Massachusetts International, Quincy.
28. Lonnemark A, H. Ingason H (2005) Gas temperature in heavy goods vehicles fires in tunnels. Fire Saf J40: 506-527.
29. Heskestad G (2002) Fire plumes, flame height and air entrainment. In: The SFPE handbook for fire safety engineering, 3rd edn. NFPA, Massachusetts International, Quincy.
30. Loennermark A, Ingason H (2008) The influence of tunnel cross-section on temperature and fire development, 3rd International symposium on tunnel safety and security, Stockholm, Sweden, March 12-14.
31. Ingason H. (2008), Model scale tunnel tests with water spray. Fire Saf J43: 512-528.
32. Drysdale D. (2000) An introduction to fire dynamics II edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc. Hoboken, USA.
33. Reszka P, Steinhaus T, Biteau H, Carvel RO, Rein G, Torero JL (2007) A Study of fire durability for a road tunnel comparing CFD and simple analytical models. EUROTUN07 computational methods in tunnelling, Wien. http://hdl. handle. net/1842/1892.
34. Kunsch JP (2002) Simple model for control of fire gases in a ventilated tunnel. Fire Saf J37(1): 67-81.
35. Oka Y, Atkinson GT (1995) Control of smoke flow in tunnel fires. Fire Saf J25(4): 305-322.
36. Lee CK, Chaiken RF, J. M. Singer JM (1979) Interaction between duct fires and ventilation flow: an experimental study. Combust Sci Technol 20: 59-72.
37. Ingason H (2005) Fire Dynamics in tunnel. In: Beard A, Carvel R (eds) The handbook of tunnel fire safety. Thomas Telford, London, UK.