Design fires for road tunnels safety design

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 118, Issue PART 1, 2012, Pages 636-643

  Kashef, A ^a   Viegas, J ^b   Mos, A ^c   Harvey, N ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^c Centre d'Etudes des Tunnels   (France)

^d Parsons Brinckerhoff Americas Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; HIGHWAY PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN FIRES; EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS; EMERGENCY VENTILATION; GROWTH PHASE; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); INCUBATION PHASE; ROAD TUNNEL FIRES; SAFETY DESIGN;

TUNNELS;

EID: 84864973457     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

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