Estimation of number of fatalities caused by toxic gases due to fire in road tunnels

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 616-621

  Qu, Xiaobo ^a   Meng, Qiang ^b   Liu, Zhiyuan ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fire; Fire simulation; Fractional effective dose; Number of fatalities; Road tunnel; Toxic gas

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; ADDITIVITY; DETERMINISTIC QUEUING; EUROPEAN UNION; FATALITY RATES; FIRE DYNAMICS SIMULATOR; FIRE SIMULATION; FRACTIONAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; INCIDENT RESPONSE; NUMBER OF FATALITIES; NUMBER OF PEOPLES; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD TUNNEL; TIME-PERIODS; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC FLOW PATTERNS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTIMATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; ROADS AND STREETS;

FIRES;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXPOSURE; FIRE; GAS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FIRES; GASES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84870292538     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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