A survey of vehicle fires in Norwegian road tunnels 2008-2011

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 104-112

  Nævestad, Tor Olav ^a   Meyer, Sunniva ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Heavy vehicles; Norway; Subsea tunnels; Tunnel fires

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE NUMBERS; HEAVY VEHICLE; INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHES; LIGHT VEHICLES; NORWAY; ROAD TUNNEL FIRES; SUBSEA TUNNEL; TUNNEL FIRES;

FIRES; RESEARCH; ROADS AND STREETS; VEHICLES;

SURVEYS;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH WORK; SURVEY; TUNNEL;

NORWAY;

EID: 84891437298     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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