Design fires in road tunnels

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 415: Design Fires in Road Tunnels information on the state of the practice of design fires in road tunnels, focusing on tunnel fire dynamics and the means of fire management for design guidance"--Publisher's d...

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Main Author Maevski, Igor Y.
Corporate Authors National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, United States. Federal Highway Administration, National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2011.
SeriesSynthesis of highway practice ; 415.
Subjects
Tunnels > Fires and fire prevention.
Tunnels > Safety measures.
Roads > Design and construction > Safety measures.
Pavements > Design and construction.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781621981107
162198110X
9780309143301
0309143306
ISSN0547-5570 ;
Physical Description1 online resource (150 pages) : illustrations, forms

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Tunnel safety projects literature review
  • Tenable environment literature review
  • Significant fire incidents in road tunnels literature review
  • Combined-use road tunnels literature review
  • Fire tests literature review
  • Analytical fire modeling literature review
  • Survey results
  • Design for tunnel fires literature review
  • Compilation of design guidance, standards, and regulations
  • Design fire scenario for fire modeling
  • Fixed fire suppression and its impact on design fire size
  • Effects of various ventilation conditions, tunnel geometry, and structural and nonstructural tunnel components on design fire characteristics literature
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Appendices

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