- Author
- Kashef, A. | Liu, Z. G. | Yoon, K. | Hadjisophocleous, G. | Almand, K. H.
- Title
- Findings of the International Road Tunnel Fire Detection Research Project.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario CAFS Unit Inc., Ottawa, ON, Canada Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada Fire Protection Research Foundation, Quincy, MA
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 45, No. 2, 221-237, June 2009
- Keywords
- tunnels | fire detection systems | fire tests | computer models | computational fluid dynamics | fire protection | scenarios | fire detectors | fire tests | pool fires | large scale fire tests | air flow | gasonline | detection time | temperature | smoke | ceilings | evacuation | highways | fire fighting | field tests | passenger vehicles
- Identifiers
- road tunnels; in-situ fire tests; laboratory fire tests; Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS); current fire detection technologies for road tunnel protection; detection performance of current fire detection technologies; fire detectors/detection systems in the project; tests under minimum airflow conditions; tests under longitudinal airflow conditions; field fire tests in an operating tunnel