- Author
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Kashef, A.
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Liu, Z. G.
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Yoon, K.
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Hadjisophocleous, G.
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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
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Fire Technology,
Vol. 45,
No. 2,
221-237,
June 2009
- Keywords
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tunnels
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fire detection systems
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fire tests
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computer models
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computational fluid dynamics
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fire protection
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scenarios
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fire detectors
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fire tests
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pool fires
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large scale fire tests
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air flow
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gasonline
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detection time
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temperature
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smoke
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ceilings
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evacuation
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highways
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fire fighting
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field tests
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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