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Author
VanMaele, K. | Merci, B.
Title
Fire Safety Case Study of a Railway Tunnel: Smoke Evacuation.
Journal
Thermal Science: International Scientific Journal, Vol. 11, No. 17, 207-222, 2007
Keywords
tunnels | railroads | smoke | evacuation | fire safety | smoke control | simulation | fire dynamics | occupants | computational fluid dynamics | combustion models | radiation modeling | geometry | design fires | wind effects | air current
Identifiers
Large-Eddy Simulation (LES); fire dynamics simulator; Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS); implementation of a tunnel geometry and design fire; influence of the length of the simulated tunnel section; influence of the tunnel slope; effect of external wind; results for the wind parallel to the tunnel costs; results for the wind perpendicular to the tunnel axis; influence of the naturally created air current inside the tunnel