- Author
- Massachusetts Highway Department | Federal Highway Administration
- Title
- Memorial Tunnel Fire Ventilation Test Program. Test Report.
- Coporate
- Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
- Test Report, November 1995, 114 p.
- Keywords
- tunnel tests | ventilation | data analysis | large scale fire tests | ventilation systems | life safety
- Identifiers
- Memorial Tunnel Fire Ventilation Test Program (MTFVTP); background information; modifications to convert the Memorial Tunnel into a full-scale fire ventilation test facility; testing organization and test procedures; findings and conslucions of the fire tests
- Abstract
- This report presents the results of the 98 fire ventilation tests conducted in the decommissioned Memorial Tunnel from September 1993 through March 1995. The Memorial Tunnel Fire Ventilation Test Program (MTFVTP) was undertaken to provide full-scale fire test results to assist in the design and operation of ventilation systems on the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston, Massachusetts. The tests were conducted with fire sizes of 10, 20, 50, and 100 megawatts (MW), in conjunction with a series of alternative ventilation configurations including: Full Transverse Ventilation; Partial Transverse Ventilation; Partial Transverse Ventilation With Single Point Extraction; Partial Transverse Ventilation With Oversized Exhaust Ports; Point Supply and Point Exhaust Operation; Natural Ventilation; Longitudinal Ventilation With Jet Fans.