- Author
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Carvel, R. O.
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Beard, A. N.
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Jowitt, P. W.
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Drysdale, D. D.
- Title
- Variation of Heat Release Rate With Forced Longitudinal Ventilation for Vehicle Fires in Tunnels.
- Coporate
- Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Univ., Scotland
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 36,
No. 6,
569-596,
September 2001
- Keywords
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tunnels
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tunnel fires
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heat release rate
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ventilation
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fire growth
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fire spread
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automobile fires
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methodology
- Identifiers
- Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV); Bayesian methods; transport tunnels; summary of k ranges allocted a high likelihood for a HGV fire in the growth phase; summary of k ranges allocted a high likelihood for a HGV fire at maximum heat release rate; summary of values of likelihoods used for the case of a car fire