- Author
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Cheong, M. K.
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Spearpoint, M. J.
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Fleischmann, C. M.
- Title
- Design Fires for Vehicles in Road Tunnels.
- Coporate
- Land Transport Authority of Singapore, Singapore 219428
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Book or Conf
- Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 7th International Conference. Sky is the Limit. Proceedings and Case Studies. April 16-18, 2008,
Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD,
Auckland, New Zealand,
229-240 p.,
2008
- Keywords
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performance based codes
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fire safety
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safety engineering
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regulations
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motor vehicles
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tunnels
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highways
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design fires
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experiments
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heat release rate
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ventilation
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geometry
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fuel load
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fir risk
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risk analysis
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motor vehicle fires
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classification
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fire spread
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fault trees
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computational fluid dynamics
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simulation
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ignition
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fuel spills
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smoke control
- Identifiers
- Subway Environmental Simulation (SES); Road Tunnel Ventilation (RTV); TUNVEN; heat release rate information from various guidelines; Fire Risk = Probability x Consequence; light goods vehicles (LGV); heavy goods vehicles (HGV); very heavy goods vehicles (VHGV); heat release rate from various fire experiments (u - air velocity in the tunnel, m/s); example of heat release rate curves for vehicle fires involving multiple collisions; fault tree logic diagram for fire risk in tunnel; summary of potential fire risk (urban tunnel in Singapore); examples of tunnel ventilation fan operating scenarios