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Author
Liu, Y. | Apte, V. | Luong, Y. | Liu, X. | Yung, D.
Title
Methodology for Assessment of Visibility During Road Tunnel Fires.
Coporate
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia
Journal
Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 1, 65-79, February 2007
Keywords
tunnels | visibility | life safety | evacuation | fire suppression | methodology | risks | scenarios | smoke spread | occupants | reliability | fire growth | fire spread | geometry | pool fires | egress | validation | response time | time lag | risk assessment | heat release rate | computational fluid dynamics
Identifiers
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS); list of tunnel fire scenarios; traffic conditions; Available Safe Egress Time (ASET); cue time; extimated delay time to start evacuation in minutes; travel time; Required Safe Egress Time (RSET)