- Author
- Charters, D. | Miles, S. | Mayfield, C.
- Title
- Detailed Numerical Study of the Onset of Untenable Conditions From Large Fires in Longitudinally Ventilated Road Tunnels.
- Coporate
- BRE Fire and Security, Garston, Watford, Herts, WD25 9XX, UK
- Report
- Volume 2,
- Book or Conf
- Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 2. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 1301-1312 p., 2007
- Keywords
- smoke movement | tunnels | highways | ventilation | fire growth | fire load | fire codes | computational fluid dynamics | scenarios | heat release rate | air speed | velocity | hazard analysis | temperature rise | smoke flow | computer models | experiments | death | occupants
- Identifiers
- Mont Blanc and Tauern tunnel fires; CFD fire model JASMINE; Mont Blanc tunnel between France and Italy, March 24, 1999; Tauern tunnel, Austria, May 29, 1999; Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV); rapid reduction of clear layer height and a reverse of the clear layer flow downwind; 4-year research project UPTUN; pre-fire longitudinal air speed for each momentum source (fan setting); summary of parametric analysis; pre-fire (cold flow) longitudinal velocity for which back-layering subsequently controlled; summary of analysis of CFD cases; maximum effective smoke velocity; input values for example calculation of effective smoke velocity