- Author
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Charters, D.
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Miles, S.
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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
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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
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smoke movement
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tunnels
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highways
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ventilation
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fire growth
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fire load
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fire codes
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computational fluid dynamics
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scenarios
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heat release rate
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air speed
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velocity
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hazard analysis
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temperature rise
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smoke flow
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computer models
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experiments
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death
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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