- Author
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Hall, R. C.
- Title
- Justification of a Fire Suppression System for a Road Tunnel.
- 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,
1673-1678 p.,
2007
- Keywords
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transportation
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tunnels
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fire suppression
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fixed fire protection systems
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costs
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fire spread
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life safety
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deluge systems
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water mist
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compressed air foam
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accidents
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risks
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uncertainity
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cost benefit analysis
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validation
- Identifiers
- fires in the Mont Blanc, Tauern and Gotthard tunnels in 1999 and 2001; planned A3 Hindhead Tunnel in Surrey, UK; PIARC (World Road Association) C3.3 Road Tunnel Operations committee; 'best guess' estimates of the consequence of tunnel fires; comparison of tunnel fire and traffic accident risks; Whole Life Costs; discounting and GDP growth; benefit cost ratios, based on median (50 percentile) value of benefit