- Author
- Kashef, A. | Benichou, N. | Lougheed, G.
- Title
- Numerical Modelling of Movement and Behaviour of Smoke Produced From Fires in the Ville-Marie and L.-H.-La Fontaine Tunnels: Literature Review.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- IRC-RR-141, September 2003, 66 p.
- Keywords
- tunnels | smoke | ventilation | computational fluid dynamics | validation | venting | numerical models | fire tests | zone models | field models
- Identifiers
- Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS); typical fire size data for road vehicles; maximum temperature experienced at ventilation fans (Memorial Tunnel Fire Ventilation Test Program [MTFVTP]); SOLVENT
- Abstract
- To investigate the performance of the current emergency ventilation strategies of both the L.-H.-La Fontaine and the Ville-Marie tunnels in the event of a fire, a research project is being conducted by the Fire Risk Management Program of the Institute of Research in Construction of the National Research Council of Canada (B-4258). The research project will use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models, calibrated and validated, for the simulation of the behaviour of smoke originating from fires in the two tunnels. The calibration and validation of the models will be conducted through venting tests in the tunnels.