PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE IN TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION

BRANDSCHUTZ BEIM TUNNELBAU

WITH REFERENCE TO THE DANGER OF FIRE ASSOCIATED WITH SEALING WORK IN TUNNELS, THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WERE DEALT WITH BY MEANS OF PRACTICAL TESTS: 1) THE CAUSE, FORM AND COURSE OF SEALING FIRE; 2) INFLUENCE OF THE SEALING MATERIALS USED ON THE OCCURRENCE AND SPREAD OF THE FIRES; 3) TEMPERATURE STRESS OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS (TUNNEL LININGS) IN THE PRESENCE OF LARGE SEALING FIRES, WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE AIR FLOWS IN THE TUNNEL; 4) POSSIBILITIES OF EXTINCTION IN VARIOUS PHASES OF SEALING FIRES, USING DIFFERENT EXTINGUISHERS; 5) SOURCES OF DANGER AND SAFETY MEASURES DURING SEALING WORK WITH BITUMEN SEALS. THE TEST PROGRAMME COMPRISES FIRE AND EXTINGUISHING TESTS IN THE OPEN AIR, IN CLOSED SPACES, AND - FOR CONTROL PURPOSES - IN A TUNNEL STRUCTURE. IN THE FINAL CHAPTER THE MOST IMPORTANT RESULTS OF THE WORK ARE SUMMARIZED AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE REGARDING SEALING MATERIAL, EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY, CONSTRUCTION SITE INSTALLATIONS AND EXTINGUISHING WORK, WHICH WOULD CONSIDERABLY INCREASE THE SAFETY OF TUNNEL STRUCTURES IN THE PRESENCE OF FIRE.

Language

• German

Project

• Status: Completed
• Sponsor Organizations:

  HAUPTVERBAND DER DEUTSCHEN BAUINDUSTRIE E.V.

  FRIEDRICH-EBERT-ANLAGE 38, POSTFACH 970171
  FRANKFURT AM MAIN,   Germany  D-6000
• Project Managers:

  -, 

• Performing Organizations:

  STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT FUER UNTERIRDISCHE VERKEHRSANLAGEN E.V. (STUVA) (SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF UNDERGROUND TRAFFIC INSTALLATIONS)

  MOZARTSTR. 7
  DUESSELDORF,   Germany  D-4000
• Start Date: 0
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 19740000
• Source Data: ITRD D700730

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fire; Prevention; Research projects; Tests; Tunnels
• ITRD Terms: 1624: Fire; 9149: Prevention; 8557: Research project; 6255: Test; 3374: Tunnel; WEST GERMANY
• Subject Areas: I25: Design of Tunnels; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01304182
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 21 2010 9:48AM