AERODYNAMIC AND THERMODYNAMIC VALIDATION TESTS IN BERKELEY HILLS TUNNEL

THIS MILESTONE REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED UNDER THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (TDC) PROJECT "VENTILATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL IN SUBWAY RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS," AND IS ONE OF MANY SUCH REPORTS LEADING TO THE FINAL PRODUCT -- A "SUBWAY ENVIRONMENT DESIGN HANDBOOK." THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A SERIES OF FIELD TESTS CONDUCTED ON THE BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT (BART) SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF VALIDATING THE ANALYTICAL TOOLS DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THE TDC PROJECT. THE REPORT ALSO PRESENTS DIRECT COMPARISONS OF EXPERIMENT AND THEORY, DEMONSTRATING THE APPLICABILITY OF THE ANALYTICAL TOOLS TO FULL SCALE RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS. THIS REPORT IS THE FIRST VOLUME IN A TWO VOLUME SET. /UMTA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract SC-73-500 UMTA-DC-06-0010-73-3
• Corporate Authors:

  Transit Development Corporation, Incorporated

  1730 M Street, NW, Suite 911
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 118 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: I

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Analysis; Computer programs; Environmental engineering; Field tests; Rapid transit; Simulation; Subways; Thermodynamics; Ventilation systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical method
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223955
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 16 1981 12:00AM