AERODYNAMIC AND THEORMODYNAMIC TESTS IN THE BERKELEY HILLS TUNNEL VOLUME II

THIS MILESTONE REPORT DESCRIBES THE VALIDATION OF THE SUBWAY ENVIRONMENT SIMULATION (SES) COMPUTER PROGRAM. THIS VALIDATION WAS DONE BY FIELD TEST IN THE BERKELEY HILLS TUNNEL OF BART. THIS VOLUME II CONTAINS THE DETAILED PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS MADE INSIDE THE TUNNEL, ON-BOARD SIX-CAR TRAINS AND AT THE TUNNEL PORTAL. PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS SHOW ENTRY AND EXIT TRANSIENTS AND PRESSURE FLUCTUATION INSIDE THE TUNNEL CAUSED BY BOTH TRAIN AND EMERGENCY FAN OPERATIONS. /FHWA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • GRANT SC-73-500 UMTA-DC-06-0010-73-4
• Corporate Authors:

  Transit Development Corporation, Incorporated

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

Media Info

• Pagination: 59 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Atmospheric circulation; Computer programs; Environmental engineering; Field tests; Measurement; Subways; Thermodynamics; Validation
• Old TRIS Terms: Tunnel pressures
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224034
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 26 1981 12:00AM