Tunnel explosion characteristics

Certain objects/structures may need to be designed in order to withstand the high pressure loads from explosions. Examples of such objects/structures are military buildings made for force protection both above and below ground, civil defence shelters, certain industrial buildings for instance where dust or gas explosions may occur, structures/buildings close to dangerous goods routes and also vital infrastructure objects/buildings that may be exposed to antagonistic threats. Explosions in tunnels and the pressure generated are significantly different from pressure generated from an unconfined explosion in the open. FOI has a long experience of work with explosions in tunnels. Some examples of such work will be presented as well as the characteristics of blast pressure in tunnels and possible countermeasures will be discussed (A). For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD E216860.

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• Authors:
  • FORSEN, R
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: pp327-334
• Monograph Title: Proceedings from the Third International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security, Stockholm, Sweden, March 12-14 2008
• Serial:
  • SP RAPPORT
  • Issue Number: 2008:11
  • Publisher: SP Sveriges provnings- och forskningsinstitut, Sweden
  • ISSN: 0284-5172

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crashes; Explosions; Tunnels
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 5188: Blasting; 8525: Conference; 3374: Tunnel
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01141089
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 978-91-85829-25-5
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 30 2009 9:01AM