FIRE SAFETY APPROACH IN DESIGNING RAILWAY UNDERGROUND TUNNELS

The growing use of the underground to realize large enclosed space for railway transport, particularly for urban railway, requires accurate and increasing attention to be paid to fire safety engineering. The present paper describes the Metropolitana Milanese (MM) experience relating to the fire safety design. Two example cases are shown. Fire effects have been analyzed by numerical simulations of the air flow distribution to establish the proper size of axial fans (subway n.1 of Naples), taking into account stack influence. Experimental fire tests were carried out in a station of the railway link of Milan "Passante" where toxic gas concentrations were measured during fire emergency. For the covering abstract see ITRD E114957.

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• Authors:
  • GALIMBERTI, P
  • Sala, R
  • BIASI, L
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SAFETY IN ROAD AND RAIL TUNNELS, HELD MADRID, SPAIN, 2-6 APRIL 2001
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 565-74

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Design; Fires; Safety; Subways; Tunnels; Urban areas; Ventilation systems
• Geographic Terms: Italy
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 1624: Fire; 8051: Italy; 1665: Safety; 3374: Tunnel; 1191: Underground railway; 313: Urban area; 3392: Ventilation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00933378
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 1-901808-17-3
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 7 2002 12:00AM