SOME ASPECTS OF FIRE BEHAVIOUR IN TUNNELS

Many materials are transported by road which, although recognized as flammable, would not normally be regarded as high dangerous (e.g. high flash point liquids, timber). If a fire developed in such materials in a tunnel, however, it could quickly make the ventilation current passing through the fire irrespirable to the people downwind. Paper introduces a parameter defining the severity of a tunnel fire, analyzes the effect of a fire on the tunnel environment, as well as the factors determining the size of a tunnel fire.

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  Lomax Erskine and Company, Limited

  8 Buckingham Street
  London WC2N 6LA,   England 

  Lomax Erskine and Company, Limited

  8 Buckingham Street
  London WC2N 6LA,   England 
• Authors:
  • Roberts, A F
• Publication Date: 1973-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 73-76
• Serial:
  • Tunnels & Tunnelling International
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Progressive Media Markets, Ltd
  • ISSN: 0041-414X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fire; Safety; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tunnel fires
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046434
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1973 12:00AM