FULL SCALE FIRE EXPERIMENTS IN A TUNNEL. LARGE ROCK CAVERNS - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, HELSINKI, FINLAND, 25-28 AUGUST 1986. VOLUME 3

Two pilot fire experiments were carried out in a tunnel 140 m long, 6 m wide and 5 m high. The tunnel had unprotected surfaces of natural calcite rock. The first experiment was designed to simulate fire in a subway car. The second experiment simulated fire in a queue of cars. Forced ventilation of 7 cu m/s was used. Fire load was made of wood cribs. In the first experiment the distributed fire load burned with a constant velocity of 0.7 mm/s without flashover. In the second experiment two piles of 500 kg wood burning with a power of 8 mw did not ignite a third pile 1.6 m apart. The spalling of rock off the ceiling and walls was very strong. For the covering abstract of the symposium see IRRD 810647. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • MIKKOLA, E
  • Keski-Rahkonen, O
  • Holmund, C
  • Loikkanen, P
  • Ludvigsen, H
• Publication Date: 1987

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• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 2007-11
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  • Publication of: Pergamon Press Limited
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Fires; Rapid transit cars; Spalling; Testing; Tunnels; Ventilation systems
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 8525: Conference; 1624: Fire; 6227: Full scale; 4154: Rock; 5231: Spalling; 5408: Speed; 6255: Test; 1268: Train; 3374: Tunnel; 3392: Ventilation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476313
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-08-034078-4
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1988 12:00AM