SIMULATION OF SHIP FIRE UNDER VASCO DA GAMA BRIDGE

The importance of the cable-stayed Vasco da Gama Bridge, located over the main navigational channel of the Tagus River in Lisbon, Portugal, is such that its behavior under a ship fire accident should be assessed. Based on the volume of hydrocarbon products transported by typical oil tankers, models of the design fire situations were developed. The characteristics of those fires, along with the radiation, convection, and conduction thermal transfers, were considered in a numerical thermal analysis of the bridge deck to estimate the evolution of the temperatures in the cross section during the fire, and to assess the safety time for the structure.

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  American Concrete Institute (ACI)

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• Authors:
  • MENDES, P A
  • Valente, J C
  • BRANCO, F A
• Publication Date: 2000-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 285-290
• Serial:
  • ACI Structural Journal
  • Volume: 97
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  • ISSN: 0889-3241
  • Serial URL: http://www.concrete.org/PUBS/JOURNALS/SJHOME.ASP

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Cable stayed bridges; Concrete; Conduction; Crashes; Finite element method; Fires; Hydrocarbon based materials; Mathematical models; Oil tankers; Prestressing; Reinforcing steel; Safety; Ships; Structural stability (Mathematics); Temperature; Thermal analysis; Thermal properties
• Identifier Terms: Vasco da Gama Bridge
• Geographic Terms: Lisbon (Portugal); Tagus River
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00790675
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: EV-098, RTA59A200, BA-519
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 17 2000 12:00AM