RESEARCHING RELEASE RATES AT RUNEHAMAR
If a vehicle catches on fire in a tunnel there may be severe consequences, not just for the vehicle but for the tunnel as well. Fire tests do not generally provide a good indication of what happens during the fires and how better to prevent severe damage. Systematic, large-scale tests are needed to show how to improve designs of technical systems for tunnels. Such tests were carried out it Norways Runehamar tunnel in September 2003. Four tests simulating cargo fires were performed using a mocked-up HGV. Mixtures of different cellulose and plastic materials were used in three of the four tests, and in the fourth test a real commodity, consisting of furniture and fixtures, was used. All four combustible mixtures showed a very fast increase in temperature after an initial delay. It was found that firefighters would have difficulty getting close enough to the fire to fight it. The test fire spread quickly and it was found that there was risk of the fire spreading to other vehicles. Tests showed that fire protection panels are able to resist the high temperatures of tunnel fires.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Page range: pp 23, 25-27
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Corporate Authors:
Polygon Media Limited
Tubs Hill House, London Road
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1BY, United Kingdom -
Authors:
- Brekelmans, J
- van den Bosch, R
- Publication Date: 2004-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
- Pagination: 4 p.
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Serial:
- Tunnels & Tunnelling International
- Volume: 36
- Issue Number: 6
- Publisher: Progressive Media Markets, Ltd
- ISSN: 0041-414X
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Fires; Heat; Heavy duty trucks; Smoke; Tests; Tunnels
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00976748
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
- Files: BTRIS, TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 3 2004 12:00AM