Experimental characterization of a road tunnel jet fan by direct measurement of the velocity components at the inflow and out flow section

P Levoni, D Angeli, E Canepa, GS Barozzi… - Procs. of the 29th UIT …, 2011 - iris.unimore.it
Axial jet fans installed at the ceiling are worldwide diffuse devices for longitudinal ventilation
control in road tunnels underordinary operating conditions and also for smoke control under …

[PDF][PDF] Numerical simulation of a full scaled fire test of the tunnel with natural ventilation

M Rafiei - International Journal of Computer Applications, 2015 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT A mechanical ventilation system plays a major role in tunnels safety. Over the
world, different ventilation systems regarding to the tunnel geometry and other parameters …

Innovative experimental reduced scale model of road tunnel equipped with realistic longitudinal ventilation system

F Cascetta, M Musto, G Rotondo - Tunnelling and underground space …, 2016 - Elsevier
Road tunnels require ventilation system for different reasons in order to provide a good level
of safety and effectiveness in ordinary service and, in case of fire, to prevent the upstream …

Simulation of airflow and pollution levels caused by severe traffic jam in a road tunnel

S Bari, J Naser - Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2010 - Elsevier
Computer simulations were carried out to study airflow patterns and pollution levels due to
emissions from vehicles for the westbound Melbourne City Link tunnel under severely …

CFD analysis of a realistic reduced-scale modeling equipped with axial jet fan

M Musto, G Rotondo - Fire Safety Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Typically, in the experimental scale road tunnel model, the air flow induced by ventilation
system is provided by an external fan. In this paper, the authors have numerically simulated …

A model test study to optimize the ventilation system of a long expressway tunnel

K Liu, J Guo, L Wan, C Xu - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ventilation during long highway tunnel operation plays a key role in environmental health,
energy savings and reducing consumption. A ventilation model test platform, based on …

Experimental and numerical analysis of flow field and ventilation performance in a traffic tunnel ventilated by axial fans

M Šekularac, NZ Janković - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2018 - mathnet.ru
To investigate air flow in longitudinally ventilated traffic tunnels, a scaled model of a typical
road-traffic tunnel with an appropriate ventilation system based on axial ducted fans, is …

Transient analyses and energy balance of air flow in road tunnels

A Król, M Król - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
The issue of airflow dynamic in a road tunnel is considered in this study and its impact on
smoke management and people safety is highlighted. It was an attempt to estimate the time …

[HTML][HTML] CFD simulations of a semi-transverse ventilation system in a long tunnel

A Dastan, M Rahiminejad, M Sabz, M Abbasi… - Underground …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, a semi-transverse ventilation system in a long tunnel with a length of 4.9
km, as a complex case study, is numerically studied by performing a set of three …

[PDF][PDF] Modelling factors that influence CFD fire simulations of large tunnel fires

F Jia, Z Wang, ER Galea - … of the 12th International Fire Science & …, 2010 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT A series of CFD fire predictions of a 100 MW Memorial tunnel fire test are
performed to investigate several factors that influence the outcome of CFD fire simulations of …