On impact of slope on smoke spread in tunnel fire

J Glasa, L Valasek, P Weisenpacher - Applied Physics, System Science …, 2019 - Springer
Fires are among the most dangerous incidents in road tunnels that can cause large
damages to property and environment and threaten tunnel users. In this paper, the impact of …

FDS simulation of smoke backlayering in emergency lay-by of a road tunnel with longitudinal ventilation

P Weisenpacher, J Glasa, L Valasek… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper investigates smoke movement and its stratification in a lay-by of a 900 m long
road tunnel by computer simulation using Fire Dynamics Simulator. The lay-by is located …

Influence of the positive slope of the fire source on smoke control of tunnel lateral smoke exhaust system

Y Chen, L Zhang, X Han - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to study the influence of the positive slope of the fire source on the smoke control
effect of the lateral smoke exhaust system of the tunnel, this paper established a tunnel fire …

A study of smoke movement in a short tunnel

SC Kim, HS Ryou, CI Kim, KB Hong - Tunnel and Underground …, 2002 - koreascience.kr
This paper concerns smoke propagation in tunnel fires with various size of fire source.
Experiments carried out in model tunnel and those results were compared with numerical …

Numerical Simulation Study of Effect of Tunnel Slope on Smoke Propagation

D Wan, Y Li, Y Li, H Liu - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Tunnel slope is an important factor affecting smoke spreading for a stopped subway train on
fire. In this paper, a multi-scale method where one-dimensional (1D) network is coupled with …

A computational study on effects of fire location on smoke movement in a road tunnel

F Wang, M Wang - Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, a numerical model of tunnel fire is developed and aimed to investigate the
influence of cross-sectional fire locations on critical velocity and smoke flow characteristic. It …

Effects of altitude on fire smoke diffusion in semi-lateral smoke exhaust highway tunnels

X Jin, Z Lin, S Hua, X Tong, X Li, L Zhang, J Gong - Tehnički vjesnik, 2023 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak This paper aims to study the effects of altitude and the size of smoke outlet on fire
smoke diffusion and discharge in semi-lateral smoke exhaust highway tunnels. At first …

The retarding effect of fixed barriers on smoke propagation in tunnel fires

M Seike, N Kawabata, M Hasegawa… - … and Underground Space …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the European Union (EU), road tunnels longer than 500 m are subjected to risk analysis,
which checks whether their safety is maintained within the accident hazard limits (European …

Experimental study of smoke spread in titled urban traffic tunnels fires

J Li, S Liu, Y Li, C Chen, X Liu, C Yin - Procedia Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
More and more urban traffic tunnels are built due to the heavy traffic in dense urban areas.
Fire safety in tunnels is a concern due to the large traffic flow. Most of the urban tunnels have …

Numerical investigation on the influence of length–width ratio of fire source on the smoke movement and temperature distribution in tunnel fires

J Ji, T Tan, Z Gao, H Wan, J Zhu, L Ding - Fire technology, 2019 - Springer
The behaviors hot and toxic smoke in tunnel fires is important to the engineering
applications of fire protection systems. The shapes of fire source may affect the …