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 emergency lay-bys on smoke stratification in case of fire in bi-directional tunnel: Parallel simulation

P Weisenpacher, L Valasek, J Glasa - European Modeling & Simulation …, 2019 - cal-tek.eu
The main goal of longitudinal ventilation in case of fire in bi-directional road tunnel is to
maintain smoke stratification, which is necessary for safe evacuation of people. This study …

Influence of slope and external temperature on smoke stratification in case of fire in bi-directional road tunnel

P Weisenpacher, J Glasa, L Valasek - ITM Web of Conferences, 2018 - itm-conferences.org
Jet fan ventilation strategy in case of fire in bi-directional road tunnels is focused on
maintaining smoke stratification. There are several factors influencing stratification under …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical and numerical study of smoke back-layering length for an inclined tunnel under longitudinal ventilation

Q Li, J Kang, Y Wu, J Luo - Fire technology, 2022 - Springer
Clarifying the smoke spread and temperature distribution pattern on both sides of the fire
source is the key to fire rescue. However, the back-layering length characteristics of tunnel …

A numerical study on smoke movement in longitudinal ventilation tunnel fires for different aspect ratio

SR Lee, HS Ryou - Building and Environment, 2006 - Elsevier
In this study, numerical simulation was carried out to analyze the effect of the aspect ratio on
smoke movement in tunnel fires using FDS 3.0. Temperature distribution under the ceiling …

Impact of vehicles on smoke spread dynamics in the case of fire in road tunnel

L Valasek, J Glasa, P Weisenpacher… - Journal of Physics …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, the impact of vehicles in road tunnel on smoke spread in case of fire is
illustrated using the FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator) system. FDS is a CFD-based fire field …

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 …

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 …

Effect of natural ventilation on visibility in a laboratory scale underground tunnel simulation

F Astarinadya, H Harinaldi, YS Nugroho - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The rapid growth of railway based public transportation in metropolitan city leads to the
massive development of its supporting facilities such as underground tunnel. The minimum …