Underground mining fire hazards and the optimization of emergency evacuation strategies (EES): The issues, existing methodology and limitations, and way forward

OB Salami, G Xu, AR Kumar, RI Pushparaj - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Underground mine fires are associated with thermal and non-thermal hazards. Thermal
hazards are primarily characterized by the release of heat into the underground confined …

Impact of battery electric vehicles on ventilation design for road tunnels: A review

X Wang, M Wang, R Jiang, J Xu, B Li, X Wang… - … and Underground Space …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the next several years, the proportion of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in road tunnels
is anticipated to increase as governments throughout the world promote BEVs to minimize …

Study of smoke back-layering length with different longitudinal fire locations in inclined tunnels under natural ventilation

J Kong, Z Xu, W You, B Wang, Y Liang… - … and Underground Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
To investigate the vehicle fire hazard at different locations in inclined tunnels, the effect of
longitudinal fire locations on smoke behavior characteristics induced by inclined tunnel fires …

Numerical study on overall smoke control using naturally ventilated shafts during fires in a road tunnel

Y Yao, YZ Li, H Ingason, X Cheng - International Journal of Thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper studies the overall smoke control of natural ventilation systems with vertical
shafts during fires in a common road tunnel by numerical modelling. The variables studied …

Real-time monitoring and prediction method of commercial building fire temperature field based on distributed optical fiber sensor temperature measurement system

G Liu, H Meng, G Qu, L Wang, L Ren, H Lu - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to accomplish the task of real-time monitoring and prediction of fire temperature in
commercial buildings, this study proposes a sensor arrangement method based on sensor …

Parametric investigation on the sealant behavior of tunnel segmental joints under water pressurization

C Gong, W Ding, D Xie - Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Water leakage through segmental joints is a clutch issue for shield tunnels during both the
construction and operation stages. However, very limited knowledge has been obtained in …

Kinetic triplet determination and modified mechanism function construction for thermo-oxidative degradation of waste polyurethane foam using conventional methods …

M Li, L Jiang, JJ He, JH Sun - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Rapid growth of waste polymers attracts increasing attentions nowadays, and pyrolysis
technology is acknowledged as an effective handling way. In this study, waste rigid …

Experimental study on the characteristics of flame merging and tilt angle from twin propane burners under cross wind

B Li, H Wan, Z Gao, J Ji - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Multiple fires burning in a windy environment is a special fire phenomenon when multiple
flames from separate fuel sources burn simultaneously within a certain space range. It is …

Thermal kinetics and reactive mechanism of cellulose nitrate decomposition by traditional multi kinetics and modeling calculation under isothermal and non-isothermal …

X Gao, L Jiang, Q Xu, WQ Wu, RA Mensah - Industrial Crops and Products, 2020 - Elsevier
Cellulose nitrate, also known as nitrocellulose (NC), is a highly flammable energetic
cellulose derivatives formed by exposing cellulose to nitric acid, whose producing procedure …

Application of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system in flammability parameter prediction

R Afriyie Mensah, J Xiao, O Das, L Jiang, Q Xu… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The fire behavior of materials is usually modeled on the basis of fire physics and material
composition. However, significant strides have been made recently in applying soft …