Overview of research on fire safety in underground road and railway tunnels

YZ Li, H Ingason - Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
In the past two decades, the interest in fire safety science of tunnels has significantly
increased, mainly due to the rapidly increasing number of tunnels built and the catastrophic …

Perspectives of big experimental database and artificial intelligence in tunnel fire research

X Zhang, X Wu, Y Park, T Zhang, X Huang… - … and Underground Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tunnel fire is one of the most severe global fire hazards and causes a significant amount of
economic losses and casualties every year. Over the last 50 years, numerous full-scale and …

Numerical simulation of a fire accident in a longitudinally ventilated railway tunnel and tenability analysis

T Zisis, K Vasilopoulos, I Sarris - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present study examines the prevailing conditions in a railway tunnel after a train fire
accident and the ability of the ventilation system to create the proper conditions for a safe …

[HTML][HTML] Tunnel fire safety management and systems thinking: Adapting engineering practice through regulations and education

H Bjelland, J Gehandler, B Meacham, R Carvel… - Fire Safety Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Society is changing ever faster, and tunnels are complex systems where performance is
affected by many different stakeholders. This suggests that safety management needs to be …

Evacuation of a metro train in an underground rail transportation system: flow rate capacity of train exits, tunnel walking speeds and exit choice

K Fridolf, D Nilsson, H Frantzich - Fire technology, 2016 - Springer
Including in total 135 participants in the ages 19–69 years (recruited from the general
public), an unannounced full-scale field evacuation experiment was performed in the …

A new methodology of design fires for train carriages based on exponential curve method

YZ Li, H Ingason - Fire technology, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Design fires have great influences on the fire safety concepts and safety measures,
and are the basis for any assessment and calculation in tunnel fire safety design. A new …

Smart tunnel fire safety management by sensor network and artificial intelligence

X Huang, X Wu, X Zhang… - … artificial intelligence in …, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Tunnels have played an essential role in modern transportation systems since the mid-20th
century, owing to their high utility and flexibility in mountainous areas and their effectiveness …

Numerical and reduced-scale experimental investigation of blast wave shape in underground transportation infrastructure

O Pennetier, M William-Louis, A Langlet - Process Safety and …, 2015 - Elsevier
When an explosion occurs in a tunnel, the study of the blast wave quickly becomes
complicated, owing to the multiple propagation patterns of the blast wave (incident wave …

Development of a risk assessment method for life safety in case of fire in rail tunnels

B Van Weyenberge, X Deckers, R Caspeele, B Merci - Fire technology, 2016 - Springer
The present paper describes the development of a risk assessment methodology to quantify
the life safety risk for people present in a rail tunnel in the context of the creation of a fire …

[图书][B] Risks associated with alternative fuels in road tunnels and underground garages

J Gehandler, P Karlsson, L Vylund - 2017 - diva-portal.org
Due to environmental considerations, much current transportation policy development is
aimed at increasing usage of renewable energy sources. These include gaseous fuels such …