Overview of research on fire safety in underground road and railway tunnels
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 …
increased, mainly due to the rapidly increasing number of tunnels built and the catastrophic …
[HTML][HTML] A state-of-the-art research progress and prospect of liquid fuel spill fires
J Liu, D Li, Z Wang, X Chai - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
As the oil is leaked continuously and ignited during its production, transportation, storage,
and use, a spill fire with a dynamically changing burning area is naturally formed, which is a …
and use, a spill fire with a dynamically changing burning area is naturally formed, which is a …
Can heavy rainfall affect the burning and smoke spreading characteristics of fire in tunnels?
Extreme rainfall events are increasingly common under the current trend of global warming.
This work investigates how a heavy rainfall on one exit affects the fire burning and the …
This work investigates how a heavy rainfall on one exit affects the fire burning and the …
Experimental study on flame merging behaviors from two pool fires along the longitudinal centerline of model tunnel with natural ventilation
A set of experiments was conducted in a model tunnel to study the interaction behaviors of
two pool fires. Square heptane pool fires with side lengths of 10 cm, 13 cm and 16 cm were …
two pool fires. Square heptane pool fires with side lengths of 10 cm, 13 cm and 16 cm were …
Full-scale experimental study on water mist fire suppression in a railway tunnel rescue station: Temperature distribution characteristics
Rescue stations are essential for emergency evacuation in super-long railway tunnels.
However, the deficiency of related studies aiming at improving the fire suppression …
However, the deficiency of related studies aiming at improving the fire suppression …
Experimental study on temperature profile in a branched tunnel fire under natural ventilation considering different fire locations
P Lei, C Chen, Y Zhang, T Xu, H Sun - International Journal of Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reduced scale experiments in a branched tunnel were carried out to study the variation of
the maximum gas excess temperature beneath the ceiling and temperature profile under …
the maximum gas excess temperature beneath the ceiling and temperature profile under …
Experimental study on multiple fire hazards in a naturally ventilated tunnel: Assessment of the flame interaction and extension of two unequal fires
H Wan, Y Xiao, S Wei, Y Zhang, Y Oka - International Journal of Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The catastrophic tunnel fire accidents are usually accompanied with multiple fires burning.
This work experimentally studied the temperature-determined flame extension below the …
This work experimentally studied the temperature-determined flame extension below the …
Spread and burning characteristics of continuous spill fires in a tunnel
H Li, H Liu, J Liu, J Ge, F Tang - Tunnelling and Underground Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Changing burning area of spill fire may cause chain effects and expand consequences in
tunnels, which poses a greater challenge to personnel escape and rescue. Research on …
tunnels, which poses a greater challenge to personnel escape and rescue. Research on …
Scale effect of mass loss rates for pool fires in an open environment and in tunnels with wind
This paper investigates the influence of wind on mass loss rate per unit area (MLRPUA) of
fuel-controlled pool fires both in an open environment and inside tunnels and the scale …
fuel-controlled pool fires both in an open environment and inside tunnels and the scale …
Effects of transverse fire locations on flame length and temperature distribution in a bifurcated tunnel fire
In this paper, a series of experiments were conducted in a 1: 10 reduced scale bifurcated
tunnel to investigate transverse flame length and temperature field distribution under the …
tunnel to investigate transverse flame length and temperature field distribution under the …