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Design fires for road tunnels safety design

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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ConferenceASHRAE Annual Meeting: 21 January 2012, Chicago, Illinois
SubjectDesign fires/Fire modeling
Abstract
Design fires are an intrinsic part in designing tunnels for fires. They provide, quantitatively, the fire characteristics that are used to establish the sizing of equipment in tunnels and the scenarios to consider when developing emergency response plans. They are also used, indirectly, when considering the impact of fires on the structure. As such, design fires form the base input for emergency ventilation, evacuation, and structural design analyses. A design fire is generally defined in terms of heat release rate, and species output as functions of time. This paper summarizes efforts to develop a set of design fire curves as a useful tool for road tunnel fire risk assessment.
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  • ASHRAE Transactions 118, no. 1 (21 January 2012): 636–643.
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  • ASHRAE Transactions.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 54573
NRC-IRC-21960
NPARC number20373743
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