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Handbook of tunnel fire safety / edited by Alan Beard, Richard Carvel.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tunnels--Fires and fire prevention.
- Tunnels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 694 p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : ICE Publishing, 2012.
- Summary:
- Following catastrophic fires that have occurred worldwide, it has become essential to gain a much better understanding of all aspects of tunnel fire safety, from basic science to acceptable risk and the law.
- Contents:
- Part I: Real tunnel fires
- A history of fire incidents in tunnels
- Tunnel fire investigation I: the Channel Tunnel fire, 18 November 1996
- Tunnel fire investigation II: the St. Gotthard Tunnel fire, 24 October 2001
- Tunnel fire investigation III: the Burnley Tunnel fire, 23 March 2007
- Part II: Prevention and protection
- Prevention and protection: overview
- Fire detection systems
- Passive fire protection in concrete tunnels
- Water-based fire-suppression systems for tunnels
- Tunnel ventilation: state of the art
- The use of tunnel ventilation for fire safety
- The influence of tunnel ventilation on fire behaviour
- Part III: Tunnel fire dynamics
- A history of experimental tunnel fires
- Fire dynamics in tunnels
- Heat release rates in tunnel fires: a summary
- CFD modelling of tunnel fires
- Control volume modelling of tunnel fires
- One-dimensional and multi-scale modelling of tunnel ventilation and fires
- Non-deterministic modelling and tunnel fires
- Part IV: Fire safety management and human factors
- Human behaviour during tunnel fires
- Egress behaviour during road tunnel fires
- Recommended behaviour for road tunnel users
- Transport of hazardous goods
- A systemic approach to tunnel fire safety management
- Road tunnel operation during a fire emergency
- Tunnel fire safety and the law
- Part V: Emergency procedures
- Emergency procedures in road tunnels
- Emergency procedures in rail tunnels
- Fire and rescue operations in tunnel fires: a discussion of some practical issues
- Part VI: Tunnel fire safety decision-making
- Problems with using models for fire safety
- Decision-making and risk assessment
- Part VII: Specific topics
- The UPTUN project: a brief summary
- The River Tyne road tunnels and fixed fire suppression
- Hydrogen-powered cars and tunnel safety
- Index.
- Notes:
- First published 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ICE Publishing, viewed on Feb. 1, 2012).
- ISBN:
- 9780727741936 (e-book)
- 9780727741530 (hbk.)
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