期刊
FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL
卷 53, 期 -, 页码 35-42出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2012.06.013
关键词
Tunnel fire; Critical ventilation velocity; Vehicular obstruction
资金
- National Science Council of the Republic of China, Taiwan [NSC 96-2221-E-327-015-MY3]
Most studies have investigated tunnel fires in tunnels without vehicles, even though vehicles can obstruct ventilation flows and alter tunnel fire behavior. This study conducted small-scale experiments and numerical simulations to investigate the effects of vehicular blockage on tunnel fire behavior and critical ventilation velocity, u(cr) in longitudinally ventilated tunnels. The 7 m-long tunnels had cross sections of 0.6 m(H) x 0.6 m(W) or 0.4 m(H) x 0.6 m(W). Three vehicles types in two or three arrays, occupying 5-31% of the tunnel cross section, were positioned upstream of fires. Fires were located on the tunnel center line or downstream of vehicles on the vehicle center line. Fuel was gasoline in square pans with dimensions of 6.3 x 6.3 cm(2) or 9.0 x 9.0 cm(2). Experimental data indicate that u(cr) decreased due to vehicular obstruction when ventilation flow reached the fires: the reduction ratio approximately equals the vehicle blockage ratio by the continuity equation. Non-uniform distribution of flow velocity caused by the relative positions of fires and vehicles when ventilation flow passed fires and vehicles played a secondary role. However, u(cr) increased when the vehicle obstructions existed and ventilation flow did not reach the fires since the heat release rate increased due to heat feedback from vehicle obstructions. The mechanism of vehicle blockage is discussed. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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