Tunnel Fire Testing and Modeling - The Morgex North Tunnel Experiment

This book aims to cast light on all aspects of tunnel fires, based on experimental activities and theoretical and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses. In particular, the authors describe a transient full-scale fire test (~15 MW), explaining how they designed and performed the experimental activity inside the Morgex North tunnel in Italy. The entire organization of the experiment is described, from preliminary evaluations to the solutions found for management of operational difficulties and safety issues. This fire test allowed the collection of different measurements (temperature, air velocity, smoke composition, pollutant species) useful for validating and improving CFD codes and for testing the real behavior of the tunnel and its safety systems during a diesel oil fire with a significant heat release rate. Finally, the fire dynamics are compared with empirical correlations, CFD simulations, and literature measurements obtained in other similar tunnel fire tests. This book will be of interest to all engineers and public officials who are concerned with the nature, prevention, and management of tunnel fires.

List of contents

Safety in road tunnels.- The research project and partners involved.- The fire tests in the Morgex North tunnel.- The test results.- Evaluation of the consequences on the users safety.- Conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Fabi Borghetti, Fabio Borghetti, Marc Derudi, Marco Derudi, Alessio Frassoldati, Paolo Gandini, Paolo et a Gandini, Silvia Tavelli
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319495163
• ISBN: 978-3-31-949516-3
• No. of pages: 97
• Dimensions: 189 mm x 243 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 184 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 97 p. 96 illus., 43 illus. in color.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology; PoliMI SpringerBriefs; SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology; PoliMI SpringerBriefs
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; C, computer science, engineering, Civil Engineering, quality control, Industrial and Production Engineering, Thermodynamics, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, reliability, Fluid mechanics, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Engineering thermodynamics, Heat engineering, Heat transfer, Mass transfer, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Computer simulation, Computer modelling & simulation, Simulation and Modeling, Industrial safety, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Reliability engineering