Full-scale experiment research and theoretical study for fires in tunnels with roof openings

In order to assess the possibility of exhausting smoke through passive roof openings and the influence of smoke on personnel in the tunnels, full-scale fire experiments in tunnels with roof openings are carried out, which were rarely reported in the previous references. The data of smoke propagation, smoke sedimentation, velocity field and temperature field are measured. On the basis of the smoke longitudinal propagation laws, the prediction model of calculating backlayering distance is built. The Kurioka model and the built mathematical models are validated by those experiments. All the experimental data presented in this paper can be further applied for verification of numerical models, and bench-scale experimental results. Those full-scale experimental results and theoretical analysis can also be used for directing tunnel fire research, which afforded scientific gist for fire protection and construction of road tunnel with roof openings.

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