TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Variation of heat release rate with forced longitudinal ventilation for vehicle fires in tunnels
JO  - Fire safety journal
A1  - Carvel, RO
A1  - Beard, Alan N.
A1  - Jowitt, PW
A1  - Drysdale, DD
SP  - 569
EP  - 596
VL  - 36
IS  - 6
N2  - Many tunnels are equipped with longitudinal ventilation systems to control smoke in the event of a fire. However, the influence of such ventilation on fire development and fire spread has rarely been considered. This paper presents the results of a study using a Bayesian methodology to estimate the effect of forced longitudinal ventilation on heat release rate (HRR) for fires in tunnels. The behaviour of car and heavy goods vehicle (HGV) fires with a range of forced ventilation velocities is investigated. Results are presented and the implications are discussed. It has been found that forced ventilation has a great enhancing effect on the HRR of HGV fires, but has little effect on the HRR of car fires.<p />
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SN  - 0379-7112
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -