TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Full-scale fire test of an intercity train car
JO  - Fire technology
A1  - Lee, Duck Hee
A1  - Park, Won Hee
A1  - Hwang, Jungho
A1  - Hadjisophocleous, George V.
SP  - 1559
EP  - 1574
VL  - 52
IS  - 5
N2  - Fire development inside a train car is a topic that has not been studied extensively due to the complexity of the problem and the need for a real train car and the appropriate facilities to conduct these tests in a controlled environment. This paper presents detailed experimental data on fire development inside a real intercity train car. The facility used for the tests is capable of conducting such large-scale fires and measuring the heat release rate using oxygen consumption calorimetry. Thermocouples and plate thermometers were installed inside the train car to provide an insight of the fire development. A number of cameras were also placed inside the car and in the tunnel providing live videos during the test. The peak heat release rate was 32 MW at 1081 s after ignition, and the fire burned 83% of the initial fire load. Flame spread data and recordings of window breaking events are discussed and compared to the heat release rate data. A local flashover-type phenomenon where the fire involved all combustibles at the rear of the car was found to occur.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0015-2684
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10694-015-0482-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -