Tunnel Safety & Security - istss

Continuation of day 2
Ventilation
(Chair: Richard Carvel, University of Edinburgh, UK)
10.40 Dynamics of natural air flow inside subway tunnels
Markus Bruene, Andreas Pflitsch & Jonathan Spiegel, Ruhr-
University of Bochum, Germany
11.00 Multiscale Modelling of Fire Emergencies in a Transverse
Francesco Colella, Adriano Sciacovelli, Vittorio Verda, Politecnico
di Torino, Italy, Guillermo Rein, Ricky Carvel
and Romano Borchiellini, University of Edinburgh, BRE Centre
for Fire Safety Engineering, UK
11.20 Design Fires in Road Tunnels & the Impact on Ventilation
Systems
Norman Rhodes and Kirit Kottam Hatch Mott MacDonald,
USA
11.40 Theoretical Analysis on Longitudinal Tunnel Ventilation in Fire
Emergency
Qihui Zhang, A. Canfora, E. Trussoni, G. Astore , S. Xu and P.
Grasso GEODATA Engineering SpA, Italy
12.00 Lunch and Exhibits
Ventilation
(Chair: Rune Brandt, HBI Haerter, Switzerland)
13.30 The influence of blockages on backlayering in tunnel fires - a
numerical study
Ricky Carvel, David Bishop and Stephen Welch, University of
Edinburgh, UK
13.50 Design, simulations and implementation of ventilation system
for Metro Line 9, at Barcelona city in Spain
Ana M. Ruiz-Jimenez and A.Matas, TD&T S.L., Spain
14.10 The Dynamics of Tunnel Ventilation and Fire Development
Yajue Wu, Sheffield University, UK
14.30 The Importance of Exit Spacing to the Choice of Tunnel Ventilation
System
Paul Williams, Norman Disney & Young, New Zealand
14.50 Coffee break
Fire Dynamnics
(Chair: Arnold Dix, University of Western Sydney,
Australia)
15.20 Potential methodologies for calculating the overall heat release
rate of a vehicle in a tunnel or an underground structure
Rickard Hansen, Mälardalen University, Sweden
15.50 Large Scale Fire Tests for the “Calle 30 Project”
Sonia Fernández, FFII - CEMIM, Spain, Del Rey, ETSII-Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, A. Grande, I. Espinosa,
FFII - CEMIM. Madrid. Spain, E. Alarcón, ETSII-Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid,. Spain
16.10 The experimental study on heat release rate in a full-scale
train model
Mao Shaohua, Shi Zhu, Yuanzhou Li, Haobo Wang , Ran Huo
University of Science and Technology of China, China
16.30 Large-scale Commuter Train Fire Tests – Results from the
METRO Project
Anders Lönnermark, Johan Lindström, Ying Zhen Li, Haukur
Ingason, SP, Sweden, Mia Kumm, Mälardalen University
16.50 Full-scale Experiments for Heat Release Rate Measurements
of Railcar Fires
George Hadjisophocleous, Carleton University, Canada
19.00 Banquet
22.00 Close Day 2
Risk & Cost benefit analysis
(Chair: Marco Cigolini, RFI, Rome, Italy)
Assessment model for the transport of dangerous goods,
through road tunnels – outset
Mirjam Nelisse, TNO, The Netherlands
Fire Ventilation Upgrades Can a retrofit be detrimental to Fire
Life Safety
Sam Hoffman, Daniel McKinney, Bruce Dandie AECOM Technical
Services, Inc., USA
Risk Framework – Methodology for Tunnels
Jimmy Jönsson, ARUP Fire, Spain, Peter Johnson, Arup Fire,
Australia
Fixed fire fighting systems for tunnels – SOLIT Research Project
Max Lakkonen, FOGTEC Fire Protection, Germany
Risk & Cost benefit analysis
(Chair: Goetz Vollmann, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany)
Effectiveness analysis of a fire detection system configured as a
multi-function portal aimed at protecting railway tunnels
Marco Cigolini, RFI spa, Italy
Risk-based evaluation of longitudinal ventilation with enhanced
safety concept
Göran Nygren, Per-Olof Jönsson and Johan Lundin, WSP, Sweden
Assessing Fire Development Risk in Rail Vehicles and the Impacts
on Tunnel Infrastructure
Jarrod Alston and Kurt Schebel, ARUP, USA
Optimization of Measures Directed on the People Safety at Tunnel
Fire by Means of Computational Methods
Alexey Karpov, I.R. Khasanov, N.P. Kopylov, D.V Ushakov,. All-
Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection, Russia
Decission support & Operation
(Chair: Jens Stiegel, Frankfurt Fire Brigade, Germany)
Decision Support System for Emergencies in Road Tunnels
Jorge A. Capote, Daniel Alvear, Orlando Abreu, Arturo Cuesta,
Virginia Alonso, University of Cantabria, Spain
Brisbane’s Busway network – Twelve years of designing and
operating safe tunnels
Nick Agnew, Stacey Agnew Pty Ltd, Australia, Peter Gehrke,
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Australia, Raymond Donato, Donato Consultancy,
Australia
The use of traffic flow predictions to enhance tunnel safety
Tomas Julner, Trafikverket, Sweden
Safety in Swedish railway tunnels
Per Vedin and Peter Lundman, Swedish transport administration,
Sweden
On the Power of Simulation and the Need for Experimental
Validation
Marco Bettelini and Maximilian Wietek Amberg Engineering
Ltd., Switzerland
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