EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE DURING TUNNEL FIRES ON A MODEL

Ali Serdar Gültek; Zeynep Düriye Bilge

EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE DURING TUNNEL FIRES ON A MODEL

Abstract

Fire incidents occur in the tunnels of various countries of the world. Depending on the tunnel geometry, traffic structure, and fire defense equipment, a large fire may cause people to die and cause damage to the tunnel structure. Threshold values for heat and toxic gas emissions that people would be exposed to a fire are defined in standards. To examine the change of the heat flux values that are defined in the standards with the heat release rate of the fire and the viability of the tenable environment during an evacuation in a tunnel fire, a model was created by reducing the dimensions of a tunnel by 1/12. Experimental studies and numerical studies carried out with the model in order to determine the instant that evacuation operation will start to impede and hazardous conditions dominate the fire scene and it is observed that results of both studies are in harmony.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Ali Serdar Gültek This is me
0000-0003-2869-086X
Türkiye

Zeynep Düriye Bilge This is me
0000-0003-0456-6573
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 1, 2017

Submission Date

April 5, 2017

Acceptance Date

April 27, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 35 Number: 3

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA62YA44FG

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Gültek, A. S., & Bilge, Z. D. (2017). EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE DURING TUNNEL FIRES ON A MODEL. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 35(3), 545-556. https://izlik.org/JA62YA44FG

AMA

1.Gültek AS, Bilge ZD. EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE DURING TUNNEL FIRES ON A MODEL. SIGMA. 2017;35(3):545-556. https://izlik.org/JA62YA44FG

Chicago

Gültek, Ali Serdar, and Zeynep Düriye Bilge. 2017. “EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE DURING TUNNEL FIRES ON A MODEL”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 35 (3): 545-56. https://izlik.org/JA62YA44FG.

EndNote

Gültek AS, Bilge ZD (September 1, 2017) EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE DURING TUNNEL FIRES ON A MODEL. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 35 3 545–556.

IEEE

[1]A. S. Gültek and Z. D. Bilge, “EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE DURING TUNNEL FIRES ON A MODEL”, SIGMA, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 545–556, Sept. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA62YA44FG

ISNAD

Gültek, Ali Serdar - Bilge, Zeynep Düriye. “EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE DURING TUNNEL FIRES ON A MODEL”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 35/3 (September 1, 2017): 545-556. https://izlik.org/JA62YA44FG.

JAMA

1.Gültek AS, Bilge ZD. EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE DURING TUNNEL FIRES ON A MODEL. SIGMA. 2017;35:545–556.

MLA

Gültek, Ali Serdar, and Zeynep Düriye Bilge. “EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE DURING TUNNEL FIRES ON A MODEL”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, vol. 35, no. 3, Sept. 2017, pp. 545-56, https://izlik.org/JA62YA44FG.

Vancouver

1.Ali Serdar Gültek, Zeynep Düriye Bilge. EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE DURING TUNNEL FIRES ON A MODEL. SIGMA [Internet]. 2017 Sep. 1;35(3):545-56. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA62YA44FG