Tunnel and Underground Space (터널과지하공간)

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A Study of Smoke Movement in a Short Tunnel

짧은 터널 내의 연기거동에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Sung-Chan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chungang University) ;
  • Ryou, Hong-Sun (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chungang University) ;
  • Kim, Chung-Ik (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chungang University) ;
  • Hong, Ki-Bae (Department of Thermal Engineering, Chungju National University)
  • Published : 2002.03.01
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Abstract

This paper concerns smoke propagation in tunnel fires with various size of fire source. Experiments carried out in model tunnel and those results were compared with numerical results. The Froude scaling law was used to scale model tests for comparison with larger scale tests. In order to validate for numerical analysis, temperature distribution of predicted data was compared with measured data. Examining the temperature distribution, we found that smoke layer does not come down under 50% of tunnel heights for a short tunnel heights for a short tunnel firs without ventilation. Front velocity of smoke layer is proportional to the cube root of heat release rate. And it is in good agreement with existing empirical expression and numerical prediction. In a short tunnel fire, horizontal propagation of smoke layer is more important than vertical smoke movement for evacuation plan.

터널화재시 화원의 크기에 따른 연기기동을 파악하기 위하여 모현실험 및 수치해석이 수행되었다. 모형실험의 결과를 실제 터널에 대해 적용하기 위하여 Frode상사법을 이용하였다. 터널공간내의 화재 해석에 대한 수치해석의 타간성을 입증하기 위하여 모형실험과 수치해석에서 얻어진 연층의 온도분포를 비교하였다. 터널내 온도분포를 해석함으로써 배기장치가 없는 짧은 터널에 대하여 연층은 전체 터널 높이의 절반 이하로 하강하지 않는다는 사실을 파악하였다. 또한 실험에서 얻어진 연층선단의 전파속도는 화재 발생부의 1/3 풍에 비례한다는 사실을 파악하였으며 이는 기존의 경험식 및 수치해석결과와도 잘 일치하였다. 따라서 짧은 터널에서 화재시 피난대책을 수립하는데 있어서 연층의 수평전파가 수직전파에 비해 중요한 설계변수임을 본 연구를 통하여 제시하였다.

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