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http://dx.doi.org/10.22710/JICT.2021.11.1.025

Evaluation of Fire Safety for Road Tunnels in Port Area based on Fire Safety Guidelines  

Ha, Yejin (Department of Fire Protection Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Jeon, Joonho (Department of Fire Protection Engineering, Pukyong National University)
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Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology / v.11, no.1, 2021 , pp. 25-28 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the fire safety of road tunnels has been important issues in South Korea. However, proper fire safety regulations has not made for road tunnels. Due to geographical challenges in South Korea, road tunnels should be constructed to secure stable traffic flows. In the Guidelines for Installing and Managing Disaster Prevention Facilities of Road Tunnels (NFSC 603), main target vehicles are passenger cars. This guidelines cannot support big fires from larger vehicles such as cargo, oil trucks. In this study, fire safety for a road tunnel in port area was analyzed with fire dynamics theory under cargo truck fire scenario. Sujunsan road tunnel in Busan city was chosen as a target tunnel, which links between Busan port and highways to increase cargo shipping. The results show the limitations of present guidelines (NFSC 603) for road tunnel from large fire situations.
Keywords
road tunnel; cargo truck; fire safety; NFSC 603; concrete;
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