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http://dx.doi.org/10.7782/JKSR.2017.20.3.400

Quantitative Risk Analysis for Railway Tunnels  

Park, Jung Hyun (Graduate school, Department of Civil Engineering, Inha University)
Shim, Cha Sang (Graduate school, Department of Civil Engineering, Inha University)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Railway / v.20, no.3, 2017 , pp. 400-412 More about this Journal
Abstract
What is particularly noteworthy from Korean and foreign railway tunnel disaster prevention standards is that for the sake of rapid evacuation, more stringent standards for provision of evacuation passages, which require high cost, are being applied. Korean standards stipulate that passage installation should be determined in accordance with the level of risk through a QRA analysis of each tunnel with 1km or longer length. As, however, detailed application criteria as fire occurrence probability, fire occurrence scenario, size of fires and evaluation criteria for level of social risk are not available, additional costs may be incurred due to excessive design. Thus, standards of an appropriate level need to be established. With this backdrop, this study selects detailed application conditions of a reasonable and appropriate level through a study and analysis of relevant documents and analyzes the maximum length of tunnels to which the application of evacuation passages, or the application major evacuation promotion facilities, can be relaxed, together with a QRA analysis of model tunnels (for high speed rail) with different tunnel lengths. In addition, the QRA results on tunnels, including those on the Honam high-speed rail, and analysis results for the model tunnels, are compiled, ; the ultimate results are compared with Korean and other countries' standards related to evacuation promotion facilities, As a result, The appropriateness of application standards are reviewed. These results are expected to be utilized as basic material for establishing a reasonable disaster prevention plan that will consider safety and economies.
Keywords
Railway Tunnel disaster; QRA; Fire occurrence; The level of risk; evacuation promotion facilities;
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