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http://dx.doi.org/10.9711/KTAJ.2011.13.3.177

Experimental evaluation of fire protection measures for the segment joint of an immersed tunnel  

Choi, Soon-Wook (한국건설기술연구원 기반시설연구본부 지반연구실, 연세대학교 사회환경시스템공학부)
Chang, Soo-Ho (한국건설기술연구원 기반시설연구본부 지반연구실)
Kim, Heung-Youl (한국건설기술연구원 건설품질정책본부 화재안전연구실)
Jo, Bong-Hyun (대우건설 GK침매터널현장)
Publication Information
Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association / v.13, no.3, 2011 , pp. 177-197 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, a series of fire experiments under $HC_{inc}$ and ISO834 (duration of 4 hour) fire scenarios were carried out for three different types of fire protection measures for the segment joint to evaluate their applicabilities to an immersed tunnel. The experimental results revealed that an expansion joint installed to allow relative movements between concrete element ends in an segment joint is the most vulnerable to a severe fire. For the fire protection measure where the originally designed steel plates at an expansion joint arc replaced by fire-resistant boards, the experiments showed that they cannot achieve good fireproofing performance under both $HC_{inc}$ fire scenario and ISO834 (4 hour) fire scenarios since the installation of fire-resistant boards results in the reduction of the sprayed fire insulation thickness. On the other hand, the application of modified bent steel plates replacing the original steel plates was proved to be very successful in fireproofing of the expansion joint due to more sprayed materials filled in bent steel plate than in the original design concept as well as higher adhesion between the steel plate and the sprayed fire insulation layer.
Keywords
Immersed tunnel; segment joint; sealing material; fireproofing;
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