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http://dx.doi.org/10.9711/KTAJ.2012.14.3.183

The effect of grid number and the location and size of the fire source on the critical velocity in a road tunnel fire  

Lee, Seung-Chul (강원대학교 소방방재공학전공)
Kim, Sang-Il (강원대학교 기계공학과)
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Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association / v.14, no.3, 2012 , pp. 183-195 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study conducted comparative analysis to estimate critical velocity in tunnel fire under variation of grid number and the location and size of the fire source using three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics. In the target tunnel, by one-dimensional way, the calculated critical velocity in the tunnel, 2.22 m/s was estimated, if appling hydraulic diameter, instead of the tunnel height. According to six numerical analysis, each grid number has different position, temperature, and CO concentration of back-layering. In the case of the subject, the case 1 with 0.84 million grid was found to be the most ideal. According to the location and size of the fire source, after three cases for three-dimensional numerical analysis was performed, it is resulted that the location and size of the fire source affect the critical velocity, because air velocity distribution, temperature distribution and CO concentration distribution showed different each case. This is due to the difference of heat exchange area and locations. Therefore, it is necessary to decide appropriate grid number, and the location and size of the fire source for processing techniques through comparison with actual experiment results and three-dimensional analysis.
Keywords
Tunnel fire; critical velocity; CFD; road tunnel;
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