The Memorial Tunnel fire ventilation test program. Test plan and test operations.

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William D. Kennedy, Flor D. Hernandez
tunnel ventilation
Year:
1997
Bibliographic info:
USA, Ashrae Transactions, Vol 103, Part 2, 1997, proceedings of the Ashrae Summer Meeting, Boston, 29 June - 2 July, 1997 [preprint].

The Memorial Tunnel Fire Ventilation Test Program (MTFVTP) comprised three phases:

  • phase I. test program development;
  • phase II, test program and test facility design; and
  • phase III, test facility construction, testing, and final report preparation.

This paper provides an overview of the testing and comprehensive test report preparation activities that were part of phase III. The MTFVTP was conducted to obtain definitive fire test data to support ventilation design and operation concepts in road tunnels. More specifically, the objective of the testing was to determine, under full-scale conditions, the relative effectiveness of various ventilation systems and operating modes in the management of heat and smoke for tunnel fires of varying intensities.

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