Impact of vehicles on smoke spread dynamics in the case of fire in road tunnel

Abstract

In this paper, the impact of vehicles in road tunnel on smoke spread in case of fire is illustrated using the FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator) system. FDS is a CFD-based fire field model capable to simulate fire in various environments capturing a big variety of physical processes related to fire. A set of simulations of fire in a 300 m long two-lane single directional road tunnel with longitudinal ventilation is described focusing on the impact of vehicles on the smoke spread dynamics in the tunnel.