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10th Tunnel Safety and Ventilation (2020)
December 01 - 03, 2020 - Virtual Conference

 

Due to well-known circumstances, this meeting took place as a Virtual Conference. Nevertheless, we are pleased that we were able to welcome so many participants. Thank you for your attendance!

Below you can find the papers of the Virtual Conference "Tunnel Safety and Ventilation 2020".

 

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Opening Virtual Conference "TUNNEL SAFETY AND VENTILATION 2020"

P. Sturm | TU Graz, IVT, AT

 

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Road tunnel safety challenges for a higher operator

A. Fromm | ASFINAG Bau Management GmbH, AT

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02

 

PIARC’s road tunnel committee: Past and future activities

I. Kaudinya | Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt), Chairman of PIARC TC 4.4 Tunnels, DE

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03

 

Assessment of the effectiveness of different safety measures at tunnel lay-bys and -portals to protect occupants in passenger cars

E. Tomasch, S. Heindl, G. Gstrein, H. Steffan | TU Graz, Vehicle Safety Institute, AT

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04

 

Learning from 10 years of Li-Ion battery fire tests

B. Truchot, G. Marlair | INERIS, FR

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05

 

Full scale fire tests of Battery Electric Vehicles - first results

P. Fößleitner et.al. | TU Graz, IVT, AT

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06

Safety aspects related to Fuel Cell BEVs

A. Trattner | TU Graz, HyCentA, AT

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07

S6 – Safety and security strategies for sub-surface structures preparing security Forces for forces for subsurface operations

P. Hofer | Joint Forces Command / Austrian Armed Forces, AT

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08

A self-sufficient cyber physical mobility concept for road tunnels

A. Stein | Ponts et Chaussées Luxembourg (National Road Administration)

Th. Engel | University of Luxembourg, LU

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09

Improving the resilience of road tunnels under the perspective of tunnel safety

S. Nisancioglu | Federal Highway Research Institute, DE

H. Kammerer | ILF Consulting Engineers Austria GmbH, AT

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10

Road Tunnels: Energy generation and storage opportunities – highly available, sustainable and efficient operation of road tunnels

R. List | ASFINAG Bau Management GmbH, AT

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11

Multi-parameter study of interactions and uncertainties within CFD-based consequence analysis using elementary effects analysis

H. Wahl, G. Vollmann, M. Thewes | Ruhr-University Bochum, DE

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12

On the air-flow resistance of tunnel fires in longitudinal ventilation - the “throttling effect”

I. Riess | Riess Ingenieur-GmbH, CH

D. Weber, M. Steck | Amstein + Walthert Progress AG, CH

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13

 

Critical of critical velocity – an industry practitioner’s perspective

C. Stacey | Stacey Agnew Pty Ltd, AU + SAMJ LLC, US

M. Beyer | Stacey Agnew Pty Ltd, AU

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14

 

Understanding of critical velocity in Memorial Tunnel Fire Tests using longitudinal ventilation

H. Ingason, Y.Z. Li

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15

Examining tunnel ventilation in a point extract-supply tunnel

N. Harvey, K. Zhang, K. Khattab, Ch. Malinowski | Mott MacDonald, US

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Smoke propagation in tunnels – Comparison of in-situ measurements, simulations and literature

D. Fruhwirt, P. Sturm, M. Bacher, H. Schwingenschlögl | TU Graz, IVT, AT

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Refurbishment of the emergency ventilation system including Saccardo nozzles in the North-South Railway junction of Brussels

F. Waymel, L. Rabeh | Egis Tunnels, FR

E. Beraud, L. Rathat | Eiffage Energie Systèmes, FR

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The complexity to design the ventilation system in long railway tunnels where large height variations occur

J. M. Sanz-Sacristán, G. Peris-Sayol, C. Gago-Fernández | SENER Ingeniería y Construcción, ES

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Measurement of road tunnel air quality - EN 50545-2

F. Tarada | Mosen Ltd, UK

B. Vidal | CETU, FR

C. Edge | Dynoptic Systems Ltd

C. Seewald | Sick AG, DE

T. Halbach | ORTRAT SL

R. Hallam | Codel International Ltd

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20

Dust loads in railway tunnels – results from in-situ measurements and consequences for tunnel facilities and railway operation

H. Steiner | ÖBB Infrastruktur AG, AT

P. Sturm, D. Fruhwirt | TU Graz, IVT, AT

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21

Designing and interfacing the tunnel ventilation system in Doha Metro Project. The value of BIM in MEP systems coordination

C. López Fanjul | Zitron-Doha Site Manager, ES

C. Andrés Sierra | Zitron-Doha Project Manager Talleres Zitrón, SA

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22

Avoiding micro-pressure waves without building tunnel hoods

F. Liu | Taiyuan University of Technology, CN

D. Pokrajac | University of Aberdeen, UK

A. E. Vardy | University of Dundee and Dundee Tunnel Research, UK

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The renaissance of truth in risk-based decision making

A. Dix | Barrister & Scientist Life Property Environment, AU

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24

Accidents Characteristics of Fire and Dangerous Goods Vehicles in China Highway Tunnels

F. Ma, H. Ding, H, Liao | China Merchants Chongqing Transportation Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd.

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Evacuation locus in a full-scale tunnel experiment

M. Seike | Toyama Prefectural University, JP

N. Kawabata | Komatsu University, JP

M. Hasegawa | Kanazawa University, JP

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Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) as a novel aspect of the safety risk assessment at a tunnel construction site

R. Hojo, S. Shimizu | National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, JP

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28

Permissibility of dangerous goods traffic through an urban train tunnel in Belgrade – A risk study

S. Rosic | JSC Serbian Railways Infrastructure, RS

B. Boskovic | University of Belgrade, RS

F. Diernhofer, O. Heger, R. Schmidt |

ILF Consulting Engineers Austria GmbH, AT

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Application of in-house risk assessment tool on the analysis of a tunnel in the new Gronda di Genova highway

M. Fronterrè, R. Scozzari | CANTENE s.r.l., IT

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TRUCK Platooning – A quantitative assessment of the potential consequences on tunnel safety

O. Heger, R. Schmidt | ILF Consulting Engineers Austria GmbH, AT

G. Rattei, B. Hintermayer | ASFINAG, AT

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31

Aspects of longitudinal air flow control in road tunnels

S. Frey, M. Lempp, C. Zimmermann | HBI Haerter AG, Zurich, CH

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32

Utilising barometric pressure differences to optimise tunnel ventilation system design

J. Shim, D. Feest, R. Jones, M.Gilbey | WSP UK Ltd.

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Road tunnel temperature monitoring system using a simulation model

T. Sakaguchi, T. Matsumoto, K. Yamamoto, M. Takegaki | Sohatsu Systems Laboratory Inc., Kobe, JP

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34

Preventing disasters: On-site frequency analysis of jet fans

V. Carstens | Consultant Aerodynamics Thermodynamics,D

P. Pospisil | IP Engineering GmbH, CH

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35

Variable blade fans evolution-proofing the underground works

F. Duet, E. Beraud | Eiffage Énergie Systèmes, FR

L.J. Diaz Valdes | Zitron S.A., NL

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Tunnel sensors 4.0 – networked tunnel sensors fit for the future

R. Jung | JES Elektrotechnik GmbH, AT

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37

Condition monitoring in road tunnels

Ch. Kuhn, F. Kaschewski, J. Gläser, Ch. Seewald | SICK AG, DE

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Here you can find selected pre-printed papers of the Virtual Conference "Tunnel Safety and Ventilation 2020".

 

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Detecting incidents within traffic flow in tunnels by vehicle and infrastructural based data

P.L. Böhnke | ave Verkehrs- und Informationstechnik GmbH, Germany

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