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Abstract: Fires in a tunnel can cause considerable damage to the structure, resulting in the tunnel being closed for refurbishment works, at times for many months. Such closures always have an additional and sometimes a very negative effect, because tunnels generally have a special role in the surrounding transport infrastructure (bottleneck). As a result, diversion routes are overloaded with unplanned...
Abstract: After putting the German law on Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities [1] into force, the barrier-free design is – among others – mandatory for public buildings. This means that even in emergency situations (e. g. evacuation during a fire) the interests of people with restricted mobility have to be taken into account. Also in underground stations it is becoming common practice to...
Abstract: Fixed Fire Fighting Systems (FFFS) are commonly recognized to mitigate the fire development and to minimize the negative effects on the tunnel structure. The given paper analyses the effect of FFFS on both, safety of users and structural safety based on results from the SOLIT2 project. Within the scope of the SOLlT2 project, the efficiency of water mist fire fighting systems in...