Figures (11)  Tables (1)
    • Figure 1. 

      Tunnel geometry with sinusoidal floor.

    • Figure 2. 

      Geometry mesh.

    • Figure 3. 

      Temperature contour for (a) Fu's temperature contour[22] and (b) the present our results.

    • Figure 4. 

      Evolution of temperature as a function of time.

    • Figure 5. 

      Temperature trend without ventilation as a function of tunnel height at 5 m from the fire source.

    • Figure 6. 

      Temperature trend without ventilation as a function of tunnel height at 50 m from the fire source.

    • Figure 7. 

      Temperature trend without ventilation as a function of tunnel height at 70 m from the fire source.

    • Figure 8. 

      Temperature trend without ventilation as a function of tunnel height at 130 m from the fire source.

    • Figure 9. 

      Evolution of the temperature for the ventilation velocity V = 2.9 m/s.

    • Figure 10. 

      Evolution of the temperature for the ventilation velocity V = 5.8 m/s.

    • Figure 11. 

      Evolution of the temperature with ventilation according to the height of the tunnel at different distances from the fire source.

    • CharacteristicsDimensions
      Tunnel length L (m)300
      Tunnel height H (m)7.22
      Tunnel width W (m)10.5
      Amplitude of the sinusoid α (m)2.4
      Size of fire pit (m3)2 × 2 × 2

      Table 1. 

      Dimensional characteristics of the tunnel.