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NCHRP Synthesis 415: Design Fires in Road Tunnels (2011)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program Synthesis Program (NCHRPSYN)

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Maevski, Igor Y, Transportation Research Board. "Appendix B - List of Responding Agencies." NCHRP Synthesis 415: Design Fires in Road Tunnels. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011.

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Front Matter (R1-R10)
Summary (1-5)
Project Overview (6-6)
Description of the Survey Process (7-8)
Prevention of Tunnel Highway Fires (9-9)
Making Transportation Tunnels Safe and Secure (10-10)
UPTUN - Summary (11-11)
SafeT (12-12)
Safe Tunnel (13-13)
EGSISTES (14-14)
Summary (15-15)
Heat Effects (16-16)
Air Carbon Monoxide Content (17-17)
Air Velocities (18-18)
Summary (19-19)
Cause of Vehicular Fires in Road Tunnels (20-22)
Consequences of Tunnel Fires (23-23)
Summary (24-25)
Combined Use for Road and Railway Vehicles (26-27)
Full Scale Tests (28-34)
Small-Scale Testing (Physical Modeling) (35-35)
Large-Scale Experimental Facilities (36-36)
Gaps in Fire Testing, Modeling Limitations, and Computational Fluid Dynamics Verifications (37-37)
Summary (38-39)
Chapter Seven - Analytical Fire Modeling - Literature Review (40-40)
Analytical (Numerical) Fire Modeling Technique (41-42)
Findings on Numerical Modeling Based on Literature Review (43-43)
Summary (44-44)
Severity of Tunnel Fires (45-45)
Existing Practice of Fire Management in Road Tunnels (46-46)
Best Design Practice (47-47)
Maintenance, Repair, and Rehabilitation of the Fire Management Systems (48-48)
Selected Important Examples (49-49)
Computer-Based Training Tools for Operators to Manage Fire - Virtual Training (50-52)
Background (53-54)
Integrated Approach to Safety in Tunnels (55-56)
Design Fire Size (57-58)
Exploring the Emerging Issues of Alternative Fuel Vehicles on Design Fires (59-63)
Fire Smoke and Smoke Production - Literature Review (64-67)
Temperature of Fire Gases and Tunnel Walls (68-69)
Fire Development Based on Literature Review (70-74)
Summary (75-77)
Chapter Ten - Compilation of Design Guidance, Standards, and Regulations (78-81)
Tunnel Ventilation and International Standards Requirements (82-88)
Tunnel Fire Detection, Notification, and International Standards Requirements (89-91)
Tunnel Egress and International Standards Requirements (92-92)
Tunnel Incident Response and International Standards Requirements (93-94)
Summary (95-95)
TimeTemperature and Time-of-Tenability Curves (96-98)
Emergency Egress Timeline (99-100)
Combined Curve for Evacuation and System Activation (101-101)
Summary (102-103)
Background (104-109)
Summary (110-110)
Influence of Ventilation on Fire Heat Release Rate (111-111)
Influence of Structural and Nonstructural Components on Fire Heat Release Rate (112-112)
Summary (113-113)
Example of Design Fire Size Estimate (114-115)
Chapter Fourteen - Conclusions (116-122)
References (123-125)
Bibliography (126-128)
Glossary (129-129)
Appendix A - Survey Questionnaire (130-135)
Appendix B - List of Responding Agencies (136-136)
Appendix C - Summary of Survey Questionnaire Responses (137-149)
Appendix D - Tunnel Safety Projects Additional Descriptions (150-155)
Appendix E - Fire Tests (156-159)
Appendix F - Comparison of National and International Standards Requirements (160-177)
Appendix G - Past Tunnel Fires Description (178-188)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (189-189)

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137 APPENDIX B List of Responding Agencies Tunnel Agency Street Address (if given) Name Name of Tunnel(s) City, State (if given) Country 1) Downtown Tunnel (First)--EBL 2) Downtown Tunnel (First)--WBL 3) Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel-- EBL Virginia 4) Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel-- Department of 1401 W. Broad Street WBL United States Transportation Richmond, VA 5) Midtown tunnel (VDOT) 6) Monitor­Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel 7) NAS Runway #29 Underpass California 1) Webster Tube Department of 2) Posey Tube Transportation 3) Sunrise On Ramp 4) Caldecott Tunnel Complex #1 California United States 5) Caldecott Tunnel Complex #2 6) Caldecott Tunnel Complex #3 Washington State 1) I-90 Mt. Baker Ridge Tunnel 1411 Yakima Ave. S. United States DOT 2) I-90 Mercer Island Tunnel Seattle, WA 1) Jookryung 293-1 Sujung-Gu Geumto-dong South Korea Korea Expressway 2) Average data for 280 (555 tubes) Seong Nam Corporation tunnels Pennsylvania 1) Liberty Tunnel 45 Thoms Run Rd. United States DOT 2) Stowe Tunnel Bridgeville, PA Colorado DOT-- Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Region 1, Tunnel (2 bores, 1 tunnel unit) P.O. Box 397 United States Maintenance Idaho Springs, CO Section 9 Chesapeake Bay 1) Thimble Shoals Cape Charles, VA United States Bridge and Tunnel 2) Chesapeake Channel M6 South Pázsit Street 13 Hungary Mak Hungary Budapest Maryland 1) Fort McHenry Tunnel 300 Authority Drive United States Transportation 2) Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Baltimore, MD Authority Ministère des Ville-Marie & Lafontaine 640 Viger Ouest Canada transports du Montreal Québec 1) Oneonta 2) Cape Creek 3) Elk Creek 4) Toothrock 355 Capitol St. NE, Room 301 Oregon DOT 5) Arch Cape United States Salem, OR 6) Salt Creek 7) Sunset 8) Knowles Creek 9) Vista Ridge Twin Tunnels Swedish Road Gotatunnel Gothenburg Sweden Administration Sydney Harbour Sydney Harbour Tunnel 130 Mount Street Australia Tunnel Company North Sydney The Port The Holland Tunnel Authority of New 13th & Provost Streets United States York & New Jersey City, NJ Jersey Vägverket Södra Länken Sundbybergsvägen 1 Solna Sweden