The Study of the Confinement Velocity in the Longitudinal Ventilation Tunnel Fire

2012 ◽  
Vol 446-449 ◽  
pp. 3665-3669
Author(s):  
Ke Qing Sun ◽  
Hui Yang
Keyword(s):  
Characteristic Parameter ◽  
Experimental Models ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Mixed Gas ◽  
Control Effect ◽  
Smoke Control ◽  
Tunnel Fire ◽  
Longitudinal Ventilation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Two Sides

For the situation that the smoke exhaust vents are located on both sides of the fire source, critical ventilation velocity is not appropriate to evaluate the smoke control effect. “Confinement velocity” is proposed as the characteristic parameter to study the longitudinal ventilation by O.Vauquelin in this situation. However, there have been few studies on confinement velocity. An experimental study was carried out on two reduced scale tunnel models. The main objective is to analysis the relationship between confinement velocity and fire heat release in this situation. Helium and air in different ratio was used as the smoke, and the "cold smoke" produced by smoke generator was put into the mixed gas in order to measure the length of smoke layer. The experimental models were based on the half tunnel as flow field at two sides of fire is symmetrical. The CFD model was created on the basis of the experiment, and the results were basically accord with the experimental results. It was shown from the experimental results that the critical point of the confinement velocity is between L / H = 2 to L / H = 4 in section 1, between L / H = 1 to L / H = 2 in section 2, rather than a fixed value; Two tunnel models had similar dimensionless confinement velocity, but the dimensionless total confinement velocity was different.

Study on the smoke propagation characteristics of metro tunnel fire under the effects of piston wind

2021 ◽  
pp. 1420326X2199842
Author(s):  
Fei Wang ◽  
Fang Liu ◽  
Imad Obadi ◽  
Miaocheng Weng
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Bernoulli Equation ◽  
Propagation Characteristics ◽  
Control Effect ◽  
Smoke Control ◽  
Tunnel Fire ◽  
Longitudinal Ventilation ◽  
Smoke Spread ◽  
Fire Smoke ◽  
Metro Tunnel

Metro trains running in tunnels cause piston wind, and when a metro train stops in a tunnel due to a fire, the effect of the piston wind on smoke propagation characteristics cannot be ignored. In this paper, a theoretical model based on the unsteady flow theory of the Bernoulli equation was established to describe the change in piston wind speed under fire conditions. The characteristics of the smoke propagation in tunnel fires under the effect of the piston wind were analysed by means of numerical simulation. The result indicates that the piston wind has a significant effect on the characteristics of smoke distribution. In a longitudinally ventilated tunnel, whether the direction of piston wind is the same as that of longitudinal ventilation could seriously affect the control of fire smoke. When the direction is the same, the piston wind could enhance the smoke control effect of the longitudinal ventilation. Otherwise, the smoke control effect could be significantly diminished, and the smoke control by the critical wind speed of longitudinal ventilation would fail. The findings could contribute to a better understanding of the characteristics of tunnel fire to control smoke spread under the influence of piston wind.

Effect Analysis of Different Exhaust Velocity on Fire Smoke Control in Subway Tunnel

2012 ◽  
Vol 424-425 ◽  
pp. 1224-1227
Author(s):  
Xin Han ◽  
Xiao Ming Gao ◽  
Bei Hua Cong
Keyword(s):  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Subway Tunnel ◽  
Control Effect ◽  
Smoke Control ◽  
Effect Analysis ◽  
Longitudinal Ventilation ◽  
Fire Smoke ◽  
Ventilation Velocity

Taking a subway tunnel as the research object and based on the CFD simulation method, this paper adopts a large eddy simulation analysis software FDS to simulate and analyze the effect of exhaust velocity on fire smoke control under the condition of the same longitudinal ventilation velocity in subway tunnel. The simulated results can provide some reference to design institutes in the selection of exhaust fan. While the longitudinal ventilation velocity set as 1m/s, the simulation results demonstrate that a quite good smoke control effect could be achieved when the exhaust velocity reaches 5 m/s in the smoke exhaust duct

A Study on Tunnel Smoke Control Strategies by Experiment and Numerical Simulation

2011 ◽  
Vol 402 ◽  
pp. 864-867
Author(s):  
Xiao Yang Liu ◽  
Jing Yan Zhang ◽  
Yan Feng Li ◽  
Li Li Zhang ◽  
Jin Feng Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Scale Model ◽  
Road Tunnel ◽  
Smoke Control ◽  
Fire Control ◽  
Fire Dynamics ◽  
Tunnel Fire ◽  
Longitudinal Ventilation ◽  
Fire Smoke ◽  
Smoke Layer ◽  
Layer Velocity

In order to meet the need of the study on the tunnel fire safety system, taking the tunnel laboratory bench in the key laboratory of the university of science and technology of China as the object, this paper does a scale model experiment on the tunnel fire, and uses the Fire Dynamics Simulator（FDS）software to simulate fire smoke layer velocity under different longitudinal ventilation control, by comparing the experimental and simulation results, this paper not only gives the variation law of the tunnel fire smoke layer velocity under different longitudinal ventilation speed, but also proposes the concept of the smoke stratification critical wind speed , which will provide some references for the road tunnel fire control, rescue and evacuation.

Parasites and promiscuity: Acute disease salience leads to more restricted sexual attitudes

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110309
Author(s):  
James B. Moran ◽  
Nicholas Kerry ◽  
Jin X. Goh ◽  
Damian R. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Sexual Attitudes ◽  
Experimental Manipulation ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Acute Disease ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sexual Promiscuity

How does disease threat influence sexual attitudes and behaviors? Although research on the influence of disease threat on social behavior has grown considerably, the relationship between perceived disease threat and sexual attitudes remains unclear. The current preregistered study (analyzed N = 510), investigated how experimental reminders of disease threat influence attitudes and anticipated future behaviors pertaining to short-term sexual relationships, using an ecologically valid disease prime. The central preregistered prediction was that experimental manipulation of disease threat would lead to less favorable attitudes and inclinations toward sexual promiscuity. Results were consistent with this preregistered prediction, relative to both a neutral control condition and a non-disease threat condition. These experimental results were buttressed by the finding that dispositional variation in worry about disease threat predicted less favorable attitudes and inclinations toward short-term sexual relationships. This study represents the first preregistered investigation of the implications of acute disease threat for sexual attitudes.

Research on Paper Whiteness Based on Visual Comfort

2013 ◽  
Vol 295-298 ◽  
pp. 543-546
Author(s):  
Zhi Jian Li ◽  
Nuo Li
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Reading Process ◽  
Visual Comfort ◽  
Visual Fatigue ◽  
The Relationship

High whiteness paper is likely to cause visual fatigue. The relationship between whiteness and visual comfort is studyed by adopting the form of a combination of presentation reading and questionnaires. The experimental results show that, during the reading process, the higher of paper whiteness, the greater the chance of looked up, eye rubbing, and other little tricks, at the same time, the easier inattentive, have a negative impact on reading effect.

scholarly journals Characterization of percolation behavior in conductor–dielectric 0-3 composites

2014 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 1450035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Patrick Bass ◽  
Zhi-Min Dang ◽  
Z.-Y. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Dielectric Constant ◽  
Percolation Threshold ◽  
Frequency Dependence ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Effective Dielectric Constant ◽  
Filler Concentration ◽  
Percolation Behavior ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
The Relationship

The equation ε eff ∝ (ϕc - ϕ)-s which shows the relationship between effective dielectric constant (εeff) and the filler concentration (φ), is widely used to determine the percolation behavior and obtain parameters, such as percolation threshold φc and the power constant s in conductor–dielectric composites (CDCs). Six different systems of CDCs were used to check the expression by fitting experimental results. It is found that the equation can fit the experimental results at any frequency. However, it is found that the fitting constants do not reflect the real percolation behavior of the composites. It is found that the dielectric constant is strongly dependent on the frequency, which is mainly due to the fact that the frequency dependence of the dielectric constant for the composites close to φc is almost independent of the matrix.

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