Day 1 Wednesday 12 March 2014 08.00 Registration 09.00 Opening Keynote Session 09.30 Fixed Fire Fighting Systems in Tunnels M. Arvidson 10.00 New challenges in fire protection of tunnels K. Both 10.30 Coffee break Fixed Fire Fighting Systems 11.00 Computational modelling as an alternative to full-scale testing for tunnel fixed fire fighting systems Harris, K.J., Melvin, B.J. 11.20 Large scale fire tests with a Fixed Fire Fighting System (FFFS) Ingason, H., Lundström, U., Appel, G. 11.40 Impact of Water Mist Fixed Fire Fighting Systems (FFFS) on the Heat Release Rate (HRR) and Tunnel Structure Evaluation based on Large Scale Fire Tests (SOLIT2) Leucker, R. Leismann, F. 12.00 Optimisation of ventilation systems costs by using Fixed Fire Fighting Systems in tunnels Rothe, R., Lakkonen, M., Hoffmann, T. 12.20 Fire spread tests in a road tunnel in Stockholm Appel, G., Ingason, H., Li, Y.Z., Lönnermark, A., Lundström, U. 12.40 Lunch and Exhibits www.istss.se
Fire Dynamics 14.10 Fire Development of a Full-scale Traincar Fire Hadjisophocleous, G., Lee, D.H., Park, W.H. 14.30 A new methodology of design fires for train carriages Li, Y.Z., Ingason, H. 14.50 The Effect of Ventilation and Tunnel Geometry on the Fire Heat Release Rate Wu, Y. 15.10 Effects of Extreme Fires in Road Tunnels Bergerhausen, U.,Schmidt, J., Dehn, F., Hamann, E. 15.30 Coffee break Fire Safety Engineering Performance-based design of road tunnel fire safety: proposal of new Swedish framework Gehandler, J., Ingason, H., Lönnermark, A., Frantzich, H., Strömgren, M. Recommendations from The Metro Project Don t Panic! Agnew, N., Stacey, C. Tunnels, Stations and Switches & Crossings - A Fire Engineering Challenge Hoffmann, N., McDaid, A. Fire Protection in Transportation Tunnels Schütz, D. Fire Dynamics Security Fire Dynamics Security 16.00 Gas composition during a fire in a train carriage Lönnermark, A., Claesson, A., Lindström, J., Li, Y.Z., Kumm, M. 16.20 Ignition, Heat Release Rate and Suppression of Elastomeric materials Norman, J. A., Staggs, K. J., Hasegawa, H. K. 16.40 Development of an experimental design methodology adapted to Controlled Atmosphere Cone Calorimeter in order to evaluate the thermal degradation of solid materials in tunnel fires Hermouet, F., Guillaume, E., Rogaume, T., Richard, F., Ponticq, X. 17.00 Development of a simple model for tunnel temperature estimation considering wall heat losses through conduction Gehandler, J., Wickström, U. 17.20 Cockatail Reception and Poster Session Methodology for the Qualitative Assessment of Vulnerabilities of Transport Infrastructure Kammerer, H., Haardt, J. All-Hazards Approach to Tunnel Safety and Security on the California High-Speed Train System Cockle, J., Stuart, L. Dispersion of Airborne Toxins in a highly complex Subway Station Spiegel, J., Letzelb, M., Pflitsch, A. BRIDGE - Validation of technologies and simulations for crisis management Wietek, M., Burghardt, M. 19.00 20.15 22.00 Close Day 1 Demonstration smoke test End of demonstration smoke test
Day 2 Thursday 13 March 2014 08.00 Registration Keynote Session 08.30 New strategies in fire ventilation of tunnels P. Sturm 09.00 Explosion risks and consequences in tunnels J. Weerheijm Explosion 09.30 Load and Resistance Characterization of Tunnels under Explosive Threat Scenarios Kravtsov, A. N., Svoboda, P. 09.50 Experimental Studies of the blast pressure due to an Explosion Stolz, A., Brenneis, C 10.10 Coffee break www.istss.se Regulation and Design 10.40 Outside Tunnel Safety Regulations English, G. 11.00 Do modern fire and life safety standards and codes restrict innovation in urban multi entry and exit road tunnel design and construction? Gildersleeve, C., Sherlock, W. 11.20 An alternative approach to safety in road tunnels Malmtorp, J., Vedin, P. 11.40 Applying Model Based Systems Engineering for the integrated design of tunnel technical systems Krouwel, H.R., Burgers, E.E. 12.00 Lunch and Exhibits Ventilation The vehicle impact on the backlayering layer, an experimental and numerical study Truchot, B., Fouillen F., Leroy, G. The influence of source characteristics and heat losses on the upwind flow of smoke in a longitudinally ventilated tunnel: experiments and numerical simulations Mos, A., Le Clanche, J., Salizzoni, P., Creyssels, M., Nicot, C., Vauquelin, O. Smoke Management in Subway Stations Due to Train Arson Fire Scenario Liu, Y., Cassady, S., Casey, J.,Zlatanic, S., Munfah, N. New generation of hot smoke tests in tunnels Blond, J.J., Venturini, M., Kanitz, A.
Risk Analysis 13.30 Road Tunnels Risk Assessment Methodologies Santos, D., Rodrigues, J.P., Saraiva, J. 13.50 Development of a risk assessment method for fire in rail tunnels Van Weyenberge, B., Deckers, X. 14.10 Integral approach on tunnel safety in the Netherlands Holthuis, M., Jovanovic, P., Kolk, G. 14.30 Probabilistic analysis of tunnels stability as the element of risk assessment Pytel, W., Switon, J. 14.50 Coffee break Risk Analysis 15.20 Quantitative risk and criticality assessment for tunnels under explosive and fire threat scenarios Vollmann, G. Kamarianakis, S., Thewes, M. 15.40 New methodology to Calculate Additional Ramps Explicitly (CARE) in Quantitative Risk Analysis for road tunnels Nelisse, M., Vrouwenvelder, T. 16.00 Determining Benefits of Fixed Fire Fighting Systems in Road Tunnels - A Risk-based Approach Bilson, M., Purchase, A., Kumar, P. Ventilation A Model of Semi-Transversal Tunnel Fire Ventilation Zhang, Q., Guo, X., Paladini, A., Eandi, S., Astore, G., Xu, S., Grasso, P. Air curtains as smoke barriers - model scale tests and CFD alculations Nyman, H., Ingason, H. Rediscovering the throttling effect Vaitkevicius, A., Colella, F., Rein, G., Carvel, R. Computational Study of Tunnel Ventilation Effects on Fire Development in Rapid Transit Vehicles Milford, A., Calder, K.D., Senez, P.L., Coles, A. Ventilation The recent improvements in the fire safety in the Marseilles tunnels and metro network Casalé, E., Vauquelin, O., Monnier, D., Bénichou, C., Giovannelli, G. Comparative Study of Flow Measurement Methods in Road Tunnel Exhaust Ducts Melchior, T., Ruckstuhl R., Buchmann, R. 19.00 Banquet Dinner 22.00 Close Day 2
Day 3 Friday 14 March 2014 08.40 Registration Keynote Session 09.10 Interaction between people and evacuation systems in tunnels D. Nilsson Evacuation 09.40 Evacuation in Underground Rail Transportation Systems: A Summary of the Findings of the METRO Project Fridolf, K., Frantzich, H. 10.00 Tunnel Fire Safety - Can Supression and Evacuation be in Conflict? Johnson, P., Gildersleeve, C. 10.20 Coupling tracer gas experiments with evacuation simulation: An empirical approach to assess the effectiveness of evacuation routes in subway stations Brünea, M., Charlton, J., Pflitscha, A., Agnew, B. 10.40 Coffee break Emergency management 11.00 Emergency Response and Fire Related Analysis as Part of an Engineering Evaluation of a new Tunnel Like Concrete Structure as Recommended in NFPA 502 Dubois, H. Passive protection Prestressing of structural tunnels as a method to prevent cracking resulting from the temperature loads Zmigrodzki, S. www.istss.se
11.20 Realisation of Fire and Intrusion Protection at the Diabolo Train Tunnel Complex at Brussels Int l Airport Schoonbaert, L., Eeckhaut, S 11.40 Development of a tunnel simulator aiming at optimization of tunnel control operations Wehner, M., Krokos, E. 12.00 Lunch and Exhibits Emergency management 13.30 The Fire and Rescue Services Ability to Reach and Extinguish Fires in Tunnels with Long Response Routes Kumm, M., Palm, A. 13.50 Fire Fighting Operations in Modern Road Tunnels: An Australasian Perspective Claridge, E., Raffel, S. 14.10 Cost Effective Education and Training System for Tunnel Personnel Knape M.J., van der Linden P., Ruland, T. 14.20 Road Tunnel Emergency Exercises in New Zealand Claridge, E., Sullivan, T. On site tunnel concrete structures spalling risk assessment by means of a mobile furnace Pardon, D., Pimienta, P., Moreau, B., Peyrac, P., larive, C., D Aloia, L., Clec h, P. Fire safety of underground structures of La Défense in Paris Blanguernon, A., Van Hulle, P., Bertrand, B., Cesmat, E., Moreau, B., Mos, A. Case studies ITS-solutions for the Identification of Non-moving Vehicles in Road Tunnels Research within the Stockholm Bypass Project Lindgren Walter, A. Rv. 13 Ryfast - World Longest Subsea Tunnel Combined with E39 Eiganestunnelen Eiterjord, G. New Challenges for the Base Tunnel Safety of Trans-Andean Railway to link Argentina and Chile Pelassa, S., Eandi, S., Grasso, P. Tunnel ventilation System of Thessaloniki Metro Extension to Kalamaria Ruiz-Jimenez, A.M., Matas, A. 15.00 Technical visit to Axe Littoral and Prado Sud tunnels