Preview of 2nd edition of tunnel fire safety Handbook

Published: 26 January, 2011

The second edition of ‘The Handbook of tunnel fire safety’ is in preparation now and is expected to be published by ICE Publishing (Institution of Civil Engineers) during 2011.

The first edition received wide acclaim – “it is without doubt a must-read for all involved” (‘Tunnels & Tunnelling International’, December 2005).

Since then it has been described as having become the “definitive” work on the subject.

The second edition will contain up-dated chapters as well as several chapters on different topics, such as human behaviour in tunnel fires and fire suppression.

The contents will be as follows:

Preface: Alan Beard & Richard Carvel

Introduction: Alan Beard

Part I: Real tunnel fires

Chapter 1: A history of fire incidents in tunnels. Richard Carvel & Guy Marlair
Chapter 2: Tunnel fire investigation I: The Channel Tunnel Fire, 18th November 1996. Martin Shipp
Chapter 3: Tunnel fire investigation II: The St. Gotthard Tunnel Fire, 24th October 2001. Jean-Claude Martin, Olivier Delémont & Claude Calisti
Chapter 4: Tunnel Fire Investigation III: The Burnley Tunnel Fire, Melbourne, 23rd March, 2007. Arnold Dix

Part II: Prevention and Protection

Chapter 5: Prevention and Protection: General Concepts. Alan Beard
Chapter 6: Automatic incident detection (AID) Arnold dix
Chapter 7: Fire detection systems. Sandro Maciocia
Chapter 8: Passive fire protection in concrete tunnels Richard Carvel & Kees Both
Chapter 9: Fire suppression in tunnels Yajue Wu and Richard Carvel
Chapter 10: Tunnel ventilation - state of the art. Art Bendelius
Chapter 11: Use of tunnel ventilation for fire safety. Stuart Jagger
Chapter 12: The influence of tunnel ventilation on fire behaviour. Richard Carvel & Alan Beard

Section III: Tunnel fire dynamics

Chapter 13: A history of tunnel fire experiments. Richard Carvel & Guy Marlair
Chapter 14: Tunnel fire dynamics. Haukur Ingason
Chapter 15: Heat release rates in tunnel fires - a summary Anders Lonnermark and Haukur Ingason
Chapter 16: CFD Modelling of tunnel fires. Norman Rhodes
Chapter 17: Control volume modelling of tunnel fires. David Charters
Chapter 18: Network modelling of tunnel fires Francesco Colella
Chapter 19: Non-deterministic modelling and tunnel fires Alan Beard

Section IV: Fire Safety Management & Human factors

Chapter 20: Human behaviour in fire in tunnels: 1. Jim Shields
Chapter 21 Human behaviour in tunnel fires: 2 Alain Noizet
Chapter 22: Recommended behaviour for road tunnel users. Michel Egger
Chapter 23: Transport of Hazardous goods. Benjamin Truchot,Phillipe Cassini, Hermann Knoflacher
Chapter 24: A systemic approach to tunnel fire safety management. Jaime Santos-Reyes & Alan Beard
Chapter 25: Road Tunnel operation during a fire emergency. John Gillard
Chapter 26: Tunnel fire safety and the law. Arnold Dix

Section V: Emergency Procedures

Chapter 27: Emergency procedures in road tunnels – current practice and future ideas. David Burns and M. Nielsen
Chapter 28: Emergency procedures in rail tunnels – current practice and future ideas. John Olesen and Graham Gash
Chapter 29: Fire and rescue operations in tunnel fires: A discussion of some practical issues. Anders Bergqvist, Håkan Frantzich, Kjell Hasselrot & Haukur Ingason

Section VI: Tunnel fire safety decision-making

Chapter 30: Problems with Using Models for fire safety Alan Beard
Chapter 31: Decision-making and risk assessment Alan Beard

Section VII: Specific topics

Chapter 32: The UPTUN project – A brief summary Kees Both
Chapter 33: The second Tyne road tunnel Peter Hedley
Chapter 34: Hydrogen-powered vehicles and tunnel safety Yajue Wu
Chapter 35: Environmental change and tunnel safety Arnold Dix

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