TY - CONF A1 - Rosignuolo, F. A1 - Chaves Spoglianti de Souza, Roberto A1 - Andreini, M. A1 - La Mendola, S. A1 - Knaust, Christian T1 - A comparison between empirical models and FDS simulation to predict the ceiling gas temperature distribution in a tunnel fire N2 - A comparison between the results obtained from a Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulation and from the application of an empirical formula for determining the temperature distribution inside a tunnel in case of fire is presented. The temperature is measured and calculated at different distances from the location of the fire and at different time intervals. The fire considered varies with time following a time-heat release rate curve which has a parabolic growing phase, a constant period and a linear decay. The comparison reveals differences in the results. The temperatures calculated with the empirical formula resulted higher than the temperatures obtained by means of the CFD simulation. A list of possible reasons for this limited correspondence is also presented and commented. A proposal for further studies to better define the limitations of both the procedures and to define the influence of each parameter involved is finally presented. T2 - World Tunnel Congress 2017 – Surface challenges – Underground solutions CY - Bergen, Norway DA - 09.06.2017 KW - CFD KW - Fire KW - Tunnel KW - Design Fire PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-40655 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rosignuolo, F. ED - Chaves Spoglianti de Souza, Roberto ED - Andreini, M. ED - La Mendola, S. ED - Knaust, Christian T1 - A comparison between empirical models and FDS simulation to predict the ceiling gas temperature distribution in a tunnel fire T2 - Proceedings of the World Tunnel Congress 2017 – Surface challenges – Underground solutions N2 - A comparison between the results obtained from a Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulation and from the application of an empirical formula for determining the temperature distribution inside a tunnel in case of fire is presented. The temperature is measured and calculated at different distances from the location of the fire and at different time intervals. The fire considered varies with time following a time-heat release rate curve which has a parabolic growing phase, a constant period and a linear decay. The comparison reveals differences in the results. The temperatures calculated with the empirical formula resulted higher than the temperatures obtained by means of the CFD simulation. A list of possible reasons for this limited correspondence is also presented and commented. A proposal for further studies to better define the limitations of both the procedures and to define the influence of each parameter involved is finally presented. T2 - World Tunnel Congress 2017 – Surface challenges – Underground solutions CY - Bergen, Norway DA - 09.06.2017 KW - CFD KW - Fire KW - Tunnel KW - Design Fire PY - 2017 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-40657 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -