Affiliation:
1. School of Civil Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University; Lanzhou 730070, China
Abstract
Existing research into this topic primarily focuses on low-altitude areas, neglecting the impact of extreme environmental conditions such as low temperature, low oxygen level, and low pressure in high-altitude regions. Based on the smoke diffusion theory, a series of CFD numerical simulations were conducted in order to investigate the characteristics of smoke diffusion in the highway tunnel at high altitude. The results indicated that the increase in altitude would enhance the longitudinal propagation velocity of smoke, leading to a more pronounced impact on temperature, CO concentration, and visibility at characteristic heights. Meanwhile, the altitude intensifies the inhibitory impact of longitudinal ventilation on smoke diffusion upwind of the fire source and augments the acceleration effect on smoke diffusion downwind, thereby impeding personnel evacuation on the downwind side. By taking the hazardous range at a characteristic height under the impact of wind velocity and the deceleration of evacuation velocity due to altitude into consideration, a new recommended reduction factor was deduced to design adits for people passing spacing in highway tunnels at high altitude. The findings can serve as a valuable reference for the personal evacuation in high-altitude highway tunnel fires and the design of spacing between adits for people passing within such tunnels.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
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