Sustainability of tunnel operation: new approaches

René LIST

ASFINAG Baumanagement GmbH, Austria

The Koralmtunnel as a real-world laboratory: Research work and findings during the construction of the Koralmtunnel

Helmut STEINER², Michael BACHER¹

1: Graz University of Technology, Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems, Austria; 2: ÖBB Infrastruktur AG, Austria

ASFINAG in case of a blackout – overview and measures

Günter RATTEI, Alice MAHR-SAVERSCHEL

ASFINAG SG, Austria

Safe tunnels for smart vehicles: challenges and opportunities of automated driving in road tunnels

Regina SCHMIDT¹, Harald KAMMERER¹, Georg MAYER², Markus Hofer³, Oliver Zendel³

1: ILF Consulting Engineers Austria GmbH, Austria; 2: BUNG Ingenieure AG, Germany; 3: Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria

Synchronizing bias influence to the walking speed in a smoke filled tunnel experiment

Miho SEIKE¹, Wenhao LI², Takao FUTAGAMI³

1: Hiroshima University, Japan; 2: Liaodong University, China; 3: Shinshu University, Japan

Impact of group effects on the reaction and escape behaviour of users in road tunnels - results of realistic large group experiments

Frank LEISMANN¹, Christian THIENERT¹, Markus JENKI², Robert WENIGHOFER³, Anne LEHAN⁴, David STÜHLER², David CZUDNOCHOWSKI², Stefan KAUFMANN⁴

1: STUVA e.V., Cologne, Germany; 2: CSS – Centre for Security and Society, Freiburg, Germany; 3: Technical University of Leoben, Leoben, Austria; 4: Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute, Bergisch Gladbach , Germany

Digital Twins for road tunnels – expectations meet reality

Goetz VOLLMANN¹, Zuzan AZAD¹, Lisa VON ROESSING², Benedikt FALTIN², Anne LEHAN³, Marius NONO TAMO³, Karl HANKE⁴, Annika JODEHL⁴

1: Ruhr University Bochum, Institute for Tunnelling, Germany; 2: Ruhr University Bochum, Chair for computing in construction, Germany; 3: Federal Highway Research Institute, Germany; 4: BUNG-Group, Germany

R&D project Tunnelsensorfusion

Dietmar HARBAUER

ASFINAG (Alpenstraßen GmbH), Austria

Development of a systematic approach for evaluation of the condition of the tunnel equipment

Anne LEHAN¹, Gerhard HUDECEK², Harald KAMMERER³, Frank HEIM⁴

1: Bundesanstalt für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen, Germany; 2: ASFINAG Maut Service GmbH, Austria; 3: ILF Consulting Engineers Austria GmbH, Austria; 4: Die Autobahn GmbH des Bundes, Germany

Methodology for the performance enhancement of longitudinal ventilation systems during transient stage of a fire

Miguel DEL MORAL, Alexander GRATCH, Davide D'EUSTACCHIO, Alvaro MENESES, Justo SUAREZ

Soler&Palau, Spain

Performance improvement of a hybrid ventilation system via predictive control

Diego ANGELI¹, Paolo LEVONI², Pietro CINGI³, Giovanni Sebastiano BAROZZI⁴, Paolo VERRAZ⁵, Cedric PETITCOLIN⁵

1: DISMI - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy; 2: Mimesis s.r.l., Italy; 3: EN&TECH - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy; 4: DIEF - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy; 5: TMB-GEIE, Courmayeur (AO), Italy and Chamonix, France

Enhancements of Tunnel Ventilation System for Road Tunnels adopting Aerodynamic Control & Monitoring Strategies

Ka Wing Kelvin CHEUNG¹, Lung Leo CHAN¹, Anthony WAN², Hau Ming LEE²

1: AECOM (Asia) Company Limited, Hong Kong; 2: BYME Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong

Ventilation Control Optimisation for Short Longitudinally Ventilated Road Tunnels in Case of Temporary Bidirectional Traffic Operation

Oliver HEGER, Gregor SCHMÖLZER

ILF Consulting Engineers Austria GmbH, Austria

External smoke movement and its impact on station design – Guidance for ventilation layout

Jolyon THOMPSON, Mark GILBEY

WSP UK Ltd, United Kingdom

Safety challenges of highway lids in the US

Petr POSPISIL¹, Colin SANTANGELO², Bernd HAGENAH²

1: Tunnel Safety & Ventilation Consultant, United States of Amerika; 2: HNTB Corporation, United States of Amerika

The best that FEDRO has provided us with in recent years” Experience from 50 operating concepts for Swiss road tunnels

Ralf WETZEL¹, Christian JÄGER²

1: ILF Beratende Ingenieure AG, Switzerland; 2: WSP Ingenieure AG, Switzerland

Comparison of Conventional Jet Fans and Fans With Shaped Silencers in an Italian Road Tunnel Based on In-Situ Measurements

Fathi TARADA¹, Luca STANTERO², Pier BERTACCHE¹, Natalino DANIELE BOFFA³, Francesco BEZZI³, Natalino LUCATELLI⁴

1: Mosen Ltd, United Kingdom; 2: Risk Design Engineering, Italy; 3: ANAS SpA, Italy; 4: De Cardenas Fans & Service SRL, Italy

Optimization of the main fans and associated drives for the E4 Stockholm Bypass

Peter STEVELINK³, Rune BRANDT^1,2, Fred VAN JAARSVELD³

1: HBI Haerter, Switzerland; 2: Trafikverket, Sweden; 3: Zitron, Netherlands

Smart Tunnel in Industry 5.0: Improving road tunnel resilience by dynamic risk analysis

Alessandro FOCARACCI¹, Francesca ZACCHEI², Luigi MARTIRANO²

1: Prometeoengineering.it S.r.l., Italy; 2: La Sapienza - University of Rome, Italy

Acceptance criteria for design of longitudinal ventilation systems in road tunnels: theoretical framework

Matteo PACHERA, Ranjit CHAUDHARY, Stefaan VERNIEUWE, Jef VAN NEROM

Sweco Belgium, Belgium

State of the Art and Lines of Development for the Artu Risk Analysis Software

Rugiada SCOZZARI, Michele FRONTERRÈ

Cantene, Italy

Heat Transmission Between Ground and Tunnel Air for Different Configurations and Uses

Juan Manuel SANZ SACRISTÁN

Sener Mobility SA, Spain

Enhancement of the Dispersion of Pollutants Near a Tunnel Ending in a Street Canyon, a CFD Case Study

Gabriel REMION¹, Thierry KUBWIMANA¹, Bruno VIDAL¹, Marouane YAGHZAR¹, Antoine MOS¹, Romain BOISSAT², Edwige REVELAT², Alexis STEPANIAN²

1: Centre d'étude des tunnels, France; 2: AtmoSud, France

Smoke recirculation at Road-Tunnel Portals

Marco TOBLER, Marco BETTELINI, Raphaël DEFERT

Amberg Engineering, Switzerland

Safety challenges of highway lids in the US

Petr POSPISIL, Colin Santangelo, Bernd Hagenah

HNTB corp., United States of America

Implementation of low-tech and lean-tech concepts in road tunnels for a better sustainability

Olivier MARTINETTO, Florent GUIRAL

Egis, France

Improving Energy Efficiency in Road Tunnels

Lorenz KIRCHEBNER¹, Alexander WIERER¹, Christof Sistenich²

1: crypta.sec conceptum GmbH, Austria; 2: Bundesanstalt für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen

On smoke detection systems in road tunnels - a quantitative comparison

Simon FREY¹, Rolf RUCKSTUHL², Benjamin POLLINGER², Samuel GEHRIG², Reto BUCHMANN³, Bernard CRAUSAZ⁴

1: HBI Haerter, Switzerland; 2: AFRY Schweiz AG, Switzerland; 3: buntech GmbH, Switzerland; 4: Federal Roads Administration FEDRO, Switzerland

Ventilation System Upgrade for Huguenot Tunnel in South Africa

Tiago MASSINGUE¹, Julia KEARNS²

1: The South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd, South Africa; 2: SMEC South Africa, South Africa

Web-SCADA: A Web-based Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Platform for Road Tunnel Safety in Japan

Mathis RUFFIEUX¹, Jean ROUGE¹, Yen-Hung LAI¹, Leon DICKEL¹, Masahide NAKAMURA², Alan VARDY³

1: Sohatsu Systems Laboratory Inc., Japan; 2: Kobe University, Kobe, Japan; 3: University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Towards Accurate Tunnel Fire Simulations: Grid Sensitivity and Les Model Comparison in Fire Dynamics Simulator

Mahfuz SARWAR

Fire Rescue Victoria, Australia

On the Flow Resistance of Tunnel Fires – Validation by Full-Scale Fire Tests

Ingo RIESS¹, Rajdeep DEB², Alex WEBER²

1: Riess Ingenieur-GmbH, Switzerland; 2: OST Ostschweizer Fachhochschule, Switzerland

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Conrad STACEY

Stacey Agnew, Australia

Experimental Investigation of Thermal Runaway in Lithium-Ion Batteries: Implications for Tunnel Safety and Structural Integrity

Davide PAPURELLO¹, Luca MUSSO¹, Carlo BARBETTA², Romano BORCHIELLINI¹, Maciej SOBOTKA³, Daniel FRUHWIRT⁴

1: Energy Center, Politecnico di Torino, Via Paolo Borsellino 38/16, 10138, Turin, Italy.; 2: Systemair GmbH, Germany/Systemair Srl, Italy.; 3: Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland.; 4: Graz University of Technology, Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems, Austria.

Consequences from large BEV fires in tunnels - results of full-scale testing

Daniel Klaus FRUHWIRT¹, Alexander KORES¹, Bastiaan LOTTMAN², Simon FREY³, Christoh SCHNEIDER⁴, Robert GALLER⁵, Robert WENIGHOFER⁵, Christian THIENERT⁶, Frank LEISMANN⁶

1: Graz University of Technology, Austria; 2: ILF Consulting Engineers Austria GMbH, Austria; 3: HBI Haerter AG, Switzerland; 4: WSP, Switzerland; 5: University ofLeoben, Austria; 6: Studiengesellschaft für unterirdische Verkehrsanlagen e.V., Germany

Modeling Airborne brake wear particle transport in Subway Systems: a line-scale framework”

Rodrigo HERRERO PAREDES, Carla SÁNCHEZ, Laura RODRIGUEZ RAFEL

Metro de Madrid, Spain

Influence of the Tunnel Cross-Section on Tunnel Aerodynamics

Johannes RODLER, Andreas HUBER, Verena LANGNER

Gruner GmbH, Austria

Air Speeds Near Services on Tunnel Walls

Mark GILBEY¹, Dami AJEWOLE¹, David SOPER², Mike JESSON², Ian STRUDWICK³

1: WSP UK Ltd, United Kingdom; 2: University of Birmingham, United Kingdom; 3: HS2 Ltd, United Kingdom

Train-induced aerodynamic loads acting on installations of Granitztal Tunnel

Michael REITERER

REVOTEC, Austria